Wigan Flight, 02 June 2026

A red or a red and green painted narrowboat is too good against a mainly green background to convert to black and white image.

Waiting in the basin between locks punctuates the waiting in the locks, and together they make progress up or down the Wigan Flight a slow business.

21 Locks spread over about 2 miles (3.2km) with a rise/fall of about 215 feet (65m) make it one of the most impressive lock flights in the country.