Heritage conservation experts are set to highlight Bingley’s Five and Three Rise Locks as a site of regional and national importance after securing a £50,000 grant.
A study will be carried out into the 237-year-old grade I and II-listed structures, which attract 300,000 tourists each year.
Consultant Marion Blockley is working with British Water-ways, Bradford Council and the Airedale Waterways Partner-ship to prepare an activity plan to encourage tourists.
She said: “British Waterways have some funding and they want to use it to make the Five and Three Rise Locks more interesting to visitors.
“We are looking to create interest in the whole stretch of canal, through Saltaire and Dowley Gap into Bingley, and to do that we need to explain to people why the Five and Three Rise Locks are so significant.”
As part of the study, Bingley residents are being asked what events and activities they would like to see at the locks to explain their importance.
- Read the full story in Tuesday’s T&A
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