The second lock down on the Stanley Dock branch, Liverpool.

Looking back up the Stanley Dock branch from the bottom, deepest lock.

The bottom lock of the branch, with the water of Stanley Dock visible through Howard Street bridge.

The south side of Stanley Dock is flanked by the huge Tobacco Warehouse, ripe for restoration and future development. It was claimed to have been the biggest building in the world when it was built in 1900.

Facing the Tobacco Warehouse is Stanley Dock Warehouse, built in 1874, in a similar style to the warehouses around Albert Dock. At the far end of the dock is the tiny-looking entrance to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal under Howard Street bridge

Liverpool Docks, looking back across Collingwood Dock towards the Tobacco Warehouse, with the bascule bridge to the left giving access to Stanley Dock and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal beyond.

The hexagonal clock tower at Salisbury Dock stands between two disused locks that formerly gave access between the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and the Mersey estuary beyond. Any boats crossing the Mersey to Eastham now need to head more than a mile northwards through the docks to exit through Langton Lock. Arrangements for this must be made through the port authority.

Proposals are in place for a new canal link from the clock tower at Salisbury Dock, past the Pier Head to Albert Dock, giving a new route to the Mersey and creating a splendid destination for boats travelling on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. This link could be in use by 2007. See www.liverpoolcanallink.co.uk for more information.

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