Wallpaper for your Computer Desktop!
Replace the plain background of your computer's desktop with an interesting image from Pennine waterways!
More photographs will be added to this page from time to time.
You might just want to collect these larger format images for your canal picture collection!
How to make a picture into your desktop wallpaper:
The photos on this page are thumbnails only.
Click on the photograph you want to use. A larger version of the image will open.
Right-click on the larger picture.
Click "Set as Wallpaper".
Use the Back arrow on your browser to return to this page.
Alternatively, right click on the larger version and click "Save Picture as..." (Firefox: "Save Image as..").
Save it into a folder of your choice.
Minimise any windows that are open and right-click on a blank part of the screen.
Click "Properties" and the "Background" tab.
Browse to find the folder where you saved the image, then click on the image name.
Sankey Canal at St Helens.
Sankey Canal near World of Glass, St Helens.
Sankey Canal near Spike Island, Widnes.
Roving bridge at Marple Junction, Macclesfield Canal.
Macclesfield Canal near Lyme Green, Macclesfield.
Hall Green Stop Lock, Macclesfield Canal.
Roving bridge near Congleton, Macclesfield Canal.
Tunnel gates, Diggle, Huddersfield Narrow Canal.
The Springs Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Skipton.
The Leeds & Liverpool Canal, looking west up the Five Rise Locks, Bingley.
Wade Lock, Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Uppermill, in Autumn.
Woodend Lock (14w), Mossley, Huddersfield Narrow Canal in Winter.
Roaches Lock (15w), Mossley, Huddersfield Narrow Canal in Winter.
Plank Lane Bridge, Leigh Branch.
Warrington Transporter Bridge, River Mersey.
The Huddersfield Narrow Canal, looking west from Lock 31E (Booth Lock), between Slaithwaite and Marsden.
Sheffield Canal Basin.
Thornhill Double Locks, Calder and Hebble.
Dearne and Dove Canal, Elsecar Branch.
Dearne and Dove Canal, Worsborough Branch.
Barnsley Canal, between Wakefield and Walton.
Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Wigan Locks.
Roaches Lock (15w), Mossley, Huddersfield Narrow Canal.
Lock 34E, Marsden, Huddersfield Narrow Canal.
Huddersfield Narrow Canal, at Mann's Wharf, Saddleworth.
Daisyfield Mill, Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Blackburn.
Sheffield Canal Basin, Sheffield and Tinsley Canal.
Huddersfield Narrow Canal, looking west to Lock 9W, Heyrod.
Marple Aqueduct on the Peak Forest Canal.
Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Burnley.
Gauxholme Locks on the Rochdale Canal.
The Packet House, Worsley, on the Bridgewater Canal.
Horsedrawn at Hebden Bridge, Rochdale Canal.
Brearley Upper Lock, Rochdale Canal, in Spring.
Elland Lock, Calder and Hebble Navigation.
Prestolee Aqueduct on the Manchester Bolton and Bury Canal.
Booth winding hole and lock, Huddersfield Narrow Canal, near Marsden.
Lock 24E, Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Slaithwaite, in Spring.
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal, looking north to Lock 43, Greenberfield.
The Huddersfield Narrow Canal, looking west from Lock 21E, Slaithwaite.
Horse-drawn boat Maria below Lock 22E at Slaithwaite.
The Huddersfield Narrow Canal at Old Bank, Slaithwaite.
Huddersfield Narrow Canal, looking east to Lock 22E, Slaithwaite.
Leeds Lock (left) on the Aire and Calder Navigation with the junction to Clarence Wharf on the right and the Royal Armouries behind.
Ferrybridge Power Station, Aire and Calder.
