Wallpaper for your Desktop

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, computer desktop wallpaper

Sankey Canal at St Helens.

Sankey Canal near World of Glass, St Helens, computer desktop wallpaper

Sankey Canal near World of Glass, St Helens.

New Double Lock, Sankey Canal, computer desktop wallpaper

New Double Lock, Sankey Canal.

Old Double Lock, Sankey Canal, computer desktop wallpaper

Old Double Lock, Sankey Canal.

Sankey Canal near Spike Island, Widnes, computer desktop wallpaper

Sankey Canal near Spike Island, Widnes.

Roving bridge at Marple, Macclesfield Canal, computer desktop wallpaper

Roving bridge, Marple Junction, Macclesfield Canal.

Macclesfield Canal near Lyme Green, computer desktop wallpaper

Macclesfield Canal near Lyme Green, Macclesfield.

Hall Green Stop Lock, Macclesfield Canal, computer desktop wallpaper

Hall Green Stop Lock, Macclesfield Canal.

Roving bridge near Congleton, Macclesfield Canal, computer desktop wallpaper

Roving bridge near Congleton, Macclesfield Canal.

Tunnel gates, Diggle, Huddersfield Narrow Canal, computer desktop wallpaper

Tunnel gates, Diggle, Huddersfield Narrow Canal.

Springs Branch, Skipton, Leeds Liverpool Canal, computer desktop wallpaper

Springs Branch of Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Skipton.

Bingley Five Rise Locks, Leeds Liverpool Canal, computer desktop wallpaper

Leeds & Liverpool Canal, Five Rise Locks, Bingley.

Wade Lock in Autumn, Huddersfield Narrow Canal, computer desktop wallpaper

Wade Lock, Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Uppermill.

Woodend Lock, Mossley, Huddersfield Narrow Canal, computer desktop wallpaper

Woodend Lock (14w), Mossley, Huddersfield Narrow Canal.

Roaches Lock (15w), Mossley, Huddersfield Narrow Canal, computer desktop wallpaper

Roaches Lock (15w), Mossley, Huddersfield Narrow Canal.

Plank Lane Bridge, Leigh Branch, computer desktop wallpaper

Plank Lane Bridge, Leigh Branch.

Warrington Transporter Bridge, River Mersey, computer desktop wallpaper

Warrington Transporter Bridge, River Mersey.

Lock 31E, between Slaithwaite and Marsden, Huddersfield Canal, computer desktop wallpaper

Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Lock 31E (Booth Lock).

Sheffield Canal Basin, computer desktop wallpaper

Sheffield Canal Basin.

Thornhill Double Locks, Calder and Hebble Navigation, computer desktop wallpaper

Thornhill Double Locks, Calder and Hebble.

Dearne and Dove Canal, computer desktop wallpaper

Dearne and Dove Canal, Elsecar Branch.

Dearne and Dove Canal, computer desktop wallpaper

Dearne and Dove Canal, Worsborough Branch.

Barnsley Canal, computer desktop wallpaper

Barnsley Canal, between Wakefield and Walton.

Wigan Locks, Leeds Liverpool Canal, computer desktop wallpaper

Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Wigan Locks.

Roaches Lock, Huddersfield Narrow Canal, computer desktop wallpaper

Roaches Lock (15w), Mossley, Huddersfield Narrow Canal.

Marsden Locks, Huddersfield Narrow Canal, computer desktop wallpaper

Lock 34E, Marsden, Huddersfield Narrow Canal.

Mann's Wharf, Saddleworth, Huddersfield Canal, computer desktop wallpaper

Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Mann's Wharf, Saddleworth.

Daisyfield Mill, Blackburn, Leeds Liverpool Canal, computer desktop wallpaper

Daisyfield Mill, Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Blackburn.

Sheffield Canal Basin, Sheffield South Yorkshire Navigation, computer desktop wallpaper

Sheffield Canal Basin, Sheffield and Tinsley Canal.

Lock 9W, Stalybridge, Huddersfield Canal, computer desktop wallpaper

Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Lock 9W, Heyrod.

Marple Aqueduct on the Peak Forest Canal, computer desktop wallpaper

Marple Aqueduct on the Peak Forest Canal.

Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Burnley, computer desktop wallpaper

Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Burnley.

Gauxholme Locks on the Rochdale Canal, computer desktop wallpaper

Gauxholme Locks on the Rochdale Canal.

The Packet House, Worsley, on the Bridgewater Canal, computer desktop wallpaper

The Packet House, Worsley, Bridgewater Canal.

Horsedrawn at Hebden Bridge, Rochdale Canal, computer desktop wallpaper

Horsedrawn at Hebden Bridge, Rochdale Canal.

Brearley Upper Lock, Rochdale Canal, in Spring, computer desktop wallpaper

Brearley Upper Lock, Rochdale Canal, in Spring.

Elland Lock, Calder and Hebble Navigation, computer desktop wallpaper

Elland Lock, Calder and Hebble Navigation.

Prestolee Aqueduct on the Manchester Bolton and Bury Canal, computer desktop wallpaper

Prestolee Aqueduct, Manchester Bolton & Bury

Booth winding hole and lock, Huddersfield Narrow Canal, near Marsden, computer desktop wallpaper

Booth winding hole and lock, Huddersfield Narrow Canal.

Lock 24E, Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Slaithwaite, in Spring, computer desktop wallpaper

Lock 24E, Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Slaithwaite.

Lock 43, Greenberfield, Leeds Liverpool Canal, computer desktop wallpaper

Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Lock 43, Greenberfield.

Lock 21E, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield Narrow Canal, computer desktop wallpaper

Huddersfield Narrow Canal, from Lock 21E, Slaithwaite.

Maria at Slaithwaite, horse drawn boat, Huddersfield Canal, computer desktop wallpaper

Horse-drawn boat Maria below Lock 22E, Slaithwaite.

Huddersfield Narrow Canal at Old Bank, Slaithwaite, computer desktop wallpaper

The Huddersfield Narrow Canal at Old Bank, Slaithwaite.

Lock 22E, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield Canal, , computer desktop wallpaper

Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Lock 22E, Slaithwaite.

Leeds Lock, Aire and Calder, computer desktop wallpaper

Leeds Lock (left) on the Aire and Calder Navigation.

Ferrybridge Power Station, Aire and Calder Navigation, computer desktop wallpaper

Ferrybridge Power Station, Aire and Calder.