Skipton towpath

WORK to improve the canal towpath in Skipton from Gawflat Swing Bridge, near Aireville Park, to Niffany Swing Bridge has been completed. This stretch, which runs parallel to Broughton Road, has now reopened to the public, providing a wider, traffic-free route to local schools, the railway station and the town centre through the Skipton Canal Waterfront scheme recently delivered by Craven District Council. The work is part of a £2 million project to improve the canal towpath surface from Gargrave to Kildwick and improve accessibility along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in the district.