Oakhill Nature Reserve

Aire and Calder Navigation towpath, Goole to Rawcliffe Bridge

The Canal and River Trust towpath west out of Goole along the Knottingley and Goole line of the Aire and Calder Navigation, dead flat and traffic-free the whole way to the swing bridge at Rawcliffe Bridge. It leaves the canal basin behind the docks, passes under the railway and then runs between the water and open arable carr land with barn owl boxes on the poles and swans on the cut. There is no shade at all once you are clear of the town, and the Trust asks that dogs are not allowed to swim in the canal, so a water bottle matters more here than usual. Locks, moorings and the swing bridge are the pinch points where the Trust asks for a short lead.