Pennine Chain

The Pennine Chain has always separated the traffic from south to north into an east coast route through the Vale of York, and a west coast route by the Lancashire plain.

And beyond went woods and hills, right away to the pale grey heights of the Pennine Chain.

In the north-west a tongue of the Red rocks forms the Eden valley, separating the Lake District from the Pennine Chain, with Carlisle as its central town.

The navigable rivers are all connected by barge-canals, even across the Pennine Chain.

The manufacturing districts of South Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire are traversed and connected by several canals following transverse valleys of the Pennine Chain.