As part of the celebrations for a momentous occasion, the Makers invite you to an A-Z TOUR OF YORKSHIRE.
There are 27 caches, one for each letter of the alphabet plus a bonus cache, scattered throughout Yorkshire. As you travel to historic, panoramic, beautiful or just plain quirky locations, you will pass through some of the most spectacular areas of the county.
Enjoy your tour of Yorkshire.
You can find the series in any order. Each cache contains a number you need to keep a note of as adding the first 26 sets of numbers together will give you the co-ordinates for the Bonus Cache, which is GC7JF9A and hidden close to Ripon. Heading to that listing page will give you information on the rest of the series.
This cache is placed at Five Rise Locks, near Bingley.
The five-rise opened on 21 March 1774 and was a major feat of engineering at the time. When the locks and therefore the canal from Gargrave to Thackley was opened in 1774, a crowd of 30,000 people turned out to celebrate. The first boat to use the locks took just 28 minutes.
The five-rise is the steepest flight of locks in the UK, with a gradient of about 1:5 (a rise of 18m over a distance of 98m). The intermediate and bottom gates are the tallest in the country. Because of the complications of working a staircase lock, and because so many boaters (both first-time hirers and new owners) are inexperienced, a full-time lock keeper is employed. Barry Whitelock, the lock keeper, after twenty years based here is now almost synonymous with the flight.
This cache has been placed for the 10th Anniversary UK Mega Event - Yorkshire 2018