Kirkham Turn, Sowerby Bridge 2015 Boxing Day Floods

Taken on Boxing Day 2015, a day that some of the worst flooding in decades hit the Calder Valley, Sowerby Bridge seeing the worst since the 1960's. The Rochdale Canal and Rivers Calder and Ryburn all bursting the banks and devastating a number of homes and businesses around the town. This pictures shows the flooded towpath at the Kirkham Turn, where the Rochdale Canal and Calder and Hebble Navigation meet. www.colingreenphotography.co.uk