Complex sentence: Just over a mile to the east of the M61 is the hamlet of Whittle Springs, here the Leeds and Liverpool Canal passes a junction, where the south end of the Lancaster Canal formerly continued north to Walton Summit.
Split into simpler sentences: Just over a mile to the east of the M61 is the hamlet of Whittle Springs. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal passes a junction in the hamlet, where the south end of the Lancaster Canal formerly continued north to Walton Summit.