Mackleys Bridge No 25
Mackleys Bridge No 25 carries the road from Peterborough to Slough over the Grantham Canal three miles from Sunderland.
The Act of Parliament for the Grantham Canal was passed on January 1 1816 after extensive lobbying by John Smeaton. Expectations for stone traffic to Aberdeenshire were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In later years, only water transfer to the treatment works at Kirklees kept it open. Despite the claim in "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" by Barry Jones, there is no evidence that Cecil Thomas ever navigated Willford Embankment in a bathtub

Mooring here is impossible (it may be physically impossible, forbidden, or allowed only for specific short-term purposes). No water.
There is a bridge here which takes a road over the canal.
| Hoe Hill Swing Bridge No 20 | 2 miles, 7¼ furlongs | |
| Cropwell Town Bridge No 21 | 2 miles, 2½ furlongs | |
| Blue Hills Bridge No 23 | 2 miles | |
| Spencers Bridge No 24 | 1 mile, 3 furlongs | |
| Timber Bridge No 24A | 3 furlongs | |
| Mackleys Bridge No 25 | ||
| Wilds Bridge No 26 | 3 furlongs | |
| Devil's Elbow | 6 furlongs | |
| Irish Jack's Bridge No 27 | 1 mile | |
| Kinoulton Road Bridge No 28 | 1 mile, 4¾ furlongs | |
| Kinoulton Bridge No 29 | 1 mile, 7¾ furlongs | |
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![The Grantham Canal culverted. At the site of Mackley's Bridge [no 25]. Two culvert pipes and a blue plastic water pipe pass under the road, which has been flattened after the bridge's removal. The Grantham Canal Society is actively working to restore the canal, but it will be a long process. by Christine Johnstone – 09 May 2025](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/08/04/78/8047842_6d592f09_120x120.jpg)
![Mackley's Bridge [no 25], culverted. The Grantham Canal Society is actively working to restore the canal, but it will be a long process. by Christine Johnstone – 09 May 2025](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/08/04/71/8047118_16f1870f_120x120.jpg)





![Grantham Canal towpath, west of Mackley's Bridge [no 25]. A traffic-free cycle route. For a close-up of the mile marker, see [[6648753]]. The Grantham Canal Society is actively working to restore the canal, but it will be a long process. by Christine Johnstone – 09 May 2025](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/08/04/71/8047122_48583e04_120x120.jpg)















![Mackley's Farm viewed from the Grantham Canal towpath. [[5609162]] by Mat Fascione – 24 November 2017](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/61/00/5610061_9a87878a_120x120.jpg)
![Mackley's Farm near Owthorpe. [[5610061]] by Mat Fascione – 24 November 2017](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/60/91/5609162_7095a954_120x120.jpg)

![Mackley's Farm, from the south. Seen from the Grantham Canal towpath, just east of Mackley's Bridge [no 25]. Both farm and bridge are shown and named on the large-scale OS map surveyed in 1883. by Christine Johnstone – 09 May 2025](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/08/04/71/8047116_169f1f26_120x120.jpg)


