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Barn Owl Field Bridge

 
Also known as: England’s Bridge
B3168, South Somerset TA10 0BH, United Kingdom (B3168)
 

Barn Owl Field Bridge carries a footpath over the River Isle and Westport Canal just past the junction with Sir Henry Yates's Canal.

The River Isle and Westport Canal was built by James Brindley and opened on 17 September 1876. Expectations for pottery traffic to Sevenoaks never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only the use of the canal for cooling Thurrock power station was enough to keep it open. The canal between Leeds and Waveney was destroyed by the building of the Eastcester bypass in 1990. In Barry Yates's "A Very Special Boat" he describes his experiences passing through Stroud Embankment during the war.

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Barn Owl Field Bridge is a minor waterways place on the River Isle and Westport Canal between Westport Wharves and Canal Basin (End of navigation) (3¼ furlongs to the southwest) and Parrett - Isle Junction (Junction of River Isle and Westport Canal with River Parrett) (2 miles and 6¾ furlongs and 2 locks to the northeast).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Westport Wharves and Canal Basin is Knighton Drove Bridge; 1¼ furlongs away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Parrett - Isle Junction is Westport Canal Footbridge; 2½ furlongs away.

There is no access to the towpath here.

Mooring here is unrated.

There is a bridge here which takes a track over the canal.

 
 
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