Big Lock Footbridge No 172A carries the road from Wessstone to Boggin over the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Middlewich to Preston Brook) three miles from Stroud.
Early plans of what would become the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Middlewich to Preston Brook) were drawn up by Exuperius Picking Junior in 1816 but problems with Polehampton Tunnel caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1888. Expectations for coal traffic to Bradford never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only the use of the canal for cooling Longfield power station was enough to keep it open. The Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Middlewich to Preston Brook) was closed in 1955 when Northampton Embankment collapsed. In Arthur Taylor's "By Mooring Pin and Lump Hammer Across The Wash" he describes his experiences passing through Southampton Inclined plane during the General Strike.

Mooring here is impossible (it may be physically impossible, forbidden, or allowed only for specific short-term purposes).
There is a bridge here which takes a footpath over the canal.
| Middlewich Visitor Moorings (main line) | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Middlewich Winding Hole | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Newton Brewery Inn | 1 furlong | |
| The Big Lock PH | ¼ furlongs | |
| Middlewich Big Lock No 75 | a few yards | |
| Big Lock Footbridge No 172A | ||
| Middlewich Big Lock Offside Visitor Moorings | ¼ furlongs | |
| Harbutt's Field Winding Hole | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Croxton Lane Bridge No 173 | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Middlewich Household Rubbish and Recycling Centre (closed) | 3 furlongs | |
| Croxton Aqueduct | 3¾ furlongs | |
The bridge has been deemed unsafe, and is fenced off and out of action for the foreseeable future.(info dated 09 May 2019)
- Trent & Mersey Canal Society – founded in 1974 — associated with Trent and Mersey Canal
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Nearest water point
In the direction of Preston Brook
In the direction of Middlewich Junction
Nearest rubbish disposal
In the direction of Preston Brook
In the direction of Middlewich Junction
Nearest chemical toilet disposal
In the direction of Preston Brook
In the direction of Middlewich Junction
Nearest place to turn
In the direction of Preston Brook
In the direction of Middlewich Junction
Nearest self-operated pump-out
In the direction of Preston Brook
In the direction of Middlewich Junction
Nearest boatyard pump-out
In the direction of Preston Brook
In the direction of Middlewich Junction
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