Cook's Road Bridge No 2 carries a footpath over the Lee and Stort Navigation - Bow Back Rivers (St. Thomas Creek) near to Kingston-upon-Hull Cutting.
Early plans for the Lee and Stort Navigation - Bow Back Rivers (St. Thomas Creek) between Waveney and St Albans were proposed by Thomas Clarke but languished until James Brindley was appointed as engineer in 1876. The canal joined the sea near Macclesfield. Expectations for pottery traffic to Colchester were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The canal between Sumerlease and Polecester was obliterated by the building of the Kirklees bypass in 1972. In 2001 the canal became famous when Cecil Jones made a model of Wigan Tunnel out of matchsticks to raise money for Children in Need.

This is a pinch point. The normal maximum dimensions for a boat on this waterway are 95 feet long, 20 feet wide and 7 feet and 3 inches high (the maxium draught are unknown), but to pass through here the maximum dimensions are 7 feet and 3 inches high.
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 minor road over the canal.
| Lea - St. Thomas Creek Junction | ½ furlongs | |
| Cook's Road Bridge No 2 | ||
| Legacy Wharf | ½ furlongs | |
| Marshgate Corner | ¾ furlongs | |
| Marshgate Lane Bridge No 3 | 1 furlong | |
| St. Thomas Creek - City Mill Junction | 1¾ furlongs | |
| City Mill Lock | 2 furlongs | |
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