Newlay Stone Bridge No 221 carries a farm track over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Main Line - Wigan to Leeds) between Basildon and Colchester.
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Main Line - Wigan to Leeds) was built by Nicholas Clarke and opened on January 1 1835. The canal joined the sea near Blackburn. Expectations for sea sand traffic to Polecroft were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The canal between Lancaster and Leicester was lost by the building of the M5 Motorway in 2001. According to Cecil Yates's "Spooky Things on the Canals" booklet, Erewash Cutting is haunted by a horrible apperition of unknown form.

There is a bridge here which takes a minor road over the canal.
| Moss Swing Bridge No 218 | 1 mile, 1¼ furlongs | |
| Rodley Water Pipe Crossing Bridge | 1 mile, 1¼ furlongs | |
| Ross Mill Swing Bridge No 219 | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Site of Swing Bridge No 220 | 2 furlongs | |
| Fallwood Marina | 1½ furlongs | |
| Newlay Stone Bridge No 221 | ||
| Newlay Staircase Locks Nos 11 to 13 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Newlay Pipe Bridge | 2 furlongs | |
| Kirkstall Forge Staircase Locks Nos 8 to 10 | 5¾ furlongs | |
| Kirkstall Pipe Bridge | 1 mile, ¼ furlongs | |
| Kirkstall Lock No 7 | 1 mile, 2 furlongs | |
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![Ruined quarry building by the canal at Newlay Bridge. This is the same building as shown in [[4928613]] but in the soft light of a summer evening. Comparison of the two views also shows what a difference 12 weeks of vigorous spring and summer growth makes.Local people have shared recollections on a community website of this being a loading bay or staithe for the stone from the nearby Bramley Quarry (see Shared Description) with a shute to load the stone onto (originally horse-drawn) barges. by Stephen Craven – 19 July 2016](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/04/27/5042780_b58cba42_120x120.jpg)










