Priest Holme Changeline Bridge No 168 carries a farm track over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Main Line - Wigan to Leeds).
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.
| Carpenters Yard Bridge No 167 | 3 furlongs | |
| Bank Newton Aqueduct No 37 | 2½ furlongs | |
| Bank Newton Bottom Lock No 36 | 2½ furlongs | |
| Bank Newton Bottom Lock Footbridge | 2½ furlongs | |
| Priest Holme Water Point | 2 furlongs | |
| Priest Holme Changeline Bridge No 168 | ||
| Priest Holme Aqueduct No 38 | ¼ furlongs | |
| Priest Holme Railway Bridge No 168A | ¾ furlongs | |
| Stegneck Lock No 35 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Stegneck Lock Bridge No 169 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Scarland Lock No 34 | 3¼ furlongs | |
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![Bridge 168 (Priest Holme) of Leeds & Liverpool Canal. There is an Ordnance Survey benchmark [[6668456]] on the 4th stone above the towing path on the arch of the bridge by Roger Templeman – 04 July 2019](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/66/84/6668467_a306393b_120x120.jpg)













![Gargrave - towpath access at Priest Holme Bridge. For an earlier view, please see Dr Neil Clifton's [[652366]]. by Dave Bevis – 20 July 2013](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/64/87/3648739_08a57d11_120x120.jpg)







![Sheep paths on the canal bank. South-west of Priest Holme Bridge [[No 168]. by Christine Johnstone – 07 June 2017](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/42/81/5428101_8e00bea4_120x120.jpg)

![Priest Holme Aqueduct, from the south-west. Carrying the Leeds & Liverpool canal over the River Aire. The pound between Bank Newton Bottom Lock [no 36] and Stegneck Lock [no 35] is almost empty. The water has drained away because a paddle has recently collapsed at Stegneck Lock. The Canal & River Trust estimate that it will be repaired by 5th March 2025. by Christine Johnstone – 21 February 2025](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/98/18/7981870_5c37a9d0_120x120.jpg)