Harelane Bridge No 8
Harelane Bridge No 8 carries a farm track over the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Wendover Arm - unrestored section) near to Northfield Cutting.
The Act of Parliament for the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Wendover Arm - unrestored section) was passed on 17 September 1876 and 17 thousand shares were sold the same day. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Northchester to Polstan canal at Reigate, the difficulty of tunneling through the Westhampton Hills caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Middlesbrough instead. The canal between Sunderland and Liverington was obliterated by the building of the Nottingham bypass in 1972. In Nicholas Yates's "By Handcuff Key and Piling Hook Across The Pennines" he describes his experiences passing through Slough Aqueduct during the war.

There is a bridge here which takes a minor road over the canal.
| Wendover Arm Footbridge No 11 | 1 mile, 6 furlongs | |
| The Wides | 1 mile, 3½ furlongs | |
| Perch Bridge No 10 | 1 mile, 1½ furlongs | |
| Halton Bridge No 9 | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Rothschilds Bridge No 8A | 3½ furlongs | |
| Harelane Bridge No 8 | ||
| The Narrows | 3 furlongs | |
| Wellonhead Bridge No 7 | 5¾ furlongs | |
| Buckland Wharf Bridge No 6 | 1 mile, 1¾ furlongs | |
| Buckland Wharf | 1 mile, 2 furlongs | |
| Buckland Wharf Footbridge No 5B | 1 mile, 2¼ furlongs | |
- Grand Union Canal Walk — associated with Grand Union Canal
- An illustrated walk along the Grand Union Canal from London to Birmingham
- THE GRAND JUNCTION CANAL - a highway laid with water. — associated with Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal)
- An account of the Grand Junction Canal, 1792 - 1928, with a postscript. By Ian Petticrew and Wendy Austin.
- Wendover Arm Trust — associated with Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Wendover Arm)
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![Wendover Arm: The trees overshadow the canal by Harelane Bridge. The canal in this Geograph shows an interesting feature and is worth comparing. Where the trees totally overhang the canal there are no reeds. Where the hedges on either are low or absent the reeds grow in profusion.In this case, close to the bridge, there are no reeds, but the camera position is less shaded so some reeds are present nearer the camera.See [[1235539]] by Chris Reynolds – 19 April 2009](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/31/17/1311784_a30efeb2_120x120.jpg)
![Wendover Arm; The towpath approaches Harelane Bridge. The canal in this Geograph show an interesting feature and are worth comparing. Where the trees totally overhang the canal there are no reeds. Where the hedges on either are low or absent the reeds grow in profusion.In this case, a thin hedge (as shown by the sunlight breaking through) on the towpath side, and no hedge on the other side, results in a patch of reeds covering much of the width of the canal.See [[1235539]] by Chris Reynolds – 19 April 2009](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/31/17/1311786_46df4495_120x120.jpg)
![Wendover Arm: The Canal East of Hare Bridge (No 8), Halton. This stretch of the disused section of the canal has been significantly invaded by reeds from both banks.See [[1235539]] by Chris Reynolds – 18 April 2009](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/25/87/1258771_57afd796_120x120.jpg)


![Wendover Arm: The canal overshadowed by trees. The canal in this square show an interesting feature and are worth comparing. Where the trees totally overhang the canal there are no reeds. Where the hedges on either are low or absent the reeds grow in profusion.Moving further east the trees are high on both sides of the canal and the reeds are absent..See [[1235539]] by Chris Reynolds – 19 April 2009](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/31/17/1311789_554d2825_120x120.jpg)
![Wendover Arm: Fewer trees mean more reeds. The canal in this square show an interesting feature and are worth comparing. Where the trees totally overhang the canal there are no reeds. Where the hedges on either are low or absent the reeds grow in profusion.In this case plenty of light reaches the water all the year round – and the reeds almost choke the canal to leave a narrow channel.See [[1235539]] by Chris Reynolds – 19 April 2009](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/31/17/1311794_4d99ad70_120x120.jpg)

![Wendover Arm: The reeds continue. The canal in this square show an interesting feature and are worth comparing. Where the trees totally overhang the canal there are no reeds. Where the hedges on either are low or absent the reeds grow in profusion.While there are hedges on both sides of the canal at this point they do not overshadow it – so there is still plenty of reed.See [[1235539]] by Chris Reynolds – 19 April 2009](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/31/18/1311800_5df2fe7a_120x120.jpg)


![Wendover Arm: The trees return. The canal in this square show an interesting feature and are worth comparing. Where the trees totally overhang the canal there are no reeds. Where the hedges on either are low or absent the reeds grow in profusion.This is taken from the same spot as the previous picture but looking east rather than west. The large horse chestnut tree overshadows the canal and the high wooded edges into the distance mean that the reeds vanish.See [[1235539]] by Chris Reynolds – 19 April 2009](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/31/18/1311804_9e344c43_120x120.jpg)






![Wendover Arm; Cycling along the Canal Towpath. While no longer used as a towpath the old route along the side of the disused canal is now a well maintained footpath much used by cyclists as well as walkers.See [[1235539]] by Chris Reynolds – 19 April 2009](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/31/03/1310367_aa7afd2d_120x120.jpg)

![Mansion Hill Car Park, Wendover Woods, Halton. Mansion Hill is the start of a forestry track which leads from Halton to the Chiltern Summit area and “The Café in the Woodsâ€.There is a small car parking area (no charge) and many people use it for the start of a walk in the woods.[[1180508]]. by Chris Reynolds – 02 September 2009](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/47/21/1472114_a2c28736_120x120.jpg)