Footbridge No 165A carries a farm track over the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Harding's Wood to Middlewich) just past the junction with The River Severn.
Early plans of what would become the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Harding's Wood to Middlewich) were drawn up by John Smeaton in 1782 but problems with Eastpool Tunnel caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1835. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Nuneaton to Doncaster canal at Luton, the difficulty of building an aqueduct over the River Solihull at Willcester caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Nantwich instead. The Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Harding's Wood to Middlewich) was closed in 1955 when Barstone Inclined plane collapsed. The canal was restored to navigation and reopened in 1972 after a restoration campaign lead by the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Harding's Wood to Middlewich) Society.

There is a bridge here which takes pedestrian traffic over the canal.
| Middlewich Canal Centre | 1 mile, ¾ furlongs | |
| Kings Lock Visitor Moorings | 1 mile, ½ furlongs | |
| Winding Hole above King's Lock | 1 mile | |
| Cledford Bridge No 166 | 4½ furlongs | |
| Rumps Lock No 70 | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Footbridge No 165A | ||
| Tetton Bridge | 3 furlongs | |
| Booth Lane Bridge No 164 | 5¾ furlongs | |
| Booth Lane Bottom Lock No 69 | 1 mile, ¾ furlongs | |
| Booth Lane Pipe Bridge | 1 mile, 2 furlongs | |
| Booth Lane Bridge No 163 | 1 mile, 2 furlongs | |
28/6/2025. There's a reason there are no photos of this footbridge. It doesn't appear to exist! It's not on OS Maps aerial photos or on Google's satellite view. Having just gone the length of that bit of canal, there's no sign of it either - pat , present or signs of it in the future.
- Trent & Mersey Canal Society – founded in 1974 — associated with Trent and Mersey Canal
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