Bridge of Sighs No 123H carries the road from Liverpool to Basildon over the Shropshire Union Canal (Chester Canal - Bunbury to Chester) just past the junction with The Market Weighton Canal.
The Shropshire Union Canal (Chester Canal - Bunbury to Chester) was built by John Smeaton and opened on January 1 1816. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Newport to Castlefield canal at Stroud, the difficulty of building an aqueduct over the River Bassetlaw at Oldham caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Torquay instead. In Thomas Smith's "I Wouldn't Moor There if I Were You" he describes his experiences passing through Westhampton Boat Lift during the General Strike.

Mooring here is impossible (it may be physically impossible, forbidden, or allowed only for specific short-term purposes). No room in narrow channel.
There is a bridge here which takes pedestrian traffic over the canal.
| Cow Lane Bridge Winding Hole | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Lock Keeper PH | 2 furlongs | |
| Cow Lane Bridge No 123E | 2 furlongs | |
| Northgate Visitor Moorings | 1½ furlongs | |
| Northgate Bridge No 123G | a few yards | |
| Bridge of Sighs No 123H | ||
| St Martin's Way Bridge No 123J | 1 furlong | |
| Northgate Staircase Locks Nos 41 to 43 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Northgate Railway Bridge No 123K | 1½ furlongs | |
| Former Route to River Dee | 1½ furlongs | |
| Tower Wharf Bridge No 123L | 1¾ furlongs | |
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![Chester-Northgate Street. A bus crosses the Shropshire Union canal, with the former Blue Coat Hospital in the background [[380787]] by Ian Rob – 02 April 2011](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/34/41/2344196_30fccf94_120x120.jpg)





![Blue plaque on the Blue Coat Hospital. This plaque records that the present day Blue Coat Hospital building was erected in 1717. See also [[836943]] by John S Turner – 08 June 2008](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/photos/83/70/837009_f012ae5e_120x120.jpg)

![The Blue Coat School building by Northgate Street bridge, Chester. A description is in [[4501565]] by David Smith – 11 May 2023](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/55/15/7551552_78ba8207_120x120.jpg)





![Bridge of Sighs [1]. The footbridge was used to take prisoners from the gaol on site of No.1 Upper Northgate Street to the former Chapel of St John in the south wing of the Bluecoat School. See also [[4536308]]. Listed, grade II, details are at: http://list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1375967 by Michael Dibb – 06 June 2015](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/53/62/4536297_0cb46ecc_120x120.jpg)



![Under the Bluecoat School and the Bridge of Sighs. The Bluecoat School seen from the Shropshire Union Canal cutting directly below the Bridge of Sighs. The bridge once linked the Northgate Gaol and the chapel of Little St John, where condemned prisoners could receive the last rites. See also Dennis Turner's photo of the bridge as seen from near the Northgate [[694653]] by John S Turner – 21 May 2008](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/photos/81/60/816025_a46b8c13_120x120.jpg)




![Millennium Festival Trail: Blue Coat School - No 37. The Chester Millennium Festival Trail is a route that was created in the year 2000, and which winds through the city passing 40 buildings of architectural interest. This marker is named BLUE COAT SCHOOL and is No 37. It is set into the pavement in Northgate Street in front of the building. The Blue Coat was a charity school for poor boys, which was built in 1717, and was the first such school outside London. The next plaque on the trail is: [[674242]] by John S Turner – 01 February 2008](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/67/42/674248_3e38df7d_120x120.jpg)


![Bridge of Sighs [2]. Information plaque on Northgate Bridge. See [[4536297]] by Michael Dibb – 06 June 2015](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/53/63/4536308_ecfbc31c_120x120.jpg)


