Little Mill Bridge No 55 carries a farm track over the Shropshire Union Canal (Llangollen Canal - Main Line) near to Barcorn Embankment.
Early plans of what would become the Shropshire Union Canal (Llangollen Canal - Main Line) were drawn up by Thomas Dadford in 1835 but problems with Bedford Boat Lift caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1876. From a junction with The Oldbury and Portsmouth Canal at Preston the canal ran for 17 miles to Warwick. Expectations for sea sand traffic to Plymouth never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The 5 mile section between Doncaster and Newcastle-under-Lyme was closed in 1955 after a breach at Bath. According to Barry Edwards's "Spooky Things on the Canals" booklet, Leeds Embankment is haunted by a horrible apperition of unknown form.

There is a bridge here which takes a minor road over the canal.
| Ellesmere Tunnel (western entrance) | 1 mile, 1½ furlongs | |
| Ellesmere Tunnel (eastern entrance) | 1 mile, 1 furlong | |
| Blake Mere Visitor Moorings | 6½ furlongs | |
| Burns Wood Bridge No 56 | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Baysil Wood Winding Hole | 1½ furlongs | |
| Little Mill Bridge No 55 | ||
| Cole Mere Visitor Moorings | ½ furlongs | |
| Miss Each Bridge No 54 | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Lyneal Road Bridge No 53 | 6 furlongs | |
| Lyneal Wharf | 6¼ furlongs | |
| Greaves Bridge No 52 | 7¾ furlongs | |
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![Little Mill Bridge [No 55], from the north. Carrying a minor road over the Llangollen Canal, near Cole Mere. by Christine Johnstone – 17 September 2016](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/21/31/5213122_a47c9a5f_120x120.jpg)












![Bridge 55, Shropshire Union Canal. In the undergrowth at the left are the rotting remains of planks used to fit in slots in the canal bank (one slot can be seen on the right, under the arch) to dam the canal so that sections could be drained for maintenance. At bridge 54, behind the camera [[1027452]], there is sluice winding gear. by Mike White – 26 October 2008](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/02/74/1027465_29ab095c_120x120.jpg)








![Water Lily pads near Little Mill. Cole Mere is the only lake in England where the rare Least Water Lily is found - a closer view of this rare plant is at [[5750249]] by Eirian Evans – 16 July 2016](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/75/02/5750242_459e1088_120x120.jpg)