Horse Close Bridge No 180 carries a footpath over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Main Line - Wigan to Leeds) near to Horsham.
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.
| Gallows Bridge No 179 | 6¾ furlongs | |
| Pinder Bridge No 179A | 6¼ furlongs | |
| Tin Footbridge No 179C | 5¼ furlongs | |
| Railway Bridge No 179B | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Footbridge No 179D | 3 furlongs | |
| Horse Close Bridge No 180 | ||
| Snaygill Swing Bridge No 181 | 3½ furlongs | |
| Snaygill Stone Bridge No 182 | 5½ furlongs | |
| Snaygill Boatyard | 6 furlongs | |
| Bradley Swing Bridge No 182A | 1 mile, 5¼ furlongs | |
| Bradley Aqueduct No 43A | 1 mile, 5½ furlongs | |
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![Cawder Lane bridge. For the milestone just visible to the right, see [[6076509]]. by Stephen Craven – 20 May 2023](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/55/87/7558767_bb7b83e1_120x120.jpg)




![Approaching Leeds and Liverpool Canal Horse Close Bridge from the south. There is an old Ordnance Survey benchmark [[7747912]] on a stone in the white-painted bridge arch on the left hand side of the towpath by Luke Shaw – 18 March 2024](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/74/79/7747945_b53d9ca7_120x120.jpg)

![Boat under Horse Close Bridge. A very similar view to [[176141]], but not such good weather. The boat is travelling north towards Skipton. by Rose and Trev Clough – 10 April 2009](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/28/30/1283005_84690344_120x120.jpg)
![Approaching Leeds & Liverpool Canal Horse Close Bridge from the north. There is a canal milepost [[6076509]] at the junction of the towpath and footpath by Roger Templeman – 18 March 2024](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/74/79/7747951_bb090cb4_120x120.jpg)


![Leeds & Liverpool Canal Bridge 180. There is an OS benchmark [[4770519]] on the left hand side of the bridge arch, on the white-painted stones. by Roger Templeman – 10 August 2015](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/77/05/4770529_845924d7_120x120.jpg)









![Bridge 180. Bridge 180 [aka Horse Close Bridge] on the Leeds-Liverpool canal at the southern approaches to Skipton. by Gordon Hatton – 05 March 2011](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/30/32/2303286_933b7b48_120x120.jpg)

![Leeds & Liverpool Canal and A6131 approaching Horse Close Bridge. There is a closeup of the milepost at [[4770510]] by Roger Templeman – 10 August 2015](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/77/05/4770515_4965e8d3_120x120.jpg)




