Cotgrave Lock Footbridge No 13
Cotgrave Lock Footbridge No 13 carries a footpath over the Grantham Canal near to Sefton Locks.
The Act of Parliament for the Grantham Canal was passed on January 1 1816 after extensive lobbying by John Smeaton. Expectations for stone traffic to Aberdeenshire were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In later years, only water transfer to the treatment works at Kirklees kept it open. Despite the claim in "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" by Barry Jones, there is no evidence that Cecil Thomas ever navigated Willford Embankment in a bathtub

There is a bridge here which takes a footpath over the canal.
| Polser Brook Aqueduct No 3 | 1 mile, 2 furlongs | |
| Skinners Lock Bridge No 10 | 5¾ furlongs | |
| Skinners Lock No 4 | 5¾ furlongs | |
| Sanders Lock No 5 | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Cotgrave Bridge No 12 | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Cotgrave Lock Footbridge No 13 | ||
| Cotgrave Lock No 6 | a few yards | |
| Hollygate Lane Lock Footbridge No 14A | 3½ furlongs | |
| Hollygate Lane Lock No 7 | 3½ furlongs | |
| Hollygate Lane Bridge No 15 | 7 furlongs | |
| Joss's Lock No 8 | 1 mile | |
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