Barn Owl Field Bridge
Barn Owl Field Bridge carries a footpath over the River Isle and Westport Canal just past the junction with Sir Henry Yates's Canal.
The River Isle and Westport Canal was built by James Brindley and opened on 17 September 1876. Expectations for pottery traffic to Sevenoaks never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only the use of the canal for cooling Thurrock power station was enough to keep it open. The canal between Leeds and Waveney was destroyed by the building of the Eastcester bypass in 1990. In Barry Yates's "A Very Special Boat" he describes his experiences passing through Stroud Embankment during the war.

There is a bridge here which takes a track over the canal.
| Westport Wharves and Canal Basin | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Barrington Broadway Bridge | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Knighton Drove Bridge | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Barn Owl Field Bridge | ||
| Westport Canal Footbridge | 2½ furlongs | |
| Westport Field Bridge | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Westmoor Bridge (lowered) | 1 mile, ¾ furlongs | |
| Westmoor Flood Gate | 1 mile, 4½ furlongs | |
| Westport Canal - River Isle Junction | 1 mile, 6½ furlongs | |
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![Westport Canal. From footpath L 9/24. The houses are between the canal and the B3168. See also [[[3471651]]]. by Derek Harper – 27 April 2013](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/47/16/3471667_5df1d65f_120x120.jpg)

![Westport Canal. Taken from the same spot as [[[3471640]]]. For a history of the canal, see http://somersetrivers.org/index.php?module=Content&func=view&pid=86 and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westport_Canal . by Derek Harper – 27 April 2013](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/47/16/3471651_12a0985b_120x120.jpg)




![B3168 past Old Barn Owl, Westport. A view of [[1380625]] from close to the gridline. Several trees have been felled fairly recently hereabouts. by Derek Harper – 27 April 2013](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/47/14/3471444_bb33bac7_120x120.jpg)
![Old Milestone by the B3168, south west of Hambridge. Stone post (plate lost) by the B3168, in parish of HAMBRIDGE AND WESTPORT (SOUTH SOMERSET District), just South of village of Hambridge, on grass verge, on East side of road. The plate is now held at Taunton Heritage Centre - see [[6047858]] Ilminster iron plate, erected by the Ilminster turnpike trust in the 19th century. Inscription once read:-(5)(LANGPORT)(ILMINSTER)(5)Somerset HER listed.HER number: 29078 https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=29078&resourceID=100Milestone Society National ID: SO_LPIM05. by JR Dowding – 01 September 2002](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/03/74/6037497_86a96bd7_120x120.jpg)









![B3168 at Hambridge. The B road passes St James the Less church; see also [[443484]]. The C19 church is described at http://webapp1.somerset.gov.uk/her/details.asp?prn=22657 .](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/47/17/3471706_bf94cf76_120x120.jpg)




![Churchyard, Hambridge. A glimpse of the churchyard of [[443484]] from the main road. by Derek Harper – 27 April 2013](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/47/17/3471716_cb75d61f_120x120.jpg)