Burns Wood Bridge No 56
Address is taken from a point 225 yards away.
Burns Wood Bridge No 56 carries the road from Barstone to Nottingham over the Shropshire Union Canal (Llangollen Canal - Main Line) near to Luton.
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 track over the canal.
| Blackwater Meadow Marina | 1 mile, 1¾ furlongs | |
| Ellesmere Visitor Moorings (14 day) | 1 mile, 1¼ furlongs | |
| Ellesmere Tunnel (western entrance) | 5¼ furlongs | |
| Ellesmere Tunnel (eastern entrance) | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Blake Mere Visitor Moorings | 2 furlongs | |
| Burns Wood Bridge No 56 | ||
| Baysil Wood Winding Hole | 3 furlongs | |
| Little Mill Bridge No 55 | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Cole Mere Visitor Moorings | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Miss Each Bridge No 54 | 7¾ furlongs | |
| Lyneal Road Bridge No 53 | 1 mile, 2¼ furlongs | |
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![Evening sunshine, Blake Mere. Taken as the evening sun was slowing setting after a gloriously sunny day. The trees it is shining through frame [[[1892826]]] on its southeastern border. There are several meres around here, but this one is the most clearly visible from the Llangollen Canal. by Rob Farrow – 22 May 2010](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/89/28/1892832_38f63e5f_120x120.jpg)





![Blake Mere. Taken from a narrowboat on the Llangollen Canal as we chugged past on a lovely evening in late May after a very sunny day cruising from Ellesmere to Whitchurch and back. The tranquil lake is for the exclusive use of fishermen, a few of whom could be seen dotted around its shores. For a slightly different view see [[[1892832]]] by Rob Farrow – 22 May 2010](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/89/28/1892826_e3c449a2_120x120.jpg)












