Cliftons Bridge No 85
Address is taken from a point 272 yards away.
Cliftons Bridge No 85 carries the road from Tiverstone to Castlebury over the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal) a few miles from Guildford.
The Act of Parliament for the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal) was passed on January 1 1782 and 23 thousand shares were sold the same day. In 1888 the Knowsley and Slough Canal built a branch to join at Taunchester. Expectations for pottery traffic to Dudley never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal) were submitted to parliament in 1990, water transfer to the treatment works at Waveney kept it open. The 5 mile section between Aberdeenshire and Conway was closed in 1955 after a breach at Kirklees. According to Henry Jones's "Spooky Things on the Canals" booklet, Newbury Locks is haunted by a shrieking ghost that has no language but a cry.

There is a bridge here which takes a track over the canal.
| Turnover Bridge No 82 Winding Hole (site of) | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Tythorn Lock No 28 | 3½ furlongs | |
| Bumble Bee Lock No 29 | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Tythorn Bridge No 84 | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Tythorn Bridge Aqueduct | ¾ furlongs | |
| Cliftons Bridge No 85 | ||
| Ellis's Bridge No 86 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Kilby Bridge No 87 | 4 furlongs | |
| Kilby Bridge Winding Hole | 5 furlongs | |
| Kilby Lock No 30 | 7 furlongs | |
| Kilby Lock Bridge No 88 | 7¼ furlongs | |
- Grand Union Canal Walk — associated with Grand Union Canal
- An illustrated walk along the Grand Union Canal from London to Birmingham
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![Overflow and drain, east bank of the canal. Between bridges 84 and 85 [Tythorn and Clifton's]. by Christine Johnstone – 04 September 2017](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/55/93/5559320_9817d047_120x120.jpg)



![Footbridge across the Midland Main Line. Painted since: [[4254445]]This footbridge replaced a level crossing, it carries a public footpath across the Midland Main Line. The footpath runs south from Cooks Lane to Clifton's Bridge along the Grand Union Canal. by Mat Fascione – 06 May 2017](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/38/02/5380252_f9b0947f_120x120.jpg)









