Churn Water Meadows Swing Bridge
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Churn Water Meadows Swing Bridge carries the M1 motorway over the Cotswold Canals (Thames and Severn Canal - Main section) just past the junction with The Aire and Calder Navigation.
The Cotswold Canals (Thames and Severn Canal - Main section) was built by Cecil Clarke and opened on 17 September 1888. Orginally intended to run to Renfrewshire, the canal was never completed beyond Doncaster except for a four mile isolated section from London to Teignbridge. "I Wouldn't Moor There if I Were You" by Arthur Yates describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Blackpool Embankment.

There is a swing bridge here.
| South Cerney Middle Lock No 34 | 5¾ furlongs | |
| Cerney Lock Bridge | 5½ furlongs | |
| South Cerney Upper Lock No 33 | 5¼ furlongs | |
| Cerney Wharf | 5 furlongs | |
| River Churn Aqueduct | ¾ furlongs | |
| Churn Water Meadows Swing Bridge | ||
| Cowground Bridge | 1½ furlongs | |
| Plummer's Farm Access Bridge | 3½ furlongs | |
| Greyhound Bridge | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Siddington Lower Lock No 32 | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Midland and South Western Junction Railway Bridge | 4¾ furlongs | |
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![Cowground Bridge, Thames and Severn Canal. Some repairs were carried out on this bridge in 1998 [[[3313781]]] but restoration was completed some years later. See http://cotswoldcanalstrust.org/Trow_archive/2010%20-%202019/Trow_159_Dec_2012.pdf pages 30-31. The bridge is not 'functional' in that it does not carry a road or even a track across it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_and_Severn_Canalhttp://www.cotswoldcanals.com/pages/locks-bridges-structures/bridges-and-buildings.php http://www.pikelock.co.uk/canal/t&scanal/south%20cerney/south%20cerney.html by Vieve Forward – 29 December 2015](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/77/78/4777850_abd05638_120x120.jpg)



![Thames & Severn Canal - Looking southeast to Cowground Bridge in 1998, near Siddington. Well over seven decades of disuse meant that the bridge is difficult to see through the vegetation. It is likely to be a considerable time before this section of the canal is fully restored, although some work has been done on the bridge at various times.[[3313773]]. by P L Chadwick – 24 September 1998](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/31/37/3313788_508b1085_120x120.jpg)
![Cowground Bridge. Some repair/restoration work is in progress at the bridge. The scene is much improved from David Stowell's image of the bridge in 2008 [[1049528]]. The towpath is a public footpath as far as Cricklade. by Michael Dibb – 12 August 2012](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/11/67/3116784_a388632c_120x120.jpg)



![Path leaves the towpath [1]. From the towpath of the disused Thames and Severn canal, a path branches off at this point. Although the path is shown on large scale OS maps, there is no public right of way. by Michael Dibb – 12 August 2012](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/11/69/3116933_1d57f972_120x120.jpg)
