Wootton Wawen Footbridge No 54 carries the M62 motorway over the Stratford-on-Avon Canal (Southern Section).
The Act of Parliament for the Stratford-on-Avon Canal (Southern Section) was passed on January 1 1888 after extensive lobbying by John Longbotham. Expectations for pottery traffic to Aberdeen were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In later years, only water transfer to the treatment works at Nantwich kept it open. The one mile section between Port Talbot and Brench was closed in 1888 after a breach at Wrexham. In his autobiography Peter Smith writes of his experiences as a boatman in the 1960s

Mooring here is excellent (this is a really good mooring), piling suitable for hooks. Very nice, quiet moorings from bridge 54 to bridge 53. Long stretch of Armco surrounded by quiet fields. Short walk to the farm shop. .
There is a bridge here which takes pedestrian traffic over the canal.
| Winding Hole above Footbridge No 53 | 3 furlongs | |
| Wootton Wawen Bridge No 53 | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Wootton Wawen Wharf and Marina | 1¾ furlongs | |
| The Navigation Inn (Wootton Wawen) | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Wootton Wawen Aqueduct | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Wootton Wawen Footbridge No 54 | ||
| Hill Farm Marina | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Changeline Footbridge No 55 | 4½ furlongs | |
| Farm Bridge No 56 | 5¾ furlongs | |
| Winding Hole above Bearley Lock | 6¾ furlongs | |
| Bearley Lock No 39 | 7 furlongs | |
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- A walk along the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal (Southern Section) from Stratford to Kingswood Junction. The walk includes the Edstone Aqueduct (the longest canal...
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![Bridge 54, Stratford-upon-Avon canal. The parapets have been handsomely rebuilt. The bridge takes a public footpath into a field of horses; the path heads for the A3400 south of Austy Manor. The trees in the left background are dead [[2734701]] by Robin Stott – 29 September 2011](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/73/46/2734696_44781d02_120x120.jpg)






![Dead canalside trees near Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire. Something catastrophic and terminal has happened here to these poplar trees. For a possible explanation please see:[[[2734701]]] by Roger D Kidd – 26 August 2012](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/36/18/3361867_0c9a9246_120x120.jpg)


![Dead poplars by the Stratford-upon-Avon canal. They have been killed by thorough ring-barking, i.e., removing the bark around the tree's entire girth so that sap cannot flow to the tree's upper parts. It's possible that the trees were planted to dry out a low-lying waterlogged spot, but as they've grown they've abstracted so much water from the soil that the ground is subsiding and threatening the canal. Dead trees don't transpire so the water table will rise, reversing any subsidence. Just a guess. A clearer view is [[3361867]] from the following year. by Robin Stott – 29 September 2011](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/73/47/2734701_65260a91_120x120.jpg)




![Wootton Wawen aqueduct, south side. The aqueduct crosses the busy A3400 Birmingham Road, formerly A34. The underside of the aqueduct can be made out; in the right-hand section there is a drain point [[2734534]] A closer view of the inscription is [[21680]] by Robin Stott – 29 September 2011](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/73/45/2734520_edf8d366_120x120.jpg)




![Information Post, Mile Marker, Wootton Wawen. The information post includes mile plates. The original mile marker might well have been the metal broadgauge post (from Brunel's wide gauge rails) to the NE against the parapet of the aqueduct,see [[6380357]]. These iron posts have been seen at other likely mile marker positions.Inscription: ← / Edstone Aqueduct / 1.5 miles/2.5 km / Yarndale Aqueduct / 3 miles/5 km / → //→ / Birmingham / 24 miles/38.5 km / Stratford-upon-Avon / 7 miles/11 km / ← Milestone Society National ID: tbc by Mr Red – 30 July 2023](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/55/69/7556919_fd832563_120x120.jpg)

![Canalside plaque at Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire. Information about the cast iron trough aqueduct carrying the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal. This is at the south-western end of the aqueduct.[[[3363066]]] by Roger D Kidd – 26 August 2012](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/36/32/3363264_ef78328a_120x120.jpg)