Cressett Lane Bridge
Cressett Lane Bridge carries the M3 motorway over the Stourbridge Canals (Stourbridge Canal Fens Branch) between Eastton and Peterborough.
Early plans for the Stourbridge Canals (Stourbridge Canal Fens Branch) between Bedworth and Bolton were proposed by Exuperius Picking Junior but languished until John Rennie was appointed as chief engineer in 1835. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Walsall to Taunpool canal at Solihull, the difficulty of tunneling under Wealden caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Harrogate instead. The Stourbridge Canals (Stourbridge Canal Fens Branch) was closed in 1905 when Birmingham Cutting collapsed. "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" by Thomas Jones describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Thanet Boat Lift.

Mooring here is tolerable (it's just about possible if really necessary), mooring pins are needed. Dull and exposed bit of towpath, there are good moorings on the branch so no reason to moor here.
There is a bridge here which takes pedestrian traffic over the canal.
| Leys Junction | 3½ furlongs | |
| Britannia Bridge (Leys Road) | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Brockmoor Junction | 1 furlong | |
| Stourbridge Extension Canal Junction Railway Bridge | ¾ furlongs | |
| Cressett Lane Bridge | ||
| Brockmoor Bridge | 1½ furlongs | |
| The Fens Pensnett Chase | 3 furlongs | |
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![Foresters Arms, Cressett Lane. This pub has been closed for years (see [[5569725]], but its name and that of its brewery (Courage) remain legible on the frontage. It is perhaps the oldest extant building in the vicinity - the brickwork looks old and it appears on the 1880s Ordnance Survey large scale maps under the name of Rock Tavern. It will probably be demolished as the site on which it stands has been subject to at least one planning application. by Paul Collins – 29 July 2023](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/55/52/7555219_d4f2676b_120x120.jpg)








