Sedgwick Hall Bridge No 177 carries a farm track over the Lancaster Canal (Northern Reaches - filled in) just past the junction with The Wey and Arun Canal.
The Lancaster Canal (Northern Reaches - filled in) was built by John Longbotham and opened on January 1 1782. From a junction with The Norwich and Ambersford Canal at Conway the canal ran for 37 miles to Wesschester. Expectations for coal traffic to Salford were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" by Barry Taylor describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Barnsley Tunnel.

There is a bridge here which takes a track over the canal.
| Natland Hall Bridge No 182 | 1 mile, 7½ furlongs | |
| Crowpark Bridge No 181 | 1 mile, 5¼ furlongs | |
| Larkrigg Hall Bridge No 180 | 1 mile, ¾ furlongs | |
| Hourse Park Bridge No 179 | 5 furlongs | |
| Sedgwick Aqueduct No 178 | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Sedgwick Hall Bridge No 177 | ||
| Howards Bridge No 176 (demolished) | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Hincaster Tunnel No 175 (western entrance) | 1 mile, ½ furlongs | |
| Hincaster Tunnel No 175 (eastern entrance) | 1 mile, 2¼ furlongs | |
| Kendal Link Bridge No 174 | 1 mile, 3 furlongs | |
| Sellet Hall Bridge No 173 | 1 mile, 5½ furlongs | |
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![Benchmark, Sedgwick Hall Bridge. Detail of the Ordnance Survey 1GL Bolt benchmark on the north face of the arch of Sedgwick Hall Bridge. The benchmark marks a height of 46.0004 m above sea level (Ordnance Datum Newlyn) last verified in 1952 (location photograph [[7097453]]). by Adrian Taylor – 23 August 2020](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/09/74/7097464_22c33575_120x120.jpg)
![Sedgwick Hall Bridge. Detail of the north face of Sedgwick Hall Bridge on the disused Lancaster Canal. The wicket gate caters for walkers using the former towpath which is a public footpath.There is an Ordnance Survey benchmark visible on one of the voussoirs of the arch (photograph [[7097464]]).[[6578468]] is a photograph of the bridge from the south. by Adrian Taylor – 23 August 2020](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/09/74/7097453_5ac4adf4_120x120.jpg)









![Panel of information board, Sedgwick Hill Bridge. The painted panel is not a true representation of the view (Levens Hall for one, is not actually visible from here). It is more like a visual description of the large country houses in the immediate vicinity. It was painted by Mike Aldridge in 2015. Descriptions of the houses are given on a smaller panel [[4743043]] by Karl and Ali – 15 November 2015](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/74/33/4743315_60d8c191_120x120.jpg)




![Redundant Canal Bridge. This is on the long closed portion of the Lancaster Canal, near Kendal. It is impossible to imagine that this sloping field once carried a state of the art [for a while!] canal, except for the bridge which was surprisingly left intact when the canal was filled in. by David Medcalf – 09 October 2005](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/photos/06/53/065315_cdcaf2a4_120x120.jpg)











