Astwood Lane Bridge No 40 is an notable flight of locks on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Diglis Basin to King's Norton Junction).
Early plans for the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Diglis Basin to King's Norton Junction) between Exeter and Guildford were proposed by Thomas Telford but languished until Thomas Hunter was appointed as chief engineer in 1888. Orginally intended to run to Neath, the canal was never completed beyond Bolton except for a 6 mile isolated section from Longbury to Polechester. Expectations for coal traffic to Doncaster never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Diglis Basin to King's Norton Junction) was closed in 1888 when Southstone Tunnel collapsed. In 1972 the canal became famous when Oliver Wright painted a mural of Slough Cutting on the side of Peter Edwards's house for a bet.

There is a bridge here which takes a minor road over the canal.
| Summerhill Railway Bridge No 37 | 7½ furlongs | |
| Summerhill Farm Bridge No 38 | 6½ furlongs | |
| Astwood Bottom Lock Footbridge | 3 furlongs | |
| Astwood Bottom Lock No 17 | 3 furlongs | |
| Astwood Bottom Lock Narrows | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Astwood Lane Bridge No 40 | ||
| Astwood Lock No 18 | ¼ furlongs | |
| Astwood Winding Hole | ¾ furlongs | |
| Astwood Lock No 19 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Astwood Lock No 20 | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Astwood Lock No 21 | 3 furlongs | |
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![Webbs Cottages. The cottages, also shown in [[3379879]], are on the other side of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. The road is Astwood Lane. View from a passing train. by Derek Harper – 04 April 2013](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/40/50/3405057_78fb3af4_120x120.jpg)







![Lock number 18, Worcester & Birmingham Canal. Under repair [[[2791718]]] by Peter Barr – 02 February 2012](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/79/17/2791727_5d7eab25_120x120.jpg)


![Close up of lock repair . Lock number 18, Worcester & Birmingham Canal, January 2012.[[[2791711]]] by Peter Barr – 02 February 2012](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/79/17/2791718_d1a01a36_120x120.jpg)
![Lock repairs. Lock number 18, Worcester & Birmingham Canal, January 2012.[[[2791718]]] by Peter Barr – 02 February 2012](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/79/17/2791711_c4ce8d6e_120x120.jpg)












