Preston Bagot Bridge No 46
Address is taken from a point 233 yards away.
Preston Bagot Bridge No 46 is an notable flight of locks on the Stratford-on-Avon Canal (Southern Section) just past the junction with The Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal.
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

There is a bridge here which takes pedestrian traffic over the canal.
| Bucket Lock Cottage | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Bucket Lock No 34 | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Claverdon Bottom Lock No 35 | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Bridge No 45 (Stratford Canal) | 3 furlongs | |
| Preston Bagot Top Lock No 36 | a few yards | |
| Preston Bagot Bridge No 46 | ||
| Preston Bagot Middle Lock No 37 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Preston Bagot Bottom Lock No 38 | 2½ furlongs | |
| Preston Bagot Bridge No 47 | 2½ furlongs | |
| Warwick Road Bridge (A4189) No 47A | 3 furlongs | |
| Preston Bagot Bridge No 48 | 3 furlongs | |
Access is only via a public footpath
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![Kingswood Brook. Looking downstream from the bridge where [[[5538053]]] was taken. by Derek Harper – 28 June 2017](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/53/80/5538081_8ad7a73b_120x120.jpg)

![Dismantled bridge over Kingswood Brook. Taken from the current route of the footpath from Preston Bagot to Ossetts Hole Lane. It looks like originally there was a more substantial bridge over the brook, which has now gone. The footpath now crosses by a steel footbridge [[[2978628]]]. by David P Howard – 04 June 2012](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/97/86/2978616_8fd386f8_120x120.jpg)
![Brook and footbridge near lock 36 of the Stratford-upon-Avon canal. The steel footbridge crosses the brook roughly east-west just upstream of a bend, right, towards the camera. The view is roughly east towards a poplar plantation and remnants of alder wood on the north side of the lock. It seems that the footbridge replaced a dismantled brick bridge that crossed the brook roughly north-south just downstream from the bend. Available maps don't show this arrangement. A cluster of photos by different contributors illustrates the location; note the different names for the same watercourse![[736235]] by Matthew Lee looking upstream. 'Willow Brook' is echoed in 'Willowbrook House' upstream in SP1767[[2978616]] by David P Howard looking upstream.[[2978628]] by David P Howard looking roughly west across the footbridge.[[3090468]] by Liz Stone looking upstream to the footbridge with the bend in the foreground.[[5538081]] by Derek Harper looking downstream from the footbridge towards the bend. by Robin Stott – 17 September 2018](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/26/40/6264098_928cc1c7_120x120.jpg)

![Approaching Lock 36, Stratford-upon-Avon Canal. From the lock there's a footpath northwest to Preston Bagot church [[5399838]] and another southeast to Ossetts Hole Lane [[2978570]] and Yarningale Common [[2656964]]. by Robin Stott – 17 September 2018](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/23/47/6234701_ae02a6c8_120x120.jpg)


![Footbridge over Kingswood Brook. Footbridge on the footpath from Ossetts Hole Lane to Preston Bagot. Replaces a former dismantled bridge [[[2978616]]]. by David P Howard – 04 June 2012](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/97/86/2978628_9b0f12d8_120x120.jpg)
![Footbridge over the Preston Bagot Brook. The bridge carries a footpath between Preston Bagot church and the Stratford-upon-Avon canal, near Lock 36. The brook is a tributary of the River Alne, into which it flows at Wootton Wawen in [[SP1563]]. by Liz Stone – 19 August 2012](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/09/04/3090468_ee626ea0_120x120.jpg)


![Kingswood Brook. From the bridge shown in [[2978628]]; a placid stretch of the river (looking upstream) which runs parallel to the Stratford Canal, except for the wiggles. by Derek Harper – 28 June 2017](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/53/80/5538053_0b84baed_120x120.jpg)




![Footpath to Ossetts Hole Lane. The footpath from Preston Bagot to Ossetts Hole Lane passes over the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal via a roving bridge by lock no. 36, and heads south east towards Yarningale Coppice in [[SP1865]]. by David P Howard – 04 June 2012](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/97/85/2978570_35ddeb52_120x120.jpg)

![Narrowboat on the Stratford Canal. In the background is lock number 36 [[[5538246]]]. by Derek Harper – 28 June 2017](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/53/82/5538259_acdc1c16_120x120.jpg)
![Stratford-upon-Avon Canal near Preston Bagot. With the narrowboat shown in [[[5538259]]]. by Derek Harper – 28 June 2017](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/53/82/5538267_6cba6eb6_120x120.jpg)

