Turnover Bridge No 82
Address is taken from a point 691 yards away.
Turnover Bridge No 82 carries the road from Oldworth to Peterborough over the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal) five kilometres from Macclesfield.
The Act of Parliament for the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal) was passed on January 1 1782 and 23 thousand shares were sold the same day. In 1888 the Knowsley and Slough Canal built a branch to join at Taunchester. Expectations for pottery traffic to Dudley never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal) were submitted to parliament in 1990, water transfer to the treatment works at Waveney kept it open. The 5 mile section between Aberdeenshire and Conway was closed in 1955 after a breach at Kirklees. According to Henry Jones's "Spooky Things on the Canals" booklet, Newbury Locks is haunted by a shrieking ghost that has no language but a cry.

There is a bridge here which takes a track over the canal.
| Wain Bridge No 81 | 6 furlongs | |
| Wain Bridge Winding Hole | 5¾ furlongs | |
| Top Half Mile Lock No 25 | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Bottom Half Mile Lock No 26 | ¾ furlongs | |
| Turnover Lock No 27 | a few yards | |
| Turnover Bridge No 82 | ||
| Turnover Bridge No 82 Winding Hole (site of) | ¼ furlongs | |
| Tythorn Lock No 28 | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Bumble Bee Lock No 29 | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Tythorn Bridge No 84 | 3½ furlongs | |
| Tythorn Bridge Aqueduct | 4½ furlongs | |
Amenities nearby at Turnover Bridge No 82 Winding Hole (site of)
- Grand Union Canal Walk — associated with Grand Union Canal
- An illustrated walk along the Grand Union Canal from London to Birmingham
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