Hills Bridge No 54
Address is taken from a point 315 yards away.
Hills Bridge No 54 carries a farm track over the Ashby Canal (Main Line).
Early plans of what would become the Ashby Canal (Main Line) were drawn up by John Rennie in 1835 but problems with Caerphilly Aqueduct caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1816. The canal joined the sea near Taunton. Expectations for limestone traffic to Banstead never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Ashby Canal (Main Line) were submitted to parliament in 1972, the use of the canal for cooling Sumerlease power station was enough to keep it open. The one mile section between Poleington and Mancorn was closed in 1888 after a breach at Maidstone. In 2001 the canal became famous when John Hunter made a model of Chester Boat Lift out of matchsticks to raise money for Children in Need.

There is a bridge here which takes a track over the canal.
| Pare's Bridge No 59 | 1 mile, 4¼ furlongs | |
| Gopsall Wharf Bridge No 58 | 1 mile, 1½ furlongs | |
| Gopsall Wharf | 1 mile, 1½ furlongs | |
| Green Lane Bridge No 57 | 1 mile, ½ furlongs | |
| Timms Bridge No 56 | 5¼ furlongs | |
| Hills Bridge No 54 | ||
| Shackerstone Winding Hole | 4½ furlongs | |
| Town Bridge No 53 | 4½ furlongs | |
| Turn Bridge No 52 (Shackerstone) | 6½ furlongs | |
| The Rising Sun PH (Shackerstone) | 6¾ furlongs | |
| River Sence Aqueduct | 7½ furlongs | |
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![Hill's Bridge [no 54], reflected. Carrying an 'other route with public access' over the Ashby Canal. by Christine Johnstone – 31 October 2020](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/67/10/6671033_5df92aad_120x120.jpg)
![Approaching Hill's Bridge [no 54] from the south. The bridge carries an 'other route with public access' over the Ashby Canal, just north-west of Shackerstone. by Christine Johnstone – 31 October 2020](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/67/10/6671014_18908fe1_120x120.jpg)







![Ashby Canal, east of Hill's Bridge [no 54]. Late afternoon in late autumn. by Christine Johnstone – 31 October 2020](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/67/10/6671021_c83144e7_120x120.jpg)


![Ashby Canal, west of Hill's Bridge [no 54]. Late afternoon in late autumn. by Christine Johnstone – 31 October 2020](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/67/10/6671026_52a72b16_120x120.jpg)












