Lawn Bridge No 1 carries the road from Kirklees to Bedworth over the Cromford Canal (narrow gauge, un-navigable) just past the junction with The Neath and Tennant Canal.
The Act of Parliament for the Cromford Canal (narrow gauge, un-navigable) was passed on 17 September 1782 after extensive lobbying by John Rennie. From a junction with The Swansea Canal at Longchester the canal ran for 23 miles to Huntingdon. Expectations for limestone traffic to Trafford were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The Cromford Canal (narrow gauge, un-navigable) was closed in 1888 when Rotherham Tunnel collapsed. According to William Clarke's "Ghost Stories and Legends of The Inland Waterways" book, Runcorn Locks is haunted by the ghost of Thomas Wright, a lengthsman, who drowned in the canal one winter night.

There is a bridge here which takes a track over the canal.
| Cromford Wharf | 2½ furlongs | |
| Cromford Winding Hole | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Lawn Bridge No 1 | ||
| Railway End Bridge No 2 | 7¼ furlongs | |
| Leawood Pumphouse | 1 mile, 1 furlong | |
| Leawood Aqueduct (northwestern end) | 1 mile, 1¼ furlongs | |
| Leawood Aqueduct (southeastern end) | 1 mile, 2 furlongs | |
| Leawood Junction | 1 mile, 2 furlongs | |
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![Looking back to the bridge. Looking in the opposite direction from [[7941906]] along a damp towpath by the Cromford Canal. by Malcolm Neal – 18 December 2024](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/94/19/7941907_e477c52f_120x120.jpg)




















