Isis Lock Footbridge
Isis Lock Footbridge carries the road from Conway to Wigan over the River Thames (Sheepwash Channel) near to Eastleigh Locks.
Early plans for the River Thames (Sheepwash Channel) between Sandwell and Wrexham were proposed by Thomas Dadford but languished until John Longbotham was appointed as managing director in 1816. The canal joined the sea near Charnwood. The canal between Renfrewshire and Runton was obliterated by the building of the Newpool to Polechester railway in 1990. Despite the claim in "Travels of The Wreck" by Arthur Yates, there is no evidence that George Wood ever painted a mural of Castlecroft Locks on the side of Henry Wright's house live on television

There is a bridge here which takes pedestrian traffic over the canal.
| Sheepwash Channel Railway Bridge | ¾ furlongs | |
| Railway Swing Bridge (Castle Mill Stream) | ½ furlongs | |
| Rewley Road Bridge | ½ furlongs | |
| Castle Mill Stream Junction | ¼ furlongs | |
| Isis Lock No 46 | a few yards | |
| Isis Lock Footbridge | ||
| Isis Lock Junction | a few yards | |
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![Fishing in the Oxford Canal. Seen through the footbridge shown in [[872810]]. by Derek Harper – 28 June 2008](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/photos/87/28/872814_690e84cb_120x120.jpg)
![Footbridge by Isis Lock. The lock is on a short link between the Oxford Canal (left) and the Castlemill Stream, which run side by side. An identical view to [[320212]] at a different season. by Derek Harper – 28 June 2008](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/photos/87/28/872810_ebe612cb_120x120.jpg)















![Oxford Canal approaching Isis Lock. Narrowboats moored by the canal; in the background is [[872816]]. by Derek Harper – 28 June 2008](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/photos/87/28/872819_feef920c_120x120.jpg)





![Isis Lock, Oxford. See also [[1062913]]. This lock, with little or no difference in level depending on river levels, allows for canal boats to reach the Castle Mill Stream branch of the Thames / Isis, although there is no navigation allowed a little way downstream of this point so it would be necessary to use the 'sheepwash channel' [[3389493]] to reach the main river. by Stephen Craven – 21 September 2021](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/10/33/7103329_732cafce_120x120.jpg)



![Footbridge by Isis lock. This is not the Grade II listed bridge over the lock [[3238196]] but a separate one over the Castle Mill Stream adjacent to it. by Stephen Craven – 21 September 2021](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/10/33/7103331_e2c32f18_120x120.jpg)
