
There is a bridge here which takes a minor road over the canal.
| Preston Brook Roving Bridge | 2½ furlongs | |
| Norton Railway Aqueduct | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Norton Arm Junction | 1½ furlongs | |
| Preston Brook Marina | 1 furlong | |
| Preston Brook Services | ½ furlongs | |
| Crawley's Bridge No 68 | ||
| Borrows Bridge No 69 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Railway Bridge No 70 | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Norton Town Bridge No 71 | 4½ furlongs | |
| New Norton Bridge No 71A | 6¾ furlongs | |
| Norton Bridge No 72 | 7 furlongs | |
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Nearest water point
In the direction of Grocer's Wharf
In the direction of Waterloo Bridge (Runcorn)
Nearest rubbish disposal
In the direction of Grocer's Wharf
In the direction of Waterloo Bridge (Runcorn)
Nearest chemical toilet disposal
In the direction of Grocer's Wharf
In the direction of Waterloo Bridge (Runcorn)
Nearest place to turn
In the direction of Grocer's Wharf
In the direction of Waterloo Bridge (Runcorn)
Nearest self-operated pump-out
In the direction of Grocer's Wharf
Nearest boatyard pump-out
In the direction of Grocer's Wharf
Wikipedia has a page about Crawley's Bridge
Crawley (pronunciation ) is a large town and borough in West Sussex, England. It is 28 miles (45 km) south of London, 18 miles (29 km) north of Brighton and Hove, and 32 miles (51 km) north-east of the county town of Chichester. Crawley covers an area of 17.36 square miles (44.96 km2) and had a population of 106,597 at the time of the 2011 Census.
The area has been inhabited since the Stone Age, and was a centre of ironworking in Roman times. Crawley developed slowly as a market town from the 13th century, serving the surrounding villages in the Weald. Its location on the main road from London to Brighton brought passing trade, which encouraged the development of coaching inns. A rail link to London opened in 1841.
Gatwick Airport, nowadays one of Britain's busiest international airports, opened on the edge of the town in the 1940s, encouraging commercial and industrial growth. After the Second World War, the British Government planned to move large numbers of people and jobs out of London and into new towns around South East England. The New Towns Act 1946 designated Crawley as the site of one of these. A master plan was developed for the establishment of new residential, commercial, industrial and civic areas, and rapid development greatly increased the size and population of the town over a few decades.
The town contains 14 residential neighbourhoods radiating out from the core of the old market town, and separated by main roads and railway lines. The nearby communities of Ifield, Pound Hill and Three Bridges were absorbed into the new town at various stages in its development. In 2009, expansion was being planned in the west and north-west of the town, in cooperation with Horsham District Council, which has now become a new neighbourhood named Kilnwood Vale, but it is not in Crawley. Economically, the town has developed into the main centre of industry and employment between London and the south coast. Its large industrial area supports manufacturing and service companies, many of them connected with the airport. The commercial and retail sectors continue to expand.







![Borrow's Bridge [no 69], from the south. Carrying Red Brow Lane over the Runcorn section of the Bridgewater canal. This was originally the main line of the canal, linking Manchester and Liverpool via the tidal Mersey at Runcorn. by Christine Johnstone – 30 May 2021](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/87/76/6877657_346aa8fb_120x120.jpg)



![Norton Warehouses & narrow boats, Bridgewater Canal, from SE. View looking NW along the Bridgewater Canal showing Norton warehouses of which only the 2nd along survives, in front are moored working narrow boats of the Anderton Canal Carrying Company's fleet. At this time its canal carrying activities had more or less come to an end. The outermost of the 3 narrow boats is the 'Mountbatten' see http://hnbc.org.uk/boats/mountbatten & astern of it lies the butty 'Argo', see http://hnbc.org.uk/boats/argo Between the 1st & 2nd warehouses is Norton basin. In the immediate foreground the blurry outline of steel sheeting indicates engineering work & a temporary narrowing of the canal which allowed me to take this photo apparently from the middle of the canal. For a 2011 view from a similar point see [[2427817]]. In the distance is Cawley's Bridge, for my photo from there see: [[5654607]] by Martin Tester – March 1972](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/65/46/5654612_7e7cf3d7_120x120.jpg)

![Norton Warehouses, Bridgewater Canal, from Cawley's Bridge. View from Cawley's Bridge [[2427822]] looking SE along the Bridgewater Canal towards its junction with the Trent & Mersey Canal. In the distance is the newly-opened M56 motorway. Since the time of the photo this area has seen massive redevelopment as more recent photos will show. On the left a marina has been excavated & on the right Preston Brook Marina Village has been built. Of the 4 decrepit-looking warehouses only the 3rd along survives; between it & the 4th warehouse lies Norton Basin. Beyond the 4th warehouse the steel sheeting indicates engineering work & a temporary narrowing of the canal which allowed me to take a photo from the opposite direction, see: [[5654612]] by Martin Tester – March 1972](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/65/46/5654607_f4f54ad6_120x120.jpg)
![Norton Warehouse with working narrowboats, from across Norton basin. Looking across Norton Basin onto the SE end of Norton Warehouse - now the only one surviving of the 4 shown on [[5654607]]. This was the moorings of the Anderton Canal Carrying Company's fleet & 4 of its boats can be seen. Nearest, & moored in the basin, is 'Effingham', built in Northwich in 1959 by Pimblotts, see http://hnbc.org.uk/boats/effingham The furthest of the 3 moored together is 'Mountbatten' built in Northwich in 1960 by Yarwoods, see http://hnbc.org.uk/boats/mountbatten the boat alongside it is probably the butty 'Keppel' - they worked together for the last few trading years. By this time the ACCCo's canal carrying activities had more or less come to an end although I believe boating families may still have been living aboard some of their boats. The Company continued in business as road hauliers. by Martin Tester – March 1972](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/65/52/5655244_7630e54e_120x120.jpg)









![Bird diverters on power lines, above the Bridgewater canal. Just south-east of a railway bridge [no 70]. by Christine Johnstone – 30 May 2021](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/91/61/6916160_fa5fa7c9_120x120.jpg)





