Radford Road Bridge No 35 carries a farm track over the Grand Union Canal (Warwick and Napton Canal) just past the junction with The Fossdyke Canal.
Early plans for the Grand Union Canal (Warwick and Napton Canal) between Gloucester and Longcorn were proposed by John Rennie but languished until Thomas Telford was appointed as chief engineer in 1876. The canal joined the sea near Willfield. Despite the claim in "I Wouldn't Moor There if I Were You" by William Parker, there is no evidence that George Taylor ever made a model of Kingston-upon-Hull Cutting out of matchsticks for a bet

There is a bridge here which takes a major road over the canal.
| Bull Lane Bridge No 34 | 5¾ furlongs | |
| Radford Winding Hole | 3 furlongs | |
| Radford Hall Overflow Weir | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Site of Radford Hall Drawbridge | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Radford Pipe Bridge | a few yards | |
| Radford Road Bridge No 35 | ||
| Gulleman's Way Underbridge | 1 furlong | |
| Gulleman's Bridge No 36 | 1¾ furlongs | |
| The Fusilier PH | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Sydenham Drive Bridge No 37 | 4¾ furlongs | |
| St Marys Road Bridge No 37A | 6¾ furlongs | |
- 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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![Looking west at bridge 35, Grand Union Canal. Bridge 35 carries the A425 road over the Grand Union Canal between Leamington Spa and Radford Semele. This bridge is often referred to as 'Southam Road bridge' but was always known to working boatmen and canal staff as 'Radford brewery bridge' because until the 1970s Thornleys Brewery stood beside the canal on the west side of the bridge. The site is now occupied by Ricardo, a multinational automotive engineering company (see also [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1579467] ). by Andy F – 11 November 2009](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/57/79/1577996_3baf09fc_120x120.jpg)
![Looking northeast at bridge 35, Grand Union Canal. Bridge 35 carries the A425 road over the Grand Union Canal between Leamington Spa and Radford Semele. This bridge is often referred to as 'Southam Road bridge' but was always known to working boatmen and canal staff as 'Radford brewery bridge' because until the 1970s Thornleys Brewery stood on the opposite side of the canal from the camera position in this photo. The site is now occupied by Ricardo, a multinational automotive engineering company (see also [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1579467] ). by Andy F – 11 November 2009](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/57/79/1577998_e6a0887e_120x120.jpg)






![Disused railway bridge, A425 at Radford Semele (1). Looking northeast at the bridge carrying the A425 road over the trackbed of the dismantled Rugby to Leamington railway. For a view from the trackbed see [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1579411] . by Andy F – 12 November 2009](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/57/94/1579416_7edd81bd_120x120.jpg)


![Looking west from bridge 35, Grand Union Canal. The buildings on the south side of the canal are the premises of Ricardo, a multinational automotive engineering company (see also [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1579467] ). The site was formerly Thornleys Brewery which stood beside the canal until the 1970s and led to bridge 35 being known as 'brewery bridge'. by Andy F – 11 November 2009](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/57/80/1578045_69a7fe47_120x120.jpg)
![Once were trains [1]. Seen from the bridge carrying the A425 road is the former trackbed of the Rugby to Leamington Spa railway line here looking towards Leamington Spa. This was a 15 mile long branch line built by the London & North Western Railway which was opened in 1851. Passenger services were withdrawn in 1959 with goods traffic closing a few years later. by Michael Dibb – 20 March 2019](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/09/98/6099896_b5fb36fe_120x120.jpg)

![Disused railway bridge, A425 at Radford Semele (2). Looking from the south at the bridge carrying the A425 road over the trackbed of the dismantled Rugby to Leamington railway. For a view from the trackbed see [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1579411] . by Andy F – 12 November 2009](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/57/94/1579422_43a6a109_120x120.jpg)


![Bridge 34 to bridge 35, Grand Union Canal (13). The stretch of Grand Union Canal between bridges 34 and 35 is pleasant and wooded with Offchurch Bury Park to the north and the village of Radford Semele behind a low hill to the south. This view is looking west as the canal crosses open farmland before passing under bridge 35 (just out of shot beyond the morred boat in the distance). East of here (behind the camera position) the canal's course is overhung by mature trees and the canal closely follows the River Leam.To the south (just out of shot, left of the camera position), the embankment of the dismantled railway from Leamington to Rugby runs by the canal [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1580483] . by Andy F – 13 November 2009](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/58/04/1580491_c905fdb1_120x120.jpg)
![Radford Semele houses [1]. These new houses in Radford Semele are, like most recent houses built, very bland and totally lacking in architectural merit.Radford Semele is a village on the A425 road between Royal Leamington Spa and Southam. The village is named after a family from Saint-Pierre-de-Semilly in Normandy, lords of the manor circa 1120. by Michael Dibb – 20 March 2019](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/09/98/6099892_94a4f5a9_120x120.jpg)
![Small aqueduct carrying Grand Union Canal (2). This aqueduct carries the Grand Union Canal over the stream in the foreground. See also [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1577980] and [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1577989] . by Andy F – 11 November 2009](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/57/79/1577986_dc7fc9c2_120x120.jpg)
![Stream below the Grand Union Canal near bridge 35. Looking north from the towpath of the Grand Union Canal. The canal is carried over the stream on a small aqueduct. See also [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1577980] and [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1577986] . by Andy F – 11 November 2009](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/57/79/1577989_25e3f5bc_120x120.jpg)
![Once were trains [2]. Seen from the bridge carrying the A425 road is the former trackbed of the Rugby to Leamington Spa railway line here looking towards Rugby. This was a 15 mile long branch line built by the London & North Western Railway which was opened in 1851. Passenger services were withdrawn in 1959 with goods traffic closing a few years later. by Michael Dibb – 20 March 2019](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/09/98/6099897_4807224b_120x120.jpg)
![The banks of the Leam. The hawthorn, right, is the characteristic natural vegetation on the north bank of the river. The width of the floodplain to the south can be judged. Can such a small river need such a wide floodplain? Yes! It has an extensive catchment on heavy soils.The building swathed in white on the skyline is Radford Semele parish church: [[SP3464]] It suffered a serious fire in 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radford_Semele by Robin Stott – 28 October 2009](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/56/07/1560749_0b2e697d_120x120.jpg)



