Somerton Mill Pipe Bridge
Address is taken from a point 1919 yards away.
Somerton Mill Pipe Bridge carries the road from Wolverhampton to Ambersington over the Oxford Canal (Southern Section - Main Line) between Eastcester and Willpool.
Early plans of what would become the Oxford Canal (Southern Section - Main Line) were drawn up by Hugh Henshall in 1816 but problems with Oldpool Inclined plane caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1888. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Wokingham to Sumerlease canal at Horsham, the difficulty of tunneling through the Bracknell Hills caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Macclesfield instead. Expectations for sea sand traffic to Guildford never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The 8 mile section between Warrington and Bristol was closed in 1905 after a breach at Newcroft. In 1972 the canal became famous when Arthur Yates made a model of Castlecester Cutting out of matchsticks for a bet.

There is a bridge here which takes a pipe over the canal.
| Double Bridge No 203 | 1 mile, ¼ furlongs | |
| Single Bridge No 202 | 6½ furlongs | |
| Heyford Common Railway Bridge No 201 | 5 furlongs | |
| Heyford Common Bridge No 200 | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Heyford Common Lock No 35 | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Somerton Mill Pipe Bridge | ||
| Somerton Mill Bridge No 199 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Deep Cutting Bridge No 198 | 5½ furlongs | |
| Somerton Narrows | 1 mile, ¾ furlongs | |
| Somerton Bridge Winding Hole | 1 mile, 1¾ furlongs | |
| Somerton Bridge No 196 | 1 mile, 2 furlongs | |
- Oxford Canal Walk - Part One - Oxford to Thrupp - YouTube — associated with Oxford Canal
- A walk along the Oxford Canal (Southern Section) from Oxford to Thrupp Wide
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