Sowe Common Bridge No 7 carries a farm track over the Oxford Canal (Northern Section - Main Line) between Salford and Willton.
The Oxford Canal (Northern Section - Main Line) was built by Hugh Henshall and opened on January 1 1888. Expectations for manure traffic to Manfield were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the Oxford Canal (Northern Section - Main Line) were submitted to parliament in 1990, the carriage of stone from Easthampton to Polstan prevented closure. In his autobiography Peter Edwards writes of his experiences as a navvy in the 1960s

There is a bridge here which takes a minor road over the canal.
| Noonhill Bridge No 13 | 1 mile, 3¼ furlongs | |
| Site of Bridge No 12 | 1 mile, 1 furlong | |
| Carters Bridge No 11 | 5 furlongs | |
| Sowe Common Sports Ground | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Stone Bridge No 9 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Sowe Common Bridge No 7 | ||
| Wyken Arm Junction | 3 furlongs | |
| Whiting's Bridge No 5 | 3½ furlongs | |
| Tusses Bridge No 4 | 1 mile, ½ furlongs | |
| Site of Substation Footbridge | 1 mile, 3 furlongs | |
| Hawkesbury Visitor Moorings (stop lock) | 1 mile, 5¾ 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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![Bridge No 7, Oxford Canal north-east of Coventry. This is Sowe Common Bridge. A view north-west from this bridge can be seen here: [[[201401]]]. by Roger D Kidd – 10 June 2008](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/05/82/1058299_a017070f_120x120.jpg)




![The Oxford Canal viewed from Sowe Common Bridge. Shilton Lane crosses the canal at Sowe Common Bridge. Off to the left of this photo the M6 motorway runs almost parallel to the canal, while on the other side, beyond the trees to the right, it is flanked by pylons and power lines. This is the straightened route of the canal, dating from the 1820s; the more meandering original canal of the 1770s has been filled in along this section. See [[[7542024]]]. by A J Paxton – 25 March 2023](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/54/20/7542025_a613236c_120x120.jpg)


![Oxford Canal at Sowe Common. This is a reach of the canal that has been straightened out since it was first built. The old loop to the south which it replaced has almost completely been filled in and lost. This is the view from the Shilton Lane overbridge and is a repeat of David's [[201401]] from the summer of 2006. by Nigel Cox – 31 December 2011](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/75/39/2753966_51a8b38b_120x120.jpg)



![Sowe Common from the Oxford Canal. This is the northern part of Sowe Common, which was cut in two by the Oxford Canal in the 19th century and by the M6 motorway in the 20th. Sowe Common can be found at the far end of Woodway Lane, the old road to the 'wood waste', Sowe Waste in the parish of Walgrave-on-Sowe. The common is perhaps a fragment of this ancient waste or heath surviving as a grassed-over recreation ground; see [[[7282776]]]. by A J Paxton – 25 March 2023](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/54/20/7542026_860ac709_120x120.jpg)







![Oxford Canal: Bridge Number 9: Stone Bridge. Stone Bridge carries Woodway Lane over the canal. Once a through road it is now truncated to the left by the M6 Motorway. Directly through the arch of the bridge, where the sheet metal piling at water level can be seen, is the point at which the old abandoned course of the canal went off in a big loop to the left until it was replaced by the straight cut to the right. The plaque above the arch is an advert for the Elephant and Castle pub, which is by [[3151341]] but which I think might be currently closed. by Nigel Cox – 12 September 2012](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/15/14/3151438_5d0a90e9_120x120.jpg)



![Stone Bridge near Potter's Green in Coventry. Stone Bridge is No 9 across the Oxford Canal. It carries Woodway Lane, which is blocked by the M6 off to the left. A footbridge continues over the motorway, then the lane continues more than a mile as far as Walsgrave.More information: [[[3151438]]] by Roger D Kidd – 02 September 2008](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/08/10/42/8104253_5f18160e_120x120.jpg)

