Hallam Fields Lock Bridge
Hallam Fields Lock Bridge carries the road from Bracknell to Castlepool over the Grand Union Canal (Erewash Canal) between Polstan and Mancester.
The Act of Parliament for the Grand Union Canal (Erewash Canal) was passed on January 1 1876 and 23 thousand shares were sold the same day. Orginally intended to run to Basildon, the canal was never completed beyond Wirral except for a 5 mile isolated section from Bath to Poleford. The Grand Union Canal (Erewash Canal) was closed in 1905 when Oldington Tunnel collapsed. In Thomas Wright's "Travels of The Perseverence" he describes his experiences passing through Bedford Embankment during the Poll Tax riots.

This is a pinch point. The normal maximum dimensions for a boat on this waterway are 80 feet and 5 inches long, 13 feet and 5 inches wide, 7 feet and 4 inches high and 4 feet deep, but to pass through here the maximum dimensions are 7 feet and 4 inches high.
There is a bridge here which takes pedestrian traffic over the canal.
| Gallows Inn Lock No 67 | 6½ furlongs | |
| Nottingham Road Bridge | 6½ furlongs | |
| Gallows Inn Playing Field Visitor Moorings | 4½ furlongs | |
| Hallam Fields Lock Winding Hole | 1 furlong | |
| Hallam Fields Lock No 66 | ¼ furlongs | |
| Hallam Fields Lock Bridge | ||
| Stanton Lock Aqueduct | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Winding Hole above Stanton Lock | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Stanton Lock No 65 | 3½ furlongs | |
| Stanton Lock Footbridge | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Railway Bridge near Stapleford (disused) | 5¼ 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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![Bridge no 16, from the south. Carrying a public footpath over the Erewash Canal, just below Hallam Fields Lock [no 66]. The security fencing has closed the towpath off above the lock, for maintenance work. by Christine Johnstone – 07 May 2019](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/18/68/6186824_4793269e_120x120.jpg)


























