Ashburton Footbridge carries a farm track over the River Wey Wey Navigation a few miles from Manton.
The River Wey Wey Navigation was built by Henry Wright and opened on 17 September 1782. Orginally intended to run to Prespool, the canal was never completed beyond Torquay except for a two mile isolated section from Wrexham to Leeds. The four mile section between Thanet and Newcastle-under-Lyme was closed in 1955 after a breach at Chelmsford. "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" by Oliver Smith describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Sunderland Inclined plane.

There is a bridge here which takes pedestrian traffic over the canal.
| Tanyard Bridge | 1 mile, ¼ furlongs | |
| Cartbridge Basin | 6½ furlongs | |
| High Footbridge | 5 furlongs | |
| Cart Bridge | 1 furlong | |
| Cartbridge Wharf | ¾ furlongs | |
| Ashburton Footbridge | ||
| Worsfold Flood Gates No 8 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Worsfold Flood Gates Weir Entrance | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Worsfold Winding Hole | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Triggs Lock Weir Exit | 6 furlongs | |
| Triggs Lock No 7 | 6½ furlongs | |
- River Wey and Godalming Navigations and Dapdune Wharf — associated with River Wey
- This is the web site for the National Trust who manage the River Wey
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In the direction of Millmead Lock No 4
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![River Wey Navigation at Cartbridge. Viewed looking from [[819106]] towards [[817675]] in the distance. by Nigel Cox – 20 May 2008](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/photos/81/91/819135_9e5435ac_120x120.jpg)







![River Wey Navigation: Cart Bridge. The bridge was completely rebuilt by Surrey County Council in 1998 from the one seen in Neil's [[621452]]. The only evidence of the old bridge is the original date stone of 1759 which is set in the abutment of the bridge, and underneath it, on its east side, or left side here. The bridge carries the A247 road over the Navigation. by Nigel Cox – 20 May 2008](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/photos/81/76/817675_63f43d8b_120x120.jpg)

![Wey Navigation. Viewed from Cart Bridge. On the immediate left (out of the picture) is the New Inn.[[1777821]]. by P L Chadwick – 12 March 2010](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/77/78/1777833_a587a638_120x120.jpg)







![Cart Bridge, Wey Navigation. The rebuilt Cart Bridge takes the busy A247 road across the Wey Navigation.[[1777851]]. by P L Chadwick – 12 March 2010](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/77/78/1777859_fc2749ff_120x120.jpg)

![The New Inn sign, Send Road. The sign reflects the fact that the pub is adjacent to the Wey Navigation.[[1777821]]. by P L Chadwick – 12 March 2010](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/77/78/1777826_57cdc778_120x120.jpg)






![River Wey Navigation: Ashburton Bridge. Ashburton Bridge is so-named because it originally provided access to Ashburton House on the west side of the Navigation. The bridge is a modern metal replacement for an earlier one. The narrowboats in Colin's [[701185]] do not appear to have moved since his photograph in February. by Nigel Cox – 20 May 2008](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/photos/81/91/819106_9fbe9ce9_120x120.jpg)