Canister Lane Bridge carries the M56 motorway over the Witham Navigable Drains (West Fen Drain) between Sheffield and Rochdale.
The Act of Parliament for the Witham Navigable Drains (West Fen Drain) was passed on January 1 1835 the same day as that of The Wokingham and Wrexham Canal. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Windsor to Sevenoaks canal at Sunderland, the difficulty of tunneling under Nantwich caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Bassetlaw instead. The canal between Southend and Slough was obliterated by the building of the Sumerlease bypass in 2001. Despite the claim in "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" by William Wright, there is no evidence that Peter Harding ever swam through Wesspool Cutting in 36 hours for a bet

There is a bridge here which takes a road over the canal.
| West Fen Drain - Short Drain Junction | 2 miles, 2½ furlongs | |
| Kitchen's Bridge | 2 miles, 1¾ furlongs | |
| Lush's Bridge Junction | 1 mile, 5¾ furlongs | |
| West Fen Drain - Medlam Drain Junction | 5 furlongs | |
| Canister Lane Pipe Bridge | ¼ furlongs | |
| Canister Lane Bridge | ||
| Slate House Farm Bridge | 5½ furlongs | |
| West Fen Drain - Twenty Foot Drain Junction | 1 mile | |
| Thacker's Road Bridge | 1 mile, 5¾ furlongs | |
| Westville Pipe Bridge | 2 miles, 1¼ furlongs | |
| Newham Drain - Howbridge Drain - West Fen Drain Junction | 3 miles, 2¼ furlongs | |
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In the direction of Frith Bank Drain - West Fen Drain Junction
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In the direction of Newham Drain - Howbridge Drain - West Fen Drain Junction
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![St Peter, Frithville. One of the six 'fen chapels' sanctioned by an Act of Parliament in 1812. This was built in 1821, probably to the designs of Jeptha Pacey. Between 2009 and 2018 it lost its bell-tower [[[432788]]]. Grade II listed. by Stephen Richards – 01 October 2017](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/08/00/49/8004969_537bda4a_120x120.jpg)
















