structures. Bridges 31, 30, and 28 are all made of blue-brown and blue bricks, with a skewed basket arch. A single-arched aqueduct then carries the canal over the A530 Nantwich road, and another crosses the River Wheelock immediately afterwards.

The approach to Stanthorne Lock, which raises the level by 11.1 ft is through a cattle bridge built of red bricks laid in an English garden wall bond, with stone coping and large retaining walls which end in piers with