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This small pedestrian swing bridge crosses the Stroudwater Canal in a picturesque location and provides access to properties on the offside of the canal.
©David Stowell
Dist:0.1km<br/>The canal provides a habitat for ducks, coots, moorhens and duckweed, a lot of duckweed. At the right is an industrial estate.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.1km<br/>These are the only staircase locks on the Stroudwater Canal and have quite a colourful history, mainly because they started to fall down not long after they were first constructed! They were designed by a local architect with no known previous canal experience. The canal company then sued him for the repairs however structural failures re-occurred on several subsequent occasions, the most recent being in 1980. In fairness to the original designer though, this last incident was mainly due to failure of an adjoining water main. The locks have been cleared of overgrowth and debris as restoration gets under way and hopefully modern (re)construction standards will result in a much more stable structure.
©David Stowell
Dist:0.2km<br/>It might appear that the moorhen is walking on duckweed but I think it's perched on a submerged piece of wood. You would think duckweed would be slimy but it isn't. The slimy stuff is algae.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.2km<br/>Home to numerous aquatic birds, it is thoroughly covered in duckweed. The bridge takes Ryeford Road North over the canal.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.2km<br/>A faded board on the wall of this Ryeford Road (North) house shows W H SMITH CABINET MAKER
©John Grayson
Dist:0.2km<br/>Take the towpath alongside the disused Stroudwater canal to pass under Ryeford Bridge or ascend to Ryeford Road (North) to cross over the bridge.
©John Grayson
Dist:0.2km<br/>A path descends from Ryeford Bridge http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2766545 towards the towpath alongside the disused Stroudwater Canal.
©John Grayson
Dist:0.2km<br/>A view from Ryeford Bridge http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2766545 of the towpath alongside the disused Stroudwater canal.
©John Grayson
Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking east to Ryeford Bridge which carries Ryeford Road (North) over the disused Stroudwater Canal.
©John Grayson
Dist:0.2km<br/>A row of five cottages on Ryeford Road (North) on the south side of Stroudwater Canal near Ryeford Bridge.
©John Grayson
Dist:0.2km<br/>Just visible in the faded paintwork at the top of this house by the Stroudwater Canal is the business name "W. H. Smith".
©David Stowell
Dist:0.2km<br/>Located at 2 Ebley Road, between Stonehouse and Stroud.
©John Grayson
Dist:0.2km<br/>The footbridge over Ebley Road connects two halves of Wycliffe College. In the centre is their crest and motto BOLD AND LOYAL.
©John Grayson
Dist:0.3km<br/>On the left is the duck weed infested still water of the canal with the fast flowing river Frome on the right
©Symon Parsley

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