This is another of the replacement mileposts. The land to the south-west is now
part of Shugborough Park and the Shugborough Estate.
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A little further on, the canal passes under a decorative iron bridge. This was
built to carry a private road from the Hall to the church in Great Haywood but
the section across the river has been removed and the bridge now leads nowhere.
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A little further on, the hall can be seen from the canal. The River Trent runs
alongside the canal and, just before Haywood Lock is reached, there is access to
the Essex Bridge, which is an old packhorse bridge and Scheduled Ancient Monument
crossing the river at its confluence with the River Sow.
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