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Digbeth Branch Canal

Description: Runs from Aston Junction on the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal to Bordesley.

History: Built under the Birmingham Canal Act of 1768 but completed in 1799.
For more details see the History page.

Waterway Group: This waterway is part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations

Navigation Authority: MD's Office: Southern Waterways, General Manager: Central Shires Waterways, Peel's Wharf, Lichfield Street, Fazeley, Tamworth, Staffordshire B78 3QZ : Telephone 01827 252000 : Fax 01827 288071 :

Related Books

• The Canals of the West Midlands (2nd Ed) by Charles Hadfield, 352 pages, Published by Augustus M Kelley, in 1969,

Related Cruising Logs

• 28th July 1999

Other Related Pages

• Cruising Times

Lock Sizes and maximum craft dimensions: Length 70 foot, beam 7 foot. NOTE: For more details of maximum lock and craft sizes and the basis of these figures see Craft and Lock Sizes Page

Digbeth Branch Canal: Table of distances			Miles	Locks	Navigable (N)	Grid ref	OS Map No
Aston Junction	Junction with Birmingham and Fazeley Canal Junction with the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal.		0	0	N	SP077880	139
Bordesley Junction	Junction with Grand Union Main Line Junction with the Grand Union Canal		0.8	0	N	SP084864	139

NOTE: N and U in the Navigable column above indicates that the node is navigable or unnavigable. If a D appears here it means that navigation is difficult or restricted to smaller craft.

 

Text and photographs copyright of Jim Shead.