Jim Shead Waterways Photographer & Writer

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Netherton Tunnel Branch Canal

Description: Links the BCN Main Line with the Dudley Canal, via Netherton Tunnel.

History: Built to relieve pressure on the Old Dudley Tunnel. The first sod of the Branch was turned by Lord Ward on the last day of 1855. Opened on 20 August 1858.
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 :

Looking from Dudley Port Junction to Netherton Tunnel

Related Books

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

Related photographs

Netherton Tunnel Branch Canal: Windmill End Junction IWA National Waterways Festival
Netherton Tunnel Branch Canal: Dudley Port Junction Netherton Tunnel Branch from Dudley Port Junction

Related External Web Sites

IWA's 1996 National Rally Trip on the Canals by Narrowboat to the IWA's National Rally at Windmill End, Netherton/Dudley.

Related Cruising Logs

23rd August 1996

Other Related Pages

Cruising Times

Netherton Tunnel Branch Canal: Table of distances		Miles	Locks	Navigable (N)	Grid ref	OS Map No
Dudley Port Junction	Junction with BCN Main Line Junction with the BCN Main Line.	0	0	N	SO972916	139
Netherton Tunnel (North end)		0.5	0	N	SO967908	139
Windmill End Junction	Junction with Dudley Canal Line No 2 Junction with the Dudley Canal	2.9	0	N	SO953882	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.