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Walsall Canal

Description: Runs from Ryders Green Junction on the Wednesbury Old Canal to Walsall.

History: Started in 1786 as a branch from the Birmingham canal and reached Walsall 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 videos

• BCN - Part 7 Canals of Walsall , 50 minutes Produced by Laurence Hogg Productions, Walsall is surrounded by canals. This video looks at how they contributed to trade in the town, where they went and in the case of canals no longer in water, what remains today. A look is taken at the background of the site, which was Ken Keay's boat dock, and to Birchills Canal Museum Available on tape DVD. Order on video tape from . Order on DVD from
• The Canals of Wallsall , 50 minutes Produced by Laurence Hogg Productions, The canals of Walsall and the surrounding area, their trade and history is covered in archive and present day images. Available on tape. Order on video tape from

Related Cruising Logs

• 7th July 1995

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

Walsall Canal: Table of distances			Miles	Locks	Navigable (N)	Grid ref	OS Map No
Riders Green Junction	Junction with Wednesbury Old Canal (BCN) Junction with Wednesbury Old Canal and top of Ryders Green Lock No 1.		0	0	N	SO985917	139
Riders Green Locks (Bottom)	Lock No 8 at Great Bridge and junction with Haines Branch.		0.8	8	N	SO978927	139
Junction with Danks Branch (closed)			1	8	N	SO977930	139
Lower Ocker Branch (closed)			1.3	8	N	SO977932	139
Tame Valley Junction	Junction with Tame Valley Canal Junction with Thame Valley Canal		1.4	8	N	SO976936	139
Gospel Oak Branch (closed)			2	8	N	SO975946	139
Moorcroft Junction	Junction with the derelict Bradley Branch Canal		2.4	8	N	SO973951	139
Bilston Branch (closed)			3.3	8	N	SO965968	139
Willenhall Branch (closed)			3.5	8	N		0
Bug Hole Wharfe			4.3	8	N		0
Darlaston Green Wharf			4.8	8	N		0
Anson Branch			5.1	8	N	SO986977	139
Walsall Junction	Junction with Walsall Branch Canal Junction with Walsall Branch Canal		6.9	8	N	SP005986	139
Walsall Public Wharf	End of canal		7	8	N	SP009986	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.