Worcester and Birmingham Canal

Worcester and Birmingham Canal: Table of distances			Miles	Locks	Navigable (N)	Grid ref	OS Map No
Worcester Bar, Gas Street Basin	Junction with BCN Main Line		0.0	0	N	SP062865	139
Bridge No 86	A4540 road to city centre		.6	0	N	SP060859	139
Edgbaston Tunnel			1.1	0	N	SP054852	139
Edgbaston Bridge No 84			1.8	0	N	SP050843	139
University Bridge No 82			2.4	0	N	SP044836	139
Selly Oak Station Bridge No 80	Former junction with Dudley Canal Line No 2		3.0	0	N	SP043827	139
Bridge No 78			3.8	0	N	SP048820	139
Strichley Street Bridge No 77	Bournville Station		4.0	0	N	SP051809	139
King's Norton Junction	Junction with Stratford upon Avon Canal		5.5	0	N	SP053793	139
Kings Norton Tunnel (North end)	West Hill Tunnel		6.5	0	N	SP047779	139
Kings Norton Tunnel (South end)	West Hill Tunnel		8.0	0	N	SP035758	139
Hopwood Bridge No 67	Hopwood House Inn		8.8	0	N	SP020748	139
Bittell Arm and Lower Bittell Resevoir	Arm to Upper Bittell Resevoir		9.5	0	N	SP020742	139
Cooper's Hill Wharf Bridge No 64			10.5	0	N	SP020730	139
Alvechurch Bridge No 60	Alvechurch Boat Centre		11.3	0	N	SP021721	139
Shortwood Tunnel (East end)			12.3	0	N	SP015706	139
Tardebigge Old Wharf	Dartline Boatyard		13.3	0	N	SO999701	139
Tardebigge Tunnel (North end)			13.5	0	N	SO998698	139
Tardebigge Top Lock No 58	Tardebigge flight lock Nos 29 to 58		14.1	1	N	SO995692	139
Tardebigge Lock No 57	Bridge No 55		14.6	2	N	SO988689	139
Tardebigge Lock No 50	Bridge No 54		15.0	9	N	SO984685	139
Tardebigge Lock No 41	Half-way House Bridge No 51		15.5	18	N	SO975682	139
Tardebigge Bottom Lock No 29	Queens Head Inn		16.4	30	N	SO962679	150
Stoke Prior Top Lock No 28	Bridge No 47		16.5	31	N	SO961677	150
Stoke Prior Bottom Lock No 23	Stoke Wharf and Boatyard		17.3	36	N	SO952670	150
Stoke Salt Works Bridge No 42			18.0	36	N	SO943663	150
Astwood Top Lock No 22			18.5	37	N	SO940655	150
Astwood Bottom Lock No 17			19.3	42	N	SO934644	150
Summer Hill Bridge No 36			20.1	42	N	SO928634	150
Hanbury Junction	Droitwich Junction Canal junction and B4090 road bridge No 35		20.8	42	N	SO922629	150
Hammonds Bridge No 32			21.5	42	N	SO918617	150
Dunhampstead Tunnel			22.3	42	N	SO918603	150
Oddingley Bridge No 27			23.3	42	N	SO916590	150
Tibberton Bridge No 25			24.3	42	N	SO905581	150
Offerton Top Lock No 16	Tibberton Locks		25.3	43	N	SO897580	150
Offerton Bottom Lock No 11	Tibberton Locks		25.9	48	N	SO888577	150
Tolladine Lock No 10			26.0	49	N	SO877576	150
Blackpole Lock No 9			26.6	50	N	SO869576	150
Astwood Bridge No 15	Locks Nos 7 and 8		27.8	51	N	SO856570	150
Gregory's Mill Locks Nos 5 and 6	Gregory's Mill Bridge No 13		28.0	54	N	SO850565	150
Bridge Inn, Bridge No 9	Lowesmoore Basin, Boatyard		29.0	54	N	SO853553	150
Blockhouse Lock No 4			29.3	55	N	SO854546	150
Sidbury Lock No 3	Kings Head Lock		29.4	56	N	SO852544	150
Diglis Locks Nos 1 & 2, Diglis Basin	Junction with River Severn		30.0	58	N	SO848538	150

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.