WORCESTER AND BIRMINGHAM CANAL
The Worcester and Birmingham Canal links Birmingham City Centre with the River Severn at Worcester, This Canal runs from Gas Street Basins at City Centre, down to Bournville, passing Cadbury World and Birmingham University along the way where it meets the Stratford Canal at Kings Norton before heading out into the open countryside for a scenic trip to Worcester. The Canal has the longest flight of locks of any Canal in the UK at Tardebigge. Closer to Worcester and the canal meets with the Droitwich Canal, which also links onto the River Severn via Droitwich. This Canal has only recently been fully restored.
CLUBS THAT HAVE THE RIGHTS TO SOME SECTIONS ON THIS CANAL
AQUA FISHERIES LIMITED
Bridge 1 Westfields to Bridge 8 Chapel
BEWDLEY ANGLING SOCIETY
Bridge 10 Valley Way Footbridge to Top Lock 8 Ladywood
BIRMINGHAM ANGLERS ASSOCIATION
Bridge 19 Blackpole to Bridge 48 Stoke Pound
Bridge 51 Fenstall Lane to Kingsnorton Tunnel (south portal)
River Severn Navigation
Holt Fleet Lock Island
DROITWICH SPA ANGLING CLUB
Lock 8 Ladywood top to Lock 4 Porters Mill
MILDENHAM FISHERY GROUP
Lock 4 Porters Mill (was Lock 5) to Lock 1 Hawford Bottom
RAILWAY ANGLING CLUB
Bridge 16 Netherwich to Bridge 10 Valley Way Footbridge
WORCESTER & DISTRICT ANGLERS' ASSOCIATION
Bridge 2 Mill Street to Bridge 19 Blackpole
WATERWAY WANDERERS SCHEME
Kings Norton Junction to Bridge 10
Bridge 13 Dickens Heath to Bridge 19 Blue Bell
Bridge 65 to Bancroft Basin
Bridge 70 Kingsnorton to Bridge 88 Granville Street
COLIN RUSSELL
River Severn Navigation - Bevere Weir, Lock Island bank sides
DIGLIS ANGLERS SALMON SOCIETY
River Severn Navigation - Diglis Weir (Lock Island)
EAST DIGLIS SYNDICATE
River Severn Navigation - Diglis Weir down stream of Lock Island
LARFORD FARM ANGLING CLUB
River Severn Navigation - Lincomb Weir offside bank
MARTIN CHARLES
River Severn Navigation - Lincomb Weir Lock Island bank
NEVILLE GWILLAM
River Severn Navigation - Bevere Lock offside bank
UPPER LODE ANGLING CLUB
River Severn Navigation - Upper Lode - Lock Island
Bridge 1 Westfields to Bridge 8 Chapel
BEWDLEY ANGLING SOCIETY
Bridge 10 Valley Way Footbridge to Top Lock 8 Ladywood
BIRMINGHAM ANGLERS ASSOCIATION
Bridge 19 Blackpole to Bridge 48 Stoke Pound
Bridge 51 Fenstall Lane to Kingsnorton Tunnel (south portal)
River Severn Navigation
Holt Fleet Lock Island
DROITWICH SPA ANGLING CLUB
Lock 8 Ladywood top to Lock 4 Porters Mill
MILDENHAM FISHERY GROUP
Lock 4 Porters Mill (was Lock 5) to Lock 1 Hawford Bottom
RAILWAY ANGLING CLUB
Bridge 16 Netherwich to Bridge 10 Valley Way Footbridge
WORCESTER & DISTRICT ANGLERS' ASSOCIATION
Bridge 2 Mill Street to Bridge 19 Blackpole
WATERWAY WANDERERS SCHEME
Kings Norton Junction to Bridge 10
Bridge 13 Dickens Heath to Bridge 19 Blue Bell
Bridge 65 to Bancroft Basin
Bridge 70 Kingsnorton to Bridge 88 Granville Street
COLIN RUSSELL
River Severn Navigation - Bevere Weir, Lock Island bank sides
DIGLIS ANGLERS SALMON SOCIETY
River Severn Navigation - Diglis Weir (Lock Island)
EAST DIGLIS SYNDICATE
River Severn Navigation - Diglis Weir down stream of Lock Island
LARFORD FARM ANGLING CLUB
River Severn Navigation - Lincomb Weir offside bank
MARTIN CHARLES
River Severn Navigation - Lincomb Weir Lock Island bank
NEVILLE GWILLAM
River Severn Navigation - Bevere Lock offside bank
UPPER LODE ANGLING CLUB
River Severn Navigation - Upper Lode - Lock Island
LINKING CANALS
Birmingham Canal Mainline
North Stratford Canal
Droitwich Canal
North Stratford Canal
Droitwich Canal
WORCESTER AND BIRMINGHAM CANAL ROUTE
- DIGLIS JUNCTION (Junction with the River Severn)
- Diglis Bottom Swing Bridge
- Diglis Lock 1
- Diglis Locks basin
- Diglis Lock 2
- Diglis Basin / Diglis Swing Bridge / Diglis Marina
- Mill Street Bridge (2)
- Sidbury Bridge (3) carries A44 Sidbury
- Sidbury Lock 3
- Blockhouse Bridge (4)
- Blockhouse Lock 4
- Doltons Wharf
- George Street bridge (5)
- 2002 Footbridge (5a)
- Cromwell Street Footbridge (7)
- Lowesmoor Bridge (8) carries B4205
- Rainbow Hill Bridge (9) carries B4550 Rainbow Hill
- Lowesmoor Basin
- Lowesmoor Railway Bridge (10)
- Landsdowne Road Bridge (11)
- Tavern Hill Bridge (12) carries Saint Georges Lane North
- The Cavalier Tavern (Canalside Pub)
- Gregorys Mill Bridge (13)
- Gregorys Mill Lock 5 (Bottom Lock)
- Gregorys Mill Lock 6 (Top Lock)
- Astwood Cemetery Bridge (14)
- Bilford Lock 7
- Bilford Lock 8
- Ivy Bridge (16)
- Bridge 17
- Blackpole Railway Bridge (18)
- Blackpole Bridge (19) carries B4850 Blackpole Road
- Blackpole Lock 9
- Meadow Bridge (21)
- Tolladine Lock 10 (Top Lock)
- Tolladine Bridge (22)
- Bridge 22a (carries A449 Worcester Northern Link Road)
- Tibberton Bottom Lock Footbridge
- Tibberton Lock 11 (Bottom Lock)
- Pershore lane Bridge (23) A4538
- Tibberton Lock 12
- Tibberton Lock 13
- Tibberton Lock 14
- Tibberton Lock 15
- Offerton Bridge (23a) carries Offerton Lane
- Tibberton Lock 16 (Top Lock)
- Tibberton Motorway Bridge (24) carries M5 Motorway
- Tibberton Bridge (25) carries Plough Road
- Oddingley No 1 Bridge (26)
- Oddingley No 2 Bridge (27) carries Church Lane
- Oddingley No 3 Bridge (28)
- Lake Bridge (29)
- Dunhampstead Bridge (30) carries Trench Lane
- Dunhampstead Boatyard
- DUNHAMPSTEAD TUNNEL (South Portal)
- DUNHAMPSTEAD TUNNEL (North Portal)
- Shernal Green Bridge (31) carries Hay Lane
- Hammonds Bridge (32)
- Hadzor Bridge (33)
- Coffin bridge (34)
- Hanbury Boatyard
- Eagle and Sun (Canalside pub)
- Hanbury Bridge (35) carries Salt Way. B4090
- HANBURY JUNCTION (Junction with the Droitwich Canal)
- Summerhill Bridge (36)
- Summerhill Railway Bridge (37)
- Summerhill Farm Bridge (38)
- Astwood Bottom Lock Footbridge
- Astwood Lock 17 (Bottom Lock)
- Astwood Lane Bridge (40)
- Astwood Lock 18
- Astwood Lock 19
- Astwood Lock 20
- Astwood Lock 21
- Astwood Lock 22 (Top Lock)
- Astwood Bridge (41) carries Astwood Lane
- Boat and Railway Inn, canal side pub
- Shaw Lane Bridge (42) carries Westonhall Road
- Stoke Works Footbridge (43)
- Hanbury Road Bridge (44)
- Stoke Prior Lock 23 (Bottom Lock)
- Stoke Wharf
- Bassington Bridge (45)
- Stoke Prior Lock 24
- Stoke Prior Lock 25
- Stoke Prior Lock 26
- Whitford Bridge (46) carries Whitford Bridge Road
- Stoke Prior Lock 27
- Thompsons Bridge (47) carries Stoke Pound Lane
- Stoke Prior Lock 28 (Top Lock)
- Stoke Pound Bridge (48) carries Sugarbrook Lane
- Tardebigge Lock 29 (Bottom Lock)
- Tardebigge Lock 30
- Stoke Court Bridge (49)
- Tardebigge Lock 31
- Tardebigge Lock 32
- Copyholt footbridge (on lock 33)
- Tardebigge Lock 33
- Tardebigge Lock 34
- Tardebigge Lock 35
- Copyholt Bridge (50)
- Tardebigge Lock 36
- Tardebigge Lock 37
- Tardebigge Lock 38
- Tardebigge Lock 39
- Tardebigge Lock 40
- Halfway House Bridge (51) carries Upper Gambolds Lane
- Tardebigge Lock 41
- Tardebigge Lock 42
- Tardebigge Lock 43
- Tardebigge Lock 44
- Patchettes Farm Bridge (52)
- Tardebigge Lock 45
- Tardebigge Lock 46
- Tardebigge Lock 47
- Tardebigge Lock 48
- Tardebigge Lock 49
- Hill Farm Bridge (54)
- Tardebigge Lock 50
- Tardebigge Lock 51
- Tardebigge Lock 52
- Canal runs alongside Tardebigge Reservoir
- Tardebigge Lock 53
- Tardebigge Lock 54
- Tardebigge Lock 55
- Tardebigge Lock 56
- Tardebigge Lock 57 (Tylers Lock)
- Dialhouse Farm Bridge (55)
- Bridge 56 (Cherry Trees Farm Bridge)
- Tardebigge Lock 58 (Top Lock)
- Tardebigge Wharf
- Tardebigge Tunnel (South Portal)
- Tardebigge Tunnel (North Portal)
- Brockhill Lane Bridge (57)
- Harris Bridge (58)
- Shortwood Tunnel South Portal
- Shortwood Tunnel North Portal
- Grange Lane Bridge (59)
- Scarfield Dingle Aqueduct (canal crosses brook)
- Alvechurch Marina
- Scarfield Hill Bridge (60)
- Withybed Lane Bridge (61)
- Alvechurch visitor moorings
- Alvechurch Railway Bridge (62)
- Coopers Hill Wharf Bridge 64a carries Callow Hill Road
- JUNCTION WITH CROWN MEADOW ARM CANAL
- M42 Motorway bridge (64B)
- Old Birmingham Road Aqueduct (canal crosses over Aqueduct Lane)
- Bittell bridge (65)
- Canal runs alongside Lower Bittell Reservoir
- JUNCTION WITH BITTELL RESERVOIR FEEDER ARM CANAL
- Bridge 66 Bittell Farm Bridge
- Bridge 67 (Carries Birmingham Road A441)
- Bridge 68
- Lea End Lane Bridge (Bridge 69)
- Wast Hill Tunnel South Portal
- WAST HILL TUNNEL (2726 Yards) No TowPath
- Wast Hill Tunnel North Portal
- Kings Norton Bridge (70) Carries Masshouse Lane
- Wharf Bridge (71) Carries Wharf Road
- National Cycle Route 5 leaves/joins the canal at Kings Norton Junction
- KINGS NORTON JUNCTION (Junction with the Stratford Canal)
- Bridge 72 (Footbridge at Kings Norton Junction)
- Aqueduct (Canal crosses the River Rea)
- Lifford bridge (73) Carries Lifford Lane
- Lifford Railway Bridge (74)
- National Cycle Route 5 leaves/joins the Canal
- Breedon Cross Bridge (76) Carries A441 Pershore Road
- Mary Vale Road bridge (77)
- Bournville Railway Station Footbridge
- Bournville Railway Station (Alongside Canal)
- Aqueduct (Canal crosses Bournville Lane)
- Aqueduct over Brook
- Cadburys Railway Bridge (Disused Railway Bridge)
- Raddlebarn Road Bridge (78)
- Selly Oay Railway Bridge (79)
- Bristol Road bridge (80) Carries A38 Bristol Road
- Selly Oak Railway Bridge (81)
- Aqueduct across Bourne Brook
- University Avenue Bridge (82) Carries University Road West
- University Railway Station (Alongside Canal)
- Birmingham University (Alongside Canal)
- Pritchatts Road Bridge (83)
- Somerset Road Bridge (84)
- Birmingham University Footbridge (84a)
- EDGBASTON TUNNEL (105 Yards)
- St James Road Bridge (85)
- Five Ways Railway Station (Alongside Canal)
- Islington Row Bridge (86) Carries A4540 Islington Middleway
- Bath Row Bridge (87)
- Granville Street bridge (88)
- The Cube (Birmingham)
- Salvage Turn Bridge (New Bridge linking tow path to Mailbox
- The Mailbox (Birmingham)
- Canal also crosses two railway lines below under tunnels.(1 disused railway)
- Aqueduct over Holiday Street
- Gas Street Basins