Ogley Junction
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Ogley Junction, on the Staffordshire county border near Brownhills, West Midlands, England, is a historic canal junction on the Wyrley and Essington Canal where the Anglesey Branch left the main line.
The towpath bridge over the Lichfield Canal at Ogley Junction
Lichfield Canal
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The Lichfield Canal, as it is now known, was historically a part of the Wyrley and Essington Canal, being the section of that canal from Ogley Junction at Brownhills on the northern Birmingham Canal N
Ogley Junction
…and Essington Canal became disused east of Ogley Junction and was abandoned by Act of Parliament in 1954. Subsequently this stretch has been named the Lichfield Canal and is under restoration. A small stub of the original line exists to the east of the junction, which provides some moorings. Most of the Wyrley and…
A short section at the eastern end acts as moorings
Borrowcop Locks Canal Park on Tamworth Road between Lock 25 and 26.
The M6 Toll aqueduct.
Lock 25 prior to restoration