The Worcester and Birmingham Canal is a canal linking Birmingham and Worcester in England. It starts in Worcester, as an 'offshoot' of the River Severn and ends in Gas Street Basin in Birmingham. It i
View of the canal in Worcester
The start of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal at Gas Street Basin, looking south-east, towards The Mailbox
Worcester and Birmingham Canal locks. Feb. 2007
Worcester and Birmingham Canal signpost.
Stratford-upon-Avon Canal
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The Stratford-upon-Avon Canal is a canal in the south Midlands of England. The canal, which was built between 1793 and 1816, runs for 25.5 miles in total, and consists of two sections. The dividing li
Worcester and Birmingham Canal
…one of the longest lock flights in Europe. The canal climbs 428 feet (130 m) from Worcester to Birmingham. The canal also has connections with the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, and the restored Droitwich Canal, it historically linked to the Dudley Canal Line No 2, until the route through the Lapal Tunnel was abandoned in 1917…
A narrowboat crossing the Edstone Aqueduct
A barrel-roofed cottage at Kingswood Junction
Yarningale Aqueduct
Edstone Aqueduct