Wyrley and Essington Canal
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The Wyrley and Essington Canal, known locally as "the Curly Wyrley", is a canal in the English Midlands. As built it ran from Wolverhampton to Huddlesford Junction near Lichfield, with a number of bra
Sneyd Wharf on the Wyrley and Essington Canal
Birchills Junction - The branch to the Walsall Canal runs through the bridge on the right
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
Wyrley and Essington Canal
…Canals Restoration Trust was formed in 1989, and in 1993 published detailed proposals for the restoration of the branch, which they rebranded as the Lichfield Canal. In 2009 the engineering consultants W S Atkins produced a feasibility study for the restoration, and the Trust have made steady progress in restoring…
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