Worcester and Birmingham Canal

Worcester and Birmingham Canal
View of the canal in Worcester
Specifications
Locks	58
Status	Navigable
History
Date of act	1791
Geography
Connects to	BCN Main Line River Severn

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Legend
BCN Main Line Gas Street Basin (Worcester Bar) Holliday Street aqueduct 86  A4540  Middle Ring Road Edgbaston Tunnel (105 yd) 81 Cross-City Line Dudley Canal Selly Oak Jn Ariel Aqueduct 80  B384  Bristol Road 79 Cross-City line 75  A441  Pershore Road 74 Camp Hill line Stratford-upon-Avon Canal -- Kings Norton Jn Wast Hill Tunnel (2726 yd) 67  A441  road bridge Upper Bittell Resr and feeder Lower Bittell Resr  M42  road bridge Crown Meadow Arm Shortwood Tunnel (613 yd) Tardebigge Tunnel (580 yd) Tardebigge Wharf Tardebigge Resr / engine house 29-58 Tardebigge Locks (30) 23-28 Stoke Locks (6) 17-22 Astwood Locks (6) 37 Railway bridge Droitwich Canal 35  B4090  Hanbury Road Dunhampstead Tunnel (230 yd) 24A  M5  road bridge 11-16 Offerton Locks (6) 22A  A449  bridge 5-10 Locks (6) 4 Blockhouse Lock 3 Sidbury Lock, Worcester Diglis Basins and dry dock 1-2 wide beam locks (2) River Severn

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 (just after the river lock) and ends in Gas Street Basin in Birmingham. It is 29 miles (47 km) long. There are 58 locks in total on the canal, including the 30 Tardebigge Locks, 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.