Wyrley and Essington Canal

Wyrley and Essington Canal
Sneyd Wharf on the Wyrley and Essington Canal
Specifications
Maximum boat length	70 ft 0 in (21.34 m)
Maximum boat beam	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Locks	0 (originally 39)
Status	Most navigable
Navigation authority	Canal and River Trust
History
Original owner	Birmingham Canal Navigations
Principal engineer	William Pitt
Date of act	1792, 1794
Date completed	1797
Date closed	Sneyd Branch 1900s, parts in 1955
Geography
Start point	Wolverhampton
End point	Huddlesford Junction near Lichfield
Branch(es)	Sneyd, Cannock Extension, Daw End, Chasewater

v t e Wyrley and Essington Canal
Legend
-- Coventry Canal Huddlesford Jn (Variable status to Ogley Jn) Locks 29-30 Locks 27-28 A38 road Locks 24-26 Lichfield Locks 20-23 Lock 19 Ogley 3rd Flight (13-18) Ogley 2nd Flight (9-12) A5 road A461 road Lichfield Canal Aqueduct (M6 Toll) Ogley 1st Flight (1-8) Chasewater Res and feeder M6 Toll motorway Anglesey Branch Lichfield Canal (above, planned) Ogley Jn A452 road Sandhills Branch Catshill Jn Daw End Branch Longwood Jn, Hay Head Limeworks Rushall Canal Slough Arm Gilpins Arm Hednesford Hatherton Canal A5 road Cannock Extension Pelsall Jn Lords Hayes Branch Chase Line aqueduct A34 road Birchills Jn Walsall Canal Wyrley mines Essington Locks (4) Sneyd Locks (5) Sneyd Jn M6 motorway Wednesfield Jn Bentley Canal A4124 road Horseley Fields Jn -- BCN Main Line

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 branches: some parts are currently derelict. Pending planned restoration to Huddlesford, the navigable mainline now terminates at Ogley Junction near Brownhills. In 2008 it was designated a Local Nature Reserve.^[1][2]