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Coventry Canal, Midlands, England, is a navigable narrow canal, starting in Coventry and ending 61km to the north at Fradley Junction, just north of Lichfield, where it joins the Trent and Mersey Canal. It also has connections with the Ashby Canal, the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal and the Oxford Canal.
Walsall Canal, West Midlands, England, is 11km long and a narrow 2.1m wide. It forms part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations and passes around the western side of Walsall. It starts at the Birmingham Level, descends 14m to the Walsall Level, then rises 20m to the Wolverhampton Level
Brindleyplace, Birmingham, West Midlands, England - Images of Birmingham Photo Library
Dudley Canal, West Midlands, England, is part of the English and Welsh connected network of navigable inland waterways, and in particular forms part of the Stourport Ring narrowboat cruising route. The first short section opened in 1779 and the second in 1798. Most of the canal was abandoned in the 1960s. Restoration resulted in the reopening of Dudley Tunnel in 1973. Lapal Tunnel remains closed.
Clipping found in The Birmingham Post published in Birmingham, West Midlands, England on 11/6/1939. Sudeten refugees find bodies on Kent coast. 6 Nov 1939
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The Engine Arm Aqueduct near Smethwick, West Midlands, England, was built in 1825 by Thomas Telford. It is a 16m span structure consisting of a cast-iron trough supported by a single arch with five ribs. The trough is supported on three of the ribs, with the adjacent towpaths being supported by cast-iron arcades of Gothic-styled arches and columns. The waterway in the aqueduct is 2.4m wide with the towpaths either side each being 1.32m in width.
The new library of Birmingham, Centenary Square, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK - Images of Birmingham Photo Library
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Resting in a meander on the River Wansbeck, Morpeth is a historic market town that grew up around two Medieval castles built to defend the crossing. Morpeth will be right ... Read more
Titford Canal, Oldbury, West Midlands, England, opened in 1837. It is a short (1.2km) narrow (2.1m) canal and a branch of the Birmingham Canal Navigations which it joins at the BCN Old Main Line at Oldbury Junction. The canal has 6 locks. Titford Pool, Tat Bank Branch and the top pound of the Titford Canal are the highest point of the BCN.
Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Midlands, England, was built between 1794 and 1815. It starts in Worcester as an offshoot of the River Severn and ends in Gas Street Basin in Birmingham. It is 47km long with 58 locks including the 30 Tardebigge Locks, one of the longest lock flights in Europe. The canal climbs 130m from Worcester to Birmingham and forms part of the Stourport Ring.
Stourbridge Canal, West Midlands-Staffordshire, England, opened in 1779. It is 8.45km long with 20 locks and links the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal with the Dudley Canal and, via the Birmingham Canal Navigations, to Birmingham and the Black Country.
Brindleyplace, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK - Images of Birmingham Photo Library
Ford's Hospital in Coventry, West Midlands, England is a Grade I listed 16th Century half-timbered almshouse. It was founded in 1509 to provide accommodation for elderly people. It was extended in 1517 to provide more accommodation. It has been considered by historians and writers to be a particularly fine example of English domestic architecture of the period. The building was built with a considerable amount of teak.
Wednesbury Old Canal, West Midlands, England, is part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations. It opened in 1769, and although parts of it were abandoned in 1955 and 1960, the section between Pudding Green Junction and Ryder's Green Junction is navigable as it provides a link to the Walsall Canal. It is 7.1km long.
Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, West Midlands, England, is 24km long and connects the Birmingham Canal at Farmers Bridge Junction to the Coventry Canal at Fazeley. The canal has 44 locks and was completed in 1789. It forms part of the Warwickshire ring.
Ludlow is a quaint market town in Shropshire and is a delight to explore. Here are some of my favourite things to do in Ludlow England.
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