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WORCESTER & BIRMINGHAM CANAL

NOVEMBER MORNING AT DIGLIS BASIN, WORCESTER.

APPROACHING WORCESTER BAR.
GAS STREET BASIN
BIRMINGHAM

Thirty miles of canal with 58 locks, only the two from the River Severn are wide beam. This canal has the well known Tardebigge flight of locks as one of its features. It also has five tunnels. From Tardebigge to Birmingham, the fourteen miles have no locks, but there are four tunnels. A pleasent canal with plenty of moorings and pubs.
There are about five hire firms on this navigation, they are well used for this canal forms a link to the Midlands rings, the Stratford upon Avon and the Stourport. Both of these rings make use of the River Severn as part of their route.

FIRST LOCK FROM THE RIVER SEVERN

A gathering of members of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal Society at the inauguration of the new sign post on the banks of the Severn. Photo shows the Bishop of Worcester taking a short service of thanksgiving, the date 1988.
The Societies aims are are to promote the use and preservation of the canal and its associated waterways.
It was formed in 1969.

VIEW TOWARDS GAS STREET FROM THE MAILBOX BUILDING

GAS STREET BASIN,
WORCESTER BAR SIDE

BITTELL RESERVOIR SLUICE GATES

JUNCTION OF THE STRATFORD CANAL
This is a major junction on the rings, it is part of the Avon ring and the stourport ring it can also be a part of the Worcs, Stratford and Grand Union ring.
note the steeple to the left of the junction house, this is St. Nicholas's on King Norton Green just a short walk from the canal.

QUEENS HEAD BOTTOM OF THE
TARDEBIGGE FLIGHT

TARDEBIGGE 1981

LOCK 41 ON THE TARDEBIGGE FLIGHT

A gathering of boats at the unveiling of the plaque to commemorate the founding of the Inland Waterways Association by Robert Aickman and Tom and Angela Rolt. The plaque was presented by the Worcester & Birmingham Canal Society and was unveiled in 1981.

BISHOP OF WORCESTER

HANBURY WHARF
The Droitwich Junction Canal
leaves from this point

Of the fiftyeight locks on this canal thirty of them are in this final flight
'The Tardebigge flight'.
The church overlooks the wharf at the top of the flight, the area of Tardebigge is made up of scattered hamlets, there is a pub about a quarter of a mile from the tunnel, towards Redditch.

Unveiled 1981

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