Category Archives: VC Dudley No 2 Canal (BCN)

Windmill End Junction lies near the south end of Netherton Tunnel.  Despite the sign only having three fingers it is possible to cruise in four different directions, albeit the missing finger would point to a very short branch.

The Netherton Tunnel Branch leads through Netherton tunnel to join the Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) Main Line at Dudley Port Junction.

The Dudley No 2 Canal meets the Dudley No 1 Canal at Parkhead Junction and that leads to Stourbridge.  It also leads, in the other direction, to Hawne Basin and the end on junction with the proposed Lapal Canal.

The missing finger would point to the Boshboil Branch, now just 130m long, and the remains of what was a much longer loop which once joined to the Bumblehole Branch at the other end.

Looking along the Dudley No 2 Canal towards Windmill End Junction the short Bumblehole Branch diverges to the left.

Parkhead Junction is where the Dudley No 1 and Dudley No 2 Canals meet.

Hawne Basin (under the bridge) is at the practical limit of navigation on the Dudley No 2 Canal.

Windmill End Junction is to the right.  The canal continues with moored boats a short distance to the left, with proposals to restore the route through the the Worcester & Birmingham Canal as the Lapal Canal.