Category: Birmingham & Fazeley Canal Photos

Deep Cutting Junction

Our Waterway Routes narrowboat is turning onto the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal which is generally considered to start at

Deep Cutting Junction

Our Waterway Routes narrowboat is turning onto the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal which is generally considered to start at Deep Cutting Junction these days.

Farmers Bridge Junction

Farmers Bridge Junction is immediately above Farmers Bridge Lock 1. The section of canal from Deep Cutting Junction (behind the camera) to the basin on the right was originally constructed as …

Farmers Bridge Junction

Farmers Bridge Junction is immediately above Farmers Bridge Lock 1.

The section of canal from Deep Cutting Junction (behind the camera) to the basin on the right was originally constructed as the Newhall Branch of the Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN).

Aston Junction

Aston Junction sits immediately above Aston Lock 1.

The Birmingham & Fazeley Canal descends through the 13 Farmers Bridge Locks and appears on the lower right

Aston Junction

The Birmingham & Fazeley Canal passes Aston Junction between Farmers Bridge Junction and Salford Junction.

Canal Boat Mural

A wonderful opportunity to avoid another bank wall alongside the canal has been seized by the builders of this mural.

Salford Junction

Salford Junction is one of the few junction where you can cruise in four different directions.

Salford Junction

Salford Junction is one of the few junctions where you can go four ways.

The Birmingham and Fazeley Canal runs from Fazeley Junction (behind the camera).

Fazeley Junction

Leaving the Coventry Canal at Fazeley Junction where it meets the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal which turns the corner from the bottom right of the photo to the left.

Fazeley Junction

The Birmingham & Fazeley Canal (from Birmingham) enters at the lower right of the photo and continues of the left of the photo to Whittington where it meets the disconnected section of the Coventry Canal end on.

Peel Wharf

Peel Wharf includes permanent moorings. The crane outside is …

Straight Moorings

A long length of almost straight moorings runs towards the north-west from Fazeley Junction.

Named Bridges

Most of the bridges between Fazeley Junction and Whittington are similar in style. As this section of canal was constructed by

Rural Views

Most of the route between Fazeley Junction and Whittington is through …

Route in the Shade

Parts of the route between Fazeley Junction and Whittington are in shade which is …

Day Boat

In most cases the steerers of day boats are very competent but occasionally, when …

Whittington Bridge

Whittington Bridge is of modern design, having been built much more recently than …

Whittington Boundary Stone

The end on junction of the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal and the Coventry Canal at Whittington is marked with …

Whittington Boundary Stone

The end on junction of the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal and the Coventry Canal at Whittington is marked with a boundary stone.

Aston Junction

The Birmingham & Fazeley Canal passes Aston Junction between Farmers Bridge Junction and Salford Junction.

Digbeth Junction

The Digbeth Branch of the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal runs from Aston Junction to Typhoo Basin.

Typhoo Basin

The Digbeth Branch of the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal ends at Typhoo Basin. Two short arms remain from the three longer arms which once served the basin.