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Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Birmingham to King's Norton)

The Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Birmingham to King's Norton) is a narrow canal and is part of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. It runs for 5 miles and 4 furlongs from Worcester Bar (where it joins the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Main Line)) to King's Norton Junction (where it joins the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Diglis Basin to King's Norton Junction) and the Stratford Canal (Northern Section)).

The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 72 feet long and 7 feet wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

Notable features of the waterway include: Edgbaston Tunnel

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	Worcester Bar Junction of Worcester and Birmingham Canal with BCN
	Gas Street Basin	¼ furlongs	0 locks
	Holiday Street Aqueduct	1 furlong	0 locks
	Aqueduct over Worcester to Birmingham Railway	1 furlong	0 locks
	The Mailbox	1½ furlongs	0 locks
	The Mailbox Footbridge	2 furlongs	0 locks
	Holliday Wharf	2¼ furlongs	0 locks
	Granville Street Bridge No 88	2½ furlongs	0 locks
	Bath Row Bridge No 87	4 furlongs	0 locks
	Islington Road Bridge No 86 City centre ringroad	5 furlongs	0 locks
	St James Road Bridge No 85	6½ furlongs	0 locks
	Edgbaston Tunnel (Northeast end)	1 mile and 1½ furlongs	0 locks
	Edgbaston Tunnel (Southwest end)	1 mile and 2 furlongs	0 locks
	The Vale Footbridge Bridge No 84A	1 mile and 3¼ furlongs	0 locks
	The Vale Winding Hole	1 mile and 3½ furlongs	0 locks
	Edgbaston Bridge No 84	1 mile and 7 furlongs	0 locks
	Pritchetts Road Bridge No 83	2 miles and 1¼ furlongs	0 locks
	University Bridge No 82	2 miles and 3¾ furlongs	0 locks
	University Footbridge No 81a	2 miles and 4 furlongs	0 locks
	Birmingham University between bridge 81 and 82	2 miles and 5½ furlongs	0 locks
	Bournbrook Aqueduct No 4b	2 miles and 5¾ furlongs	0 locks
	Ariel Aqueduct	2 miles and 6 furlongs	0 locks
	Selly Oak Railway Bridge No 81	2 miles and 7¼ furlongs	0 locks
	Selly Oak Pipe Bridge	2 miles and 7¾ furlongs	0 locks
	Selly Oak Junction Former junction with Dudley Canal Line No 2	3 miles	0 locks
	Bristol Road Bridge No 80	3 miles and ½ furlongs	0 locks
	Selly Oak Winding Hole	3 miles and 2 furlongs	0 locks
	Selly Oak Railway Bridge No 79	3 miles and 3½ furlongs	0 locks
	Raddlebarn Road Bridge No 78 With pipe bridge alongside and access to The Country Girl PH	3 miles and 5 furlongs	0 locks
	Cadbury Railway Wharf Bridge No 77A Connected the Bournville site to an exchange siding along the Midland line opening in 1884	3 miles and 5¾ furlongs	0 locks
	Bournville Stop Narrows A pedestrian drawbridge linking Bournville Wharf with towpath has long gone	4 miles and ¾ furlongs	0 locks
	Griffins Brook Aqueduct No 4a	4 miles and 1¼ furlongs	0 locks
	Bournville Lane Aqueduct No 4	4 miles and 1¾ furlongs	0 locks
	Bournville Station Overbridge Cadbury World	4 miles and 2¾ furlongs	0 locks
	Stirchley Street Bridge No 77 Accesses Bournville Station	4 miles and 2¾ furlongs	0 locks
	Pershore Road Bridge No 75	4 miles and 6½ furlongs	0 locks
	Pershore Road Towpath Bridge	4 miles and 6½ furlongs	0 locks
	Breedon Cross Railway Bridge No 74	4 miles and 7¾ furlongs	0 locks
	Lifford Lane Bridge No 73	5 miles and 1½ furlongs	0 locks
	River Rea Aqueduct (King's Norton)	5 miles and 3 furlongs	0 locks
	King's Norton Junction Bridge	5 miles and 4 furlongs	0 locks
	King's Norton Junction Junction of Stratford and Worcester and Birmingham Canals	5 miles and 4 furlongs	0 locks

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