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Stratford Canal (Northern Section)
The Stratford Canal (Northern Section) is a narrow canal and is part of the Stratford Canal. It runs for 12 miles and 4¾ furlongs through 20 locks from Lapworth Junction South (where it joins the Stratford Canal (South) and the Stratford Canal (Lapworth Link)) to King's Norton Junction (where it joins the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Birmingham to King's Norton) and the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Diglis Basin to King's Norton Junction)).
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.
It has a junction with the Stratford Canal (Kingswood Branch) at Lapworth Junction North.
Notable features of the waterway include: Brandwood Tunnel, Lapworth Locks (upper) and Lapworth Locks (middle)
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Lapworth Junction South | ||
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Lapworth Lock No 21 Between the two branches to Kingswood junction |
½ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Lapworth Junction North | ¾ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Lapworth Lock No 19 | 1 furlong | 1 lock |
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Old Warwick Road No 35 | 1½ furlongs | 2 locks |
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Lapworth Lock No 18 | 1½ furlongs | 2 locks |
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Lapworth Lock No 17 | 2 furlongs | 3 locks |
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Lapworth Lock No 16 | 2½ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Lapworth Lock No 15 | 2¾ furlongs | 5 locks |
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Bird in Hand Bridge No 34 | 3 furlongs | 6 locks |
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Lapworth Pipe Bridge | 4¼ furlongs | 6 locks |
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Lapworth Turnover Bridge No 33 | 4¼ furlongs | 6 locks |
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Lapworth Lock No 14 Bottom lock of Lapworth Flight |
4¼ furlongs | 6 locks |
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Lapworth Lock No 13 | 4¾ furlongs | 7 locks |
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Lapworth Wharf | 4¾ furlongs | 8 locks |
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Lapworth Lock No 12 | 5 furlongs | 8 locks |
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Lapworth Lock No 11 | 5¼ furlongs | 9 locks |
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Lapworth Lock No 10 | 5¾ furlongs | 10 locks |
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Lapworth Lock No 9 | 6 furlongs | 11 locks |
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Lapworth Lock No 8 | 6½ furlongs | 12 locks |
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Lapworth Turnover Bridge No 32 | 6¾ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Lapworth Lock No 7 | 6¾ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Lapworth Lock No 6 Top lock of thick of Lapworth Flight |
7¼ furlongs | 14 locks |
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Pinners Bridge No 31 | 1 mile and ¾ furlongs | 15 locks |
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Lapworth Lock No 5 | 1 mile and 2½ furlongs | 15 locks |
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Lapworth Cricket Club Bridge No 30 | 1 mile and 3 furlongs | 16 locks |
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Lapworth Lock No 4 | 1 mile and 3 furlongs | 16 locks |
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Lapworth Lock No 3 | 1 mile and 4¾ furlongs | 17 locks |
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Church Lane Bridge No 29 | 1 mile and 5½ furlongs | 18 locks |
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Lapworth Top Lock No 2 | 1 mile and 5½ furlongs | 18 locks |
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Drawbridge Farm Draw Bridge No 28 | 1 mile and 7½ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Wharf Lane Bridge Winding Hole | 2 miles and 1½ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Wharf Lane Bridge No 27 | 2 miles and 1½ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Swallow Wharf Home of Swallow Cruisers |
2 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Sand Farm Draw Bridge No 26 | 2 miles and 3½ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Hockley Heath Bridge No 25 | 2 miles and 6 furlongs | 19 locks |
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Hockley Heath Wharf | 2 miles and 6 furlongs | 19 locks |
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Big Spring Coppice Bridge No 24 | 3 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Ashford Lane Bridge No 23 | 3 miles and 3½ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Rotherham's Oak Winding Hole | 3 miles and 6½ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Rotherham's Oak Bridge No 22 | 3 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Tinkers Lane Bridge No 21 | 4 miles and ¾ furlongs | 19 locks |
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M42 Motorway Bridge | 4 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Dyers Lane Bridge No 20 | 4 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Blue Bell Bridge No 19 | 4 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Waring's Green Bridge No 18 | 4 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Salter Street Bridge No 17 | 5 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Earlswood Reservoir Pipe Bridge | 5 miles and 2½ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Earlswood Reservoir Narrows no.2 | 5 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Earlswood Reservoir Narrows | 5 miles and 5 furlongs | 19 locks |
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Earlswood Reservoir Feeder Earlswood Motor Yacht Club moorings (arm is 400yds long) |
5 miles and 5 furlongs | 19 locks |
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Lady Lane Bridge No 16 | 5 miles and 5½ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Braggs Farm Bridge No 15 | 6 miles | 19 locks |
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Dickens Heath Village Arm Not navigable |
6 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Dickens Heath Village Footbridge No. 14 | 6 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Jerrings Hall Farm Footbridge No 13 | 6 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Three Maypoles Bridge No 12 | 6 miles and 7 furlongs | 19 locks |
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Tythe Barn Lane Bridge No 11 | 7 miles and ½ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Whitlocks End Farm Bridge No 10 | 7 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Tyburn Farm Winding Hole | 7 miles and 4½ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Dicken's Heath Narrows | 7 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Whitlocks End Railway Bridge | 7 miles and 7 furlongs | 19 locks |
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Haslucks Green Road Bridge No 9 | 7 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Shirley Drawbridge No 8 | 8 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Major's Green Aqueduct | 8 miles and 2½ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Peterbrook Rise Narrows | 8 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Solihull High Street Bridge No 7 | 8 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Yardley Wood Bridge No 6 | 9 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 19 locks |
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School Road Pipes Bridge | 9 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Warstock Bridge No 5 | 9 miles and 7 furlongs | 19 locks |
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Yardley Wood Visitor Moorings | 9 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Yardley Wood Winding Hole | 9 miles and 7½ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Yardley Wood Water Point | 9 miles and 7½ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Yardley Wood Pipe Bridge | 10 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Warstock Lane Bridge No 4 | 10 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Lyons Boatyard | 10 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Limekiln Arm Side arm by the pub |
10 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Limekiln Lane Bridge No 3 | 10 miles and 5½ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Millpool Hill Pipe Bridge | 10 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Brandwood Tunnel (East end) | 11 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Brandwood Tunnel (West end) | 11 miles and 5½ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Brandwood Pipe Bridge | 11 miles and 6 furlongs | 19 locks |
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King's Norton Swing Bridge No 2 Dismantled. |
12 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 19 locks |
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King's Norton Stop Lock No 1 A unique, guillotine gated, stop lock normally left open |
12 miles and 3½ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Broad Meadow Lane Bridge No 1 | 12 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 20 locks |
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King's Norton Junction Junction of Stratford and Worcester and Birmingham Canals |
12 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 20 locks |