Coventry Canal (Detached Portion)
The Coventry Canal (Detached Portion) is a narrow canal and is part of the Coventry Canal. It runs for 5 miles and 4 furlongs from Fradley Junction (where it joins the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Burton to Fradley) and the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Fradley to Great Haywood)) to Whittington Brook (where it joins the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Birmingham and Fazeley Canal - along route of Coventry Canal)).
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 Birmingham Canal Navigations (Lichfield Canal (Under Restoration)) at Huddlesford Junction.
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Fradley Junction Junction of Coventry Canal (Detached Portion) and Trent and Mersey Canal |
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Fradley Swingbridge | ¼ furlongs | 0 locks |
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New Bridge No 91 | 3 furlongs | 0 locks |
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Fradley Estate Access Bridge No 90A | 1 mile and ¼ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Fradley Bridge No 90 | 1 mile and 1¼ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Bell Bridge No 89 | 1 mile and 4¼ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Bell Pipe Bridge | 1 mile and 4¼ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Brookhay Pumping Station Contrary to popular belief there is no water point here. There is quite a pleasant mooring however |
1 mile and 7¼ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Brookhay Bridge No 88 | 2 miles and ½ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Bears Hay Bridge No 87 | 2 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Streethay Bridge No 86 A38 Dual carriageway alongside |
2 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Streethay Wharf | 3 miles and ½ furlongs | 0 locks |
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King's Orchard Railway Bridge | 3 miles and 1 furlong | 0 locks |
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King's Orchard Bridge No 85 | 3 miles and 2 furlongs | 0 locks |
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Stoney Step Bridge No 84 | 3 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Fulfen Wood Aqueduct | 3 miles and 5½ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Plough Bridge No 83 | 3 miles and 7½ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Huddlesford Railway Bridge No 82b | 3 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Huddlesford Junction | 4 miles | 0 locks |
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Huddlesford Foot Bridge | 4 miles and ¼ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Bowmans Bridge No 82 | 4 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Cheadles Bridge No 81 | 4 miles and 3½ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Burton Road Bridge No 80 | 4 miles and 6½ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Whittington Bridge No 79 | 4 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Whittington Bridge No 78 | 5 miles and 1½ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Whittington Brook Junction of B&F with Coventry Canal (Detached Portion) |
5 miles and 4 furlongs | 0 locks |

