Birmingham Canal Navigations (Lichfield Canal (Under Restoration))
The Birmingham Canal Navigations (Lichfield Canal (Under Restoration)) is a narrow canal and is part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations. It runs for 7 miles and 2½ furlongs through 31 locks from Ogley Junction (where it joins the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Wyrley and Essington Canal) and the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Anglesey Branch)) to Huddlesford Junction (where it joins the Coventry Canal (Detached Portion)).
The exact dimensions of the largest boat that can travel on the waterway are not known. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.
This waterway is excluded by default from route planning with the following explanation: "under restoration"
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Ogley Junction | ||
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Ogley Junction Towpath Bridge | a few yards | 0 locks |
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Ogley 1st. Flight Lock 1 | ½ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Ogley 1st. Flight Lock 2 | 1 furlong | 1 lock |
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Ogley 1st. Flight Lock 3 | 1½ furlongs | 2 locks |
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Ogley 1st. Flight Lock 4 | 2¼ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Ogley 1st. Flight Lock 5 | 2¾ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Ogley 1st. Flight Lock 6 | 3¼ furlongs | 5 locks |
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Barracks Lane Bridge Proposed new bridge on realigned Barracks Lane |
3½ furlongs | 6 locks |
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Ogley 1st. Flight Old Lock 7 Old Lock 7 left in place as narrows. |
4½ furlongs | 6 locks |
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Ogley 1st. Flight Old Lock 8 Old Lock 8 left in place as narrows |
5½ furlongs | 6 locks |
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David Suchet Aqueduct - Western End Aqueduct over the M6 Toll Road |
5½ furlongs | 6 locks |
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David Suchet Aqueduct - Eastern End Aqueduct over the M6 Toll Road |
5¾ furlongs | 6 locks |
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Ogley 1st. Flight Lock 7 New Lock 7 resited due to M6 Toll Road |
6½ furlongs | 6 locks |
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Ogley 1st. Flight Lock 8 New Lock 8 resited due to M6 Toll Road |
1 mile and ½ furlongs | 7 locks |
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Ogley 1st. Flight Lock 9A New Lock |
1 mile and 2½ furlongs | 8 locks |
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Boat Inn Pipe Bridge | 1 mile and 2½ furlongs | 9 locks |
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Boat Inn Tunnel - Western End | 1 mile and 2¾ furlongs | 9 locks |
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Boat Inn Tunnel - Eastern End | 1 mile and 3 furlongs | 9 locks |
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Ogley 1st. Flight Lock 9B New Lock |
1 mile and 6¾ furlongs | 9 locks |
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A5 Tunnel – Southern End | 1 mile and 7 furlongs | 10 locks |
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A5 Tunnel - Northern End | 1 mile and 7¼ furlongs | 10 locks |
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Ogley 2nd. Flight Lock 10 | 2 miles and 1 furlong | 10 locks |
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Ogley 2nd. Flight Lock 11 | 2 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 11 locks |
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Moat Bank Bridge Bridge over the A461 from Muckley Corner to Pipe Hill |
2 miles and 2 furlongs | 12 locks |
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Ogley 2nd. Flight Lock 12 | 2 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 12 locks |
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Coppice Lane Bridge | 2 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Pipehill Bridge | 2 miles and 7 furlongs | 13 locks |
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Wall Lane Bridge | 3 miles and 2½ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Ogley 3rd. Flight Lock 13 | 3 miles and 3 furlongs | 13 locks |
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Ogley 3rd. Flight Lock 14 | 3 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 14 locks |
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Ogley 3rd. Flight Lock 15 | 3 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 15 locks |
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Ogley 3rd. Flight Lock 16 | 3 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 16 locks |
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Ogley 3rd. Flight Lock 17 | 3 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 17 locks |
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Fosseway Lane Culvert | 3 miles and 5 furlongs | 18 locks |
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Ogley 3rd. Flight Lock 18 | 3 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 18 locks |
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Railway Winding Hole | 4 miles and 1 furlong | 19 locks |
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Claypit Lane Culvert Also known as Fosseway |
4 miles and 3 furlongs | 19 locks |
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Lock 19 New Lock (approx) |
4 miles and 3½ furlongs | 19 locks |
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Lock 20 New Lock (approx) |
4 miles and 4 furlongs | 20 locks |
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Lock 21 New Lock (approx) |
4 miles and 4½ furlongs | 21 locks |
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Birmingham Road Tunnel – Western End | 4 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 22 locks |
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Birmingham Road Tunnel - Eastern End | 4 miles and 5 furlongs | 22 locks |
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Railway Tunnel - Western End | 4 miles and 5 furlongs | 22 locks |
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Railway Tunnel - Eastern End | 4 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 22 locks |
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Lock 22 (new) New Lock (approx) |
4 miles and 6½ furlongs | 22 locks |
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Lock 22 Turnover Bridge | 4 miles and 6½ furlongs | 23 locks |
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Pinch Point Winding Hole | 4 miles and 7½ furlongs | 23 locks |
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Lock 23 (new) New Lock |
5 miles | 23 locks |
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Lock 23 Turnover Bridge | 5 miles | 24 locks |
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St. Johns Bridge (London Road) | 5 miles and ¼ furlongs | 24 locks |
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Lock 24 (new) New Lock |
5 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 24 locks |
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Cricket Lane Bridge | 5 miles and 3 furlongs | 25 locks |
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Cricket Lane Winding Hole | 5 miles and 3 furlongs | 25 locks |
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Old Lock 24 Possibly retained as narrows |
5 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 25 locks |
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Lock 25 | 5 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 25 locks |
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Lock 26 (Millennium Lock) (Millennium Lock) |
5 miles and 5 furlongs | 26 locks |
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Lock 27 (Tamworth Road) New Lock |
5 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 27 locks |
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Lock 27 Turnover Bridge | 5 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 28 locks |
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Tamworth Road Tunnel - Southern End | 5 miles and 6½ furlongs | 28 locks |
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Tamworth Road Tunnel - Northern End | 5 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 28 locks |
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Lock 28 New Lock |
5 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 28 locks |
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A38 Tunnel - Northwestern End | 5 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 29 locks |
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A38 Tunnel - Southeastern End | 6 miles | 29 locks |
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Lock 29 New Lock |
6 miles and 1½ furlongs | 29 locks |
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Darnford Lane Bridge | 6 miles and 2½ furlongs | 30 locks |
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Darnford Lane Lift Bridge A redundant bridge from the Peak Forest Canal |
6 miles and 5 furlongs | 30 locks |
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Lock 30 | 6 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 30 locks |
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Cappers Lane Bridge | 6 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 31 locks |
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Watery Lane Bridge (Huddlesford) | 7 miles and ¼ furlongs | 31 locks |
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LCC Sliding Bridge Lichfield Crusing Club Private Moorings (No Access) |
7 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 31 locks |
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Huddlesford Junction | 7 miles and 2½ furlongs | 31 locks |






















