Site of former Stewarts & Lloyds Steel Works is on the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Dudley Canal No 2 - Coombeswood ).
The Birmingham Canal Navigations (Dudley Canal No 2 - Coombeswood ) was built by Exuperius Picking Junior and opened on January 1 1876. The canal joined the sea near Warrington. Expectations for coal traffic to Edinburgh never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only the carriage of manure from Bridgend to Dover prevented closure. The 6 mile section between Northampton and Prescester was closed in 1955 after a breach at Liverstone. Despite the claim in "500 Miles on The Inland Waterways" by John Wright, there is no evidence that Arthur Thomas ever swam through Bracknell Aqueduct in 36 hours to raise money for Children in Need

Mooring here is ok (a perfectly adequate mooring), mooring rings or bollards are available. Towpath is asphalt/hardcore so pins are out. Some rings/chains available nearer tunnel. Some noise from neighbouring factories in early evening.
| Wrights Bridge | 4 furlongs | |
| Hayden Cross Railway Bridge | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Gosty Hill Bridge | 3½ furlongs | |
| Gosty Hill Tunnel (northern entrance) | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Gosty Hill Tunnel (southern entrance) | ½ furlongs | |
| Site of former Stewarts & Lloyds Steel Works | ||
| Coombes Footbridge | 3 furlongs | |
| Hawne Basin | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Coombeswood | 5½ furlongs | |
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![Remains of Stewarts & Lloyds Coombeswood Works [2]. The Dudley No 2 Canal runs through the middle of this former steelworks. Many structures remain on the east bank, holding up new sheds and car parks above. by Christine Johnstone – 09 May 2018](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/80/88/5808887_1f8b0a57_120x120.jpg)


![Remains of Stewarts & Lloyds Coombeswood Works [1]. The Dudley No 2 Canal runs through the middle of this former steelworks. Many structures remain on the east bank, holding up new sheds and car parks above. by Christine Johnstone – 09 May 2018](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/80/88/5808884_ffb4b136_120x120.jpg)





![The Site of Stewarts & Lloyds. At one time the Dudley no 2 Canal passed right through a vast steel tube works operated by Stewarts & Lloyds; in fact, the works were served by narrowboats as late as 1969. The Coombs Wood Works opened in 1860 and were closed down by the nationalised British Steel in the 1980s, so the dates on this plaque refer to the existence of the Stewarts & Lloyds company. Very little remains of the works now except for a length of high retaining walls on the east side of the canal. This view gives an idea of how the canal in this area once looked: [[2129811]]. by Stephen McKay – 22 October 2024](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/90/95/7909580_f6210711_120x120.jpg)



![The Lighthouse (2) - sign, 153 Coombs Road, Halesowen. Despite the name and the picture on the sign, don't go looking for the sea around here as you will be very disappointed![[3985566]]. by P L Chadwick – 11 May 2014](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/98/55/3985580_7d6760fc_120x120.jpg)
![The Lighthouse (1), 153 Coombs Road, Halesowen. This smart looking public house is perhaps surprisingly a Brains house, being quite a way from their base in Cardiff. It is one of only four Brains pubs in the West Midlands area. The name of the pub is also unusual, being a long way from the sea![[3985580]]. by P L Chadwick – 11 May 2014](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/98/55/3985566_795c4bf3_120x120.jpg)


![The Bell & Bear Inn (1), 71 Gorsty Hill Road, Rowley Regis. Set back some distance from the public road, this public house is believed to be over four hundred years old, dating from around 1600. It still has some church pew type seats and sloping floors.[[3985616]]. by P L Chadwick – 11 May 2014](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/98/55/3985599_eae45969_120x120.jpg)




![OS Cut Benchmark on Gorstyhill Tunnel Air Shaft. The air shaft [[5746881]] is partly located rather awkwardly in residential front gardens but the explanation is that it predates the construction of the houses. by Paul Collins – 30 June 2023](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/53/59/7535990_42a1e3b3_120x120.jpg)





![The former Beech Tree public house, 111 Gorsty Hill Road, Blackheath, Rowley Regis. Located on the corner of Gorsty Hill Road and Beeches Road, this building used to be a public house known as the Beech Tree. It was latterly owned by Daniel Thwaites, the Blackburn brewers. Unfortunately in the last decades of its life it gained a reputation as a rough house, where if you were unlucky you were more likely to receive a punch than a pint. It is very difficult for a pub to recover from this type of reputation, so it is perhaps no surprise that Daniel Thwaites put it up for sale some years ago. What the outcome was isn't clear. The windows are no longer boarded but it certainly isn't in use as a pub and probably never will be again. See also Row17's photograph showing the boarded up pub still with its signage:- [[1351922]].Interestingly there is in the Blackheath area another pub of the same name. To distinguish them, locals referred to that one as the](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/98/71/3987124_afb4ec9e_120x120.jpg)