The Anchor Inn (Diglis) 
The Anchor Inn (Diglis) is on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Diglis Basin to King's Norton Junction) just past the junction with The River Avon - Warwickshire.
Early plans for the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Diglis Basin to King's Norton Junction) between Exeter and Guildford were proposed by Thomas Telford but languished until Thomas Hunter was appointed as chief engineer in 1888. Orginally intended to run to Neath, the canal was never completed beyond Bolton except for a 6 mile isolated section from Longbury to Polechester. Expectations for coal traffic to Doncaster never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Diglis Basin to King's Norton Junction) was closed in 1888 when Southstone Tunnel collapsed. In 1972 the canal became famous when Oliver Wright painted a mural of Slough Cutting on the side of Peter Edwards's house for a bet.

| Diglis Basin | ¼ furlongs | |
| The Anchor Inn (Diglis) | ||
| Diglis Services | ¼ furlongs | |
| Mill Street Bridge No 2 | 1 furlong | |
| Diglis Visitor Moorings (Bath Road) | 1½ furlongs | |
| Sidbury Bridge No 3 | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Sidbury Lock No 3 | 2½ furlongs | |
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![Diglis Basin in Worcester. Looking straight up the Worcester and Birmingham Canal from a jetty above the top lock. A lot of canalside redevelopment is in progress in the vicinity of Diglis Basin. Some buildings are listed and will be preserved. (Note: this image was submitted in error; a better one can be seen here: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2310811 )A 1971 image [[[1396932]]] by Roger D Kidd – 20 August 2010](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/30/90/2309010_38c69406_120x120.jpg)






![Diglis Basin in Worcester. Looking straight up the Worcester and Birmingham Canal from a jetty above the top lock. A lot of canalside redevelopment is in progress in the vicinity of Diglis Basin. Some buildings are listed and will be preserved.A 1971 image [[[1396932]]]The Worcester and Birmingham Canal was built in stages between 1791 and 1815 to connect the River Severn in Worcester to the Birmingham Canal System using a quicker route than the earlier Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal.Grain, timber and agricultural produce were carried to the Midlands. Industrial goods and coal were carried down towards Worcester, often for onward transport to Bristol. Later, salt carrying was added as a regular cargo. Pairs of donkeys were often used in preference to horses, maybe because they could easily be put onto the boats which had to be legged (or pulled by tug) through the tunnels. by Roger D Kidd – 20 August 2010](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/31/08/2310811_b5de9175_120x120.jpg)






![Diglis Basin, Worcester. Redevelopment work at Diglis Basin. This particular building is to be a commercial building, see to when completed [[[2773369]]] by Philip Halling – 15 August 2008](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/92/46/924616_4a1682df_120x120.jpg)
![Redeveloped Diglis Basin. In recent years the Diglis canal basin has changed considerably with modern apartments overlooking the canal and in this picture, Warmstry House a commercial office building is mirrored perfectly in the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. To see the building under construction see: [[[924616]]]. by Philip Halling – 16 January 2012](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/77/33/2773369_ed4444fa_120x120.jpg)
![Diglis Basin, Worcester - engine of Steam Launch Simba. This is the trailable steam launch/steamboat seen here - [[3027603]].The plants consists of a coal burning vertical fire tube boiler and an inverted vertical compound reversing engine that appears to be a Stuart Turner. Although S T engines are considered the province of model engineers, the larger ones are comparable to full size engines and equally capable of a job of work. The weather was intermittently appalling, hence the strewn wet weather gear. by Chris Allen – 07 July 2012](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/02/88/3028837_d728ea98_120x120.jpg)






