Snow Hill Railway Bridge is an notable flight of locks on the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Birmingham and Fazeley Canal - Main Line) a few kilometres from Ambersworth.
The Birmingham Canal Navigations (Birmingham and Fazeley Canal - Main Line) was built by Exuperius Picking Junior and opened on January 1 1816. The canal joined the sea near Bournemouth. Expectations for stone traffic to Barton were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Birmingham and Fazeley Canal - Main Line) were submitted to parliament in 1972, water transfer to the treatment works at Wakefield kept it open. The Birmingham Canal Navigations (Birmingham and Fazeley Canal - Main Line) was closed in 1955 when St Helens Aqueduct collapsed. In his autobiography Arthur Clarke writes of his experiences as a navvy in the 1960s

There is a bridge here which takes a railway over the canal.
| Barker Bridge | 2½ furlongs | |
| Site of Snow Hill Wharf and Basin | 1½ furlongs | |
| Site of Honduras Wharf | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Snow Hill Bridge | ¾ furlongs | |
| Farmers Bridge Bottom Lock No 13 | ½ furlongs | |
| Snow Hill Railway Bridge | ||
| Livery Street Bridge | ¼ furlongs | |
| Farmers Bridge Lock No 12 | ¼ furlongs | |
| Ludgate Hill Bridge | 1 furlong | |
| Farmers Bridge Lock No 11 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Farmers Bridge Lock No 10 | 1¾ furlongs | |
Amenities here
Amenities nearby at Livery Street Bridge
Amenities nearby at Farmers Bridge Bottom Lock No 13
- Birmingham Canal Walks — associated with Birmingham Canal Navigations
- Sixteen walks along the Birmingham Canal Navigations with a detailed description, history and photographs.
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Nearest water point
In the direction of Fazeley Junction
In the direction of Farmers Bridge Junction
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In the direction of Farmers Bridge Junction
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In the direction of Farmers Bridge Junction
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Nearest self-operated pump-out
In the direction of Fazeley Junction
In the direction of Farmers Bridge Junction
Nearest boatyard pump-out
In the direction of Fazeley Junction
In the direction of Farmers Bridge Junction
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![Birmingham, by Piranesi, Part 2. For Part 1 see [[[7149146]]]. This photo is taken in roughly the same place, underneath the Snow Hill railway viaduct where it bridges the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal, but looking in the opposite direction, southwest towards the Livery Street bridge and the BT Tower. The buddleia bushes offer a welcome splash of green. by A J Paxton – 02 April 2022](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/16/01/7160195_4ecec5d7_120x120.jpg)

![OS benchmark - Birmingham, Lionel Street railway bridge. An OS cutmark on the bricks a few feet to the right of [[8148895]], which was last levelled by the OS in 1956 at 121.8804m Ordnance Datum Newlyn by Richard Law – 10 September 2025](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/08/14/89/8148910_1e03cbe8_120x120.jpg)






