Watermill PH is on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Main Line: Stourport to Stourton) near to Cambridge Cutting.
The Act of Parliament for the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Main Line: Stourport to Stourton) was passed on January 1 1816 the same day as that of The Wigan Canal. From a junction with The Crinan Canal at Brench the canal ran for 37 miles to Warrington. Expectations for stone traffic to Eastleigh never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Main Line: Stourport to Stourton) were submitted to parliament in 1990, the carriage of iron from Nuneaton to Birmingham prevented closure. "By Windlass and Handcuff Key Across The Midlands" by John Thomas describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Bury Embankment.

Mooring here is ok (a perfectly adequate mooring), piling suitable for hooks.
| Academy Winding Hole | 3½ furlongs | |
| Tesco Moorings (Kidderminster) | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Caldwell Hall Bridge No 15 | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Roundhill Wharf | 1½ furlongs | |
| Caldwall Mill Bridge No 14 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Watermill PH | ||
| Round Hill Bridge No 13 | ¼ furlongs | |
| Caldwell Lock No 5 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Caldwall Bridge No 12 | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Falling Sands Viaduct | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Falling Sands Bridge No 11 | 4¼ furlongs | |
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![The Watermill (4), Park Lane, Kidderminster. The pub enjoys a good location, being on the corner of the busy Stourport Road, and Park Lane, from which it is accessed. The main entrance is between the two sunshades. The pub's waterwheel can be seen to the right.The pub's owners, Marston's, have agreed with Travelodge for them to build a new 51 bed hotel on some of the northern part of the site. This will involve the loss of some car parking spaces. Planning permission was obtained in early 2011. Update (April 2012): The Travelodge hotel opened recently. See:- [[2910661]].For more pictures and information about this pub, which is not actually a converted mill, please see this link:- [[2291048]]. by P L Chadwick – 27 February 2011](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/29/10/2291083_7ee4033a_120x120.jpg)

![The Watermill (7), Park Lane, Kidderminster. Part of the back, canalside, part of the pub.For more pictures and information about this pub, which is not actually a converted mill, please see this link:- [[2291048]]. by P L Chadwick – 27 February 2011](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/29/11/2291107_3dbfebe6_120x120.jpg)
![The Watermill (3), Park Lane, Kidderminster. The Watermill is very much a food-focussed pub, and has a large capacity internally, and additionally it has seats and tables overlooking the adjacent Staffs & Worcs Canal. Surprisingly for this type of pub, it does employ door staff, although possibly not all day long. It also does, or maybe did, have a dress code, which does not allow the wearing of trainers. As it became a Marston's pub in 2008, this might have changed. In this view the pub's waterwheel can be seen. For more pictures and information about this pub, which is not actually a converted mill, please see this link:- [[2291048]]. by P L Chadwick – 27 February 2011](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/29/10/2291072_9f06bbe2_120x120.jpg)
![The Watermill (5) - waterwheel, Park Lane, Kidderminster. This is the waterwheel, which has been provided for this pub. The pub was built in the mid-1990's, and is not actually a converted mill.For more pictures and information about this pub, please see this link:- [[2291048]]. by P L Chadwick – 27 February 2011](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/29/10/2291094_d1aadddf_120x120.jpg)
![The Watermill (6), Park Lane, Kidderminster. This is part of the back of the pub, and on this side it fronts onto the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal. As can be seen, there is an outside dining/drinking area here.For more pictures and information about this pub, which is not actually a converted mill, please see this link:- [[2291048]]. by P L Chadwick – 27 February 2011](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/29/11/2291100_67fe652f_120x120.jpg)
![The Watermill (2) - sign, Park Lane, Kidderminster. The Watermill pub does have a waterwheel, though the picture on this sign is clearly not based on it.For more pictures and information about this pub, which is not actually a converted mill, please see this link:- [[2291048]]. by P L Chadwick – 27 February 2011](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/29/10/2291060_4c2e60da_120x120.jpg)
![The Watermill (1), Park Lane, Kidderminster. This is a very attractive building, in an excellent position, and having one of its frontages onto the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal. It is however a very clever pastiche. This is no converted watermill but a purpose built pub, designed to look vaguely like a watermill. It has a waterwheel, which maybe came from a former mill, or otherwise was specially made for the pub. The Watermill is actually on part of the site of Bradley & Turton Limited's forge, which actually did make waterwheels amongst many other things. It was the last working forge in Kidderminster and closed in 1979. Most of it was demolished but at least two buildings remain in alternative use, but they are not part of The Watermill site. The pub was built around the mid-1990's, and was purchased by Marston's in 2008.[[2291060]].[[2291072]].[[2291083]].[[2291094]].[[2291100]].[[2291107]]. by P L Chadwick – 27 February 2011](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/29/10/2291048_a0052b15_120x120.jpg)

![The Watermill pub, Kidderminster. Alongside the Staffs and Worcs canal, which itself is crossed by the A451 on Round Hill Bridge [no 13]. by Christine Johnstone – 03 September 2012](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/16/08/3160890_da6a15c4_120x120.jpg)













