Birmingham Canal Navigations (Soho Loop)
The Birmingham Canal Navigations (Soho Loop) is a narrow canal and is part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations.
It runs for 1 mile and 2½ furlongs from Winson Green Junction (where it joins the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Main Line)) to Rotton Park Junction (where it joins the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Main Line) and the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Icknield Port Road Wharf Loop)).
The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 72 feet long and 7 feet wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.
It has a junction with the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Birmingham Heath, or Soho, Branch) at Hockley Port Junction.
The navigational authority for this waterway is Canal & River TrustRelevant publications — Waterway Maps:
- Waterway Routes 01M - England and Wales Map
- Waterway Routes 88M - Stourport Ring Map (Downloadable)
- Waterway Routes 85M - Black Country Ring Map (Downloadable)
- Waterway Routes 38M - Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) Map (Downloadable)
- Waterway Routes 40M - Birmingham and Fazeley Canal Map (Downloadable)
- Waterway Routes 87M - Warwickshire Ring Map (Downloadable)
Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:
- Collins Nicholson Waterways Guides No 2 - Severn, Avon & Birmingham
- Pearson's Canal Companion: Stourport Ring; Black Country Canals; Birmingham Canal Navigations
Relevant publications — Waterway Histories:
| Winson Green Junction Western end of Soho Loop |
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| Winson Green Junction Bridge | a few yards | 0 locks | |
| Winson Green Railway Bridge | ½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Wellington Wharf | ¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Winson Green Bridge (Soho Loop) | 1¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Winson Green Prison Bridge | 2 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Winson Green Wharf | 2 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Asylum Bridge | 2½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Winson Green Corporation Yard Wharf | 3¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Hockley Port Junction Junction with Birmingham Heath, or Soho Branch |
5½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Western Road Bridge | 6½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Brookfields Wharf and Basins | 7¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Spring Hill Pipe Bridge | 1 mile and ½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Spring Hill Bridge | 1 mile and ¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Entrance to Spring Hill Wharf | 1 mile and 1¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Rotton Park Railway Bridge | 1 mile and 2¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Rotton Park Junction Bridge | 1 mile and 2¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Rotton Park Junction Western end of Icknield Port Road Wharf Loop and eastern end of Soho Loop |
1 mile and 2½ furlongs | 0 locks |
- Birmingham Canal Walks — associated with Birmingham Canal Navigations
- Sixteen walks along the Birmingham Canal Navigations with a detailed description, history and photographs.
Wikipedia has a page about Birmingham Canal Navigations
Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) is a network of canals connecting Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and the eastern part of the Black Country. The BCN is connected to the rest of the English canal system at several junctions.
At its working peak, the BCN contained about 160 miles (257 km) of canals; today just over 100 miles (160 km) are navigable, and the majority of traffic is from tourist and residential narrowboats.
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