Birmingham Canal Navigations (Wyrley and Essington Canal)
The Birmingham Canal Navigations (Wyrley and Essington Canal) is a narrow canal and is part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations.
It runs for 16 miles and 3¼ furlongs from Horseley Fields Junction (where it joins the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Main Line)) to Ogley Junction (where it joins the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Anglesey Branch) and the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Lichfield Canal (Under Restoration))).
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 junctions with the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Cannock Extension Canal) at Pelsall Junction; with the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Walsall Junction Canal) at Birchills Junction; with the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Lords Hayes Branch (Under Restoration)) at Fishley Junction (under restoration) and with the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Daw End Branch) at Catshill Junction.
The navigational authority for this waterway is Canal & River TrustRelevant publications — Waterway Maps:
- Waterway Routes 01M - England and Wales Map
- Waterway Routes 38M - Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) 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:
| Horseley Fields Junction Junction of the BCN (Main Line) with the Wyrley and Essington Canal |
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| Horseley Fields Junction Bridge | a few yards | 0 locks | |
| Birmingham to Wolverhampton Main Line Railway Bridge | ¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Horseley Toll Stop | ½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Lycetts Basin | 1 furlong | 0 locks | |
| Swan Garden Bridge | 1¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Wyrley Street Pipe Bridge Osier Street to Alma Street |
2¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Heath Town Railway Bridge Carries the Wolverhampton to Walsall railway line |
4½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| The Jolly Collier PH Reopened as of 29/12/23 |
5½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Deans Bridge | 6¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Heath Town Railway Bridge (disused) An art structure now spans the gap |
6½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Heath Town Bridge | 7 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| New Bentley Bridge | 1 mile and 1¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| New Cross Bridge | 1 mile and 2 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Wednesfield Junction Junction with closed Bentley Canal |
1 mile and 2½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Wednesfield Junction Toll Stop | 1 mile and 2¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Rookery Bridge | 1 mile and 4¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Pyle Cock Inn | 1 mile and 5½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Graiseley Lane Footbridge | 1 mile and 5¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Church Bridge | 1 mile and 5¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Trap Makers' Bridge | 1 mile and 6½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Pinfold Bridge | 1 mile and 7¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Wednesfield Visitor Moorings | 1 mile and 7½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Wards Bridge | 2 miles and 2 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Moat House Pipe Bridge | 2 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Moat House Bridge | 2 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Moat Green Bridge | 2 miles and 5 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Devils Elbow Bridge | 2 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Olinthus Bridge | 3 miles and 1 furlong | 0 locks | |
| Castle Bridge | 3 miles and 3 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Perry Hall Bridge The Spread Eagle Pub is close by |
3 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Pool Hayes and Miles Meadow Colliery Wharf | 3 miles and 7 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Pool Hayes Bridge | 4 miles and 1½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Knights Bridge | 4 miles and 2½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Holly Bank Basin Also known as the Short Heath Branch |
4 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Holly Bank Pipe Bridge | 4 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Lane Head Bridge Gated moorings |
4 miles and 5 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Bridge Tavern and United Kingdom Inn Pubs on both sides of the bridge. There are secure, gated moorings here. The petrol station nearby sells Red diesel. |
4 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Adam and Eve Bridge | 4 miles and 6½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Bentley Wharf Bridge | 5 miles and 2½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Roughwood Narrows Site of Bentley Common Bridge |
5 miles and 3½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Roughwood Pipe Bridge | 5 miles and 5½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Roughwood M6 Motorway Bridge | 5 miles and 6 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Edwards Bridge | 5 miles and 7½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Sneyd Junction Junction of Wyrley and Essington Main Line and Wyrley Branch |
6 miles and 2½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Sneyd Junction Bridge | 6 miles and 2½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Sneyd Wharf | 6 miles and 3 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Sneyd Wharf Toll Stop | 6 miles and 3½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Dudley Fields Footbridge | 6 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Brick Kiln Bridge | 6 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Wall End Pipe Bridge | 7 miles and ½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Wall End Bridge | 7 miles and ½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Stokes Bridge | 7 miles and 3 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Stubb's Bridge | 7 miles and 6 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Birchills Furnaces Basin Infilled |
8 miles | 0 locks | |
| Birchills Junction Junction of Wyrley and Essington and Walsall Branch Canals |
8 miles | 0 locks | |
| Green Lane Bridge | 8 miles and ½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Pratts Mill Bridge | 8 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Chase Line Railway Aqueduct | 8 miles and 4½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Forest Footbridge | 8 miles and 5 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Coal Pool Bridge Site of Harding's Wharf |
9 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Hildicks Bridge Also called Crimea Bridge |
9 miles and 5½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Goscote Hall Bridge | 10 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Pelsall Hall Wharf | 10 miles and 2 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Goscote Lane Bridge | 10 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Goscote Lane Footbridge | 10 miles and 5 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Electricity Supply Bridge | 10 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Hollands Bridge Also known as Pelsall Road Bridge |
10 miles and 6 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Hollands Footbridge | 10 miles and 6 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Little Bloxwich Bridge Little Bloxwich |
11 miles and 1½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Teece's Bridge | 11 miles and 2½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Freeths Bridge | 11 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Fishley Junction Bridge Nameplate says "Fishley Lane Bridge", but the lane does not cross here |
12 miles and ¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Fishley Junction (under restoration) Start of the Lords Hayes branch which was just over a mile long and was abandoned in 1954 |
12 miles and 1 furlong | 0 locks | |
| Pelsall Works Bridge | 12 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Pelsall Junction Junction of Wyrley and Essington and Cannock Extension Canals |
12 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Pelsall Junction Bridge | 12 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| The Fingerpost PH | 13 miles and ¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| York's Bridge | 13 miles and ¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| York's Foundry Bridge | 13 miles and 2½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Gilpins Arm Infilled and built upon |
13 miles and 3 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| High Bridge (Pelsall) | 13 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Junction with Slough Arm (disused) The arm was a private branch canal to serve a colliery |
14 miles and ½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Slough Railway Bridge Disused railway from Chasewater |
14 miles and 1 furlong | 0 locks | |
| Site of Harrisons Basin Infilled and built upon |
14 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Jolly Collier Bridge | 14 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Becks Bridge | 14 miles and 4 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Coopers Railway Bridge Disused railway |
14 miles and 4½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Coopers Bridge Former swing bridge, now a footbridge to Northfields Way |
14 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Old Railway Bridge | 14 miles and 6 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| LMS Railway Interchange Basins | 14 miles and 7½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Market Bridge Footbridge to Silver Street |
15 miles and ½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Catshill Junction | 15 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Catshill Toll Stop | 15 miles and 3½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Anchor Bridge (Brownhills) | 15 miles and 4½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| The Anchor Inn (Brownhills) | 15 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Sandhills Canal (branch) Infilled and in private ownership |
15 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Ogley Hay Flour Mill Now converted into flats |
16 miles | 0 locks | |
| Ogley Winding Hole | 16 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Ogley Junction Junction of the Wyrley and Essington and Lichfield Canals with the Anglesey Branch |
16 miles and 3¼ 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.
- Sneyd Wharf L1 :: Waterside Moorings — associated with Sneyd Wharf
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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