GUC : Kingswood to Olton
This time it is the penultimate walk on the Grand Union Canal. A 10 mile stretch from Kingswood (Lapworth railway station) to Olton in the suburbs of Birmingham. A mixed walk with some open countryside, some locks and a long section in a deep cutting.
Start of the walk at bridge 65 in Kingswood
Straight section north of bridge 65, towpath on the left
Bridge 66 – ‘rising bridge’
Pipe bridge between bridges 66 and 67
Bridge 67 – Turnover bridge – the towpath changes side here
For the remainder of the canal the towpath remains on the right hand side (walking towards Birmingham)
Approaching bridge 69 – Black Buoy bridge
Bridge 70 – aptly named the Kings Arms bridge
At the bottom of Knowle locks – a flight of 5 locks
Knowle locks
Looking back down Knowle locks
Bridge 71 – Kenilworth Road bridge
Bridge 72 – Kixley bridge
Bridge 72A – Kixley footbridge
Bridge 73 – Waterfield bridge
Bridge 74 – Castle bridge
Fields near Henwood Hall Farm
Bridge 75 – Copt Heath bridge
Bridge 76A (multiple) – the M42 bridge
Bridge 76 – Jacobean Lane bridge
Bridge 77 – Henwood bridge
Straight section north of Henwood bridge
Bridge 78 – Catherine de Barnes bridge
Bridge 78A – unnamed
Pipe bridge and then bridge 79 – Elmdon Heath bridge
Bridge 79A – unnamed
Bridge 80 – Rowood bridge
Looking ahead to bridges 81 and 82
Bridge 81 – Rode Lane bridge
The seemingly never-ending deep cutting in Solihull
Bridge 82 complex – Dovehouse Lane bridge
Bridge 83 – Castle Lane bridge
Bridge 84 – Richmond Road bridge – end of the walk