GUC : Olton to Gas Street Basin

Bridge 84 – Richmond Road bridge. Now with added swan!

Bridge 85 – Lincoln Road bridge

Poppies and daisies

Bridge 86 – Woodcock Lane bridge

One of the few vessels moving on the canal between here and Gas Street Basin

Bridge 86A – Yardley Road bridge

Passing under bridge 87 – Stockfield Road bridge

Nice wide, well maintained footpath makes walking easier and faster

Old wharves and canalside warehouses

Bridge 88 – Kings Road bridge

Bridge 88A – leads to the Tyseley incinerator

Brick bridge with raised sections

Looking back towards the entrance to Ackers Trust basin

Bridge 88F – footbridge

Outdoor activity centre tower

Bridge 89 – Golden Hillock Road bridge

Bridge 90 – Anderton Road bridge

Looking back

Bridge 91 – Small Heath bridge

Looking back to bridge 91

Top of Camp Hill locks

Passing through Camp Hill locks

Bridge 92 – rail bridge

Winding hole

Bridge 92 with bridge 93 behind it

Camp Hill lock no 55

Bridge 93 – Coventry Road bridge

Bridge 94 – Adderley Street bridge

Bordesley Junction – the Birmingham and Warwick Junction canal heads off to the right

Looking back to Bordesley Junction

Bridge 95 – Great Barr Street bridge

Bridge 96 – Great Barr Street railway bridge

Looking back from Proof House Junction – Proof House railway bridge (disused) lies behind bridge 96 – Proof House Junction bridge

Looking south at Proof House Junction into the entrance to Typhoon Basin

Approaching Curzon Street Tunnel

Ashted bottom lock

Belmont Row bridge – no numbers for the remainder of the walk

Looking back from the entrance to the Ashted Tunnel

Southern entrance to the Ashted Tunnel

Inside Ashted Tunnel

Emerging from the northern entrance to the Ashted Tunnel

Heneage Street footbridge

Lister Street bridge

Love Lane bridge

Aston Junction – the walk heads over the walkway then to the left

Looking north to Aston Lock 1 bridge

The walk continues to the south

The BT tower comes into view from the towpath – we are now on the Birmingham and Fazeley canal

Barker bridge

Snow Hill bridge

Looking back to Livery Street bridge

Ludgate Hill bridge

Looking back to Ludgate Hill bridge

Farmer’s Bridge lock 11 is underneath a building!

Farmer’s Bridge lock 9

Farmer’s Bridge lock 5

Saturday bridge – visited on …. Saturday 🙂

Last lock of the entire walk – Farmer’s Lock 1

Cambrian Wharf, atop the Farmer’s Locks

Old Turn Roving bridge

Old turn at Deep Cuttings Junction

Brewmaster’s bridge

Broad Street tunnel – last tunnel on the walk

Gas Street Basin – Worcester Bar divides us from the Worcester & Birmingham Canal

Entering the Gas Street Basin across the Worcester Bar

Red plaque as a reminder of the heritage of this area

The End – view of Gas Street Basin and the Worcester bar footbridge (right side of photo)