Finally it’s here. The last walk on the Grand Union Canal. A moderate stretch of 7.7 miles from 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)
And there we have it – 147 miles walked, from Brentford lock on the River Thames at London, to the centre of Birmingham!