You are here:

Wednesbury Old Canal

Ridgeacre Branch Canal. © of Bill Payer - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

From the quaintly named Pudding Green Junction to Swan Bridge the 1.5 miles of Brindley's Wednesbury Old Canal is an underused gateway to the northern waters of the Birmingham Canal Network via Ryder's Green and the Walsall Canal.

The area is industrialised yet the towpath can be peppered with wild flowers in a juxtaposition that harks back to when the surroundings were heathland. The line is truncated by the Black Country Spine Road thereby curtailing access to the Ridgacre Branch.