Boating along the Worcester & Birmingham Canal

The Worcester & Birmingham Canal is a justifiably popular cruising route. With 58 locks in all - 30 of them at Tardebigge - it is well suited to energetic crews, or those who don't mind taking their time.

Though officially a narrow canal throughout, the Worcester & Birmingham was built to broad-gauge dimensions between Tardebigge Top Lock and Gas Street Basin in Birmingham, and the tunnels and bridges in this section are all 14ft wide. This means that two-way narrowboat traffic can pass in the long (and leaky) Wast Hill Tunnel at King's Norton.

Once a busy trade route, the canal meets the River Severn at Diglis and is now part of both the Avon and Stourport Cruising Rings.

Bridge & lock opening times

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