Locks: Birmingham & Fazeley Canal

The Birmingham & Fazeley canal links the BCN (Birmingham Canal Navigations) and the Worcester & Birmingham canal in the centre of Birmingham to the Coventry canal (northbound) at Whittington. On the way it has junctions with the Digbeth Branch at Aston junction, the Grand Union and Tame Valley canals at Salford Junction and the Coventry canal (southeast bound) at Fazeley junction.

The canal runs 20 ½ miles from the centre of Birmingham in a north, north west direction to Whittington through 38 locks and was opened in 1789. At Whittington, the Coventry canal company took over as the previous company went bust and they continued the navigation up to Fradely junction where it meets the Trent & Mersey canal.

The locks are all single width, narrow beam locks of approximately 7’ 6” width.

Click on a link below to see the locks in that flight or section:

1 - 13 Farmer's Bridge locks

14 - 24 Aston locks

25 - 38 Minworth to Curdworth