Worcester and Birmingham Canal

E940866

canal inland waterway

The Worcester and Birmingham Canal is an English inland waterway linking the city of Worcester to Birmingham, historically important for industrial transport and now popular for leisure boating.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Wast Hills branch of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	canal ⓘ inland waterway ⓘ
connects	Birmingham NERFINISHED ⓘ Worcester NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectsTo	Birmingham Canal Navigations NERFINISHED ⓘ Droitwich Canals NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionStart	1790 ⓘ
country	England ⓘ
currentUse	leisure boating ⓘ recreational navigation ⓘ
engineer	John Snape NERFINISHED ⓘ John Woodhouse NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Cartwright NERFINISHED ⓘ
gauge	narrow ⓘ
hasJunction	Kings Norton Junction NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLock	Tardebigge Locks NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLockFlight	Tardebigge flight NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStructure	Edgbaston Tunnel NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTunnel	Shortwood Tunnel NERFINISHED ⓘ Tardebigge Tunnel NERFINISHED ⓘ Wast Hills Tunnel NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus	part of UK industrial heritage ⓘ
historicalSignificance	facilitated coal and goods transport ⓘ served Birmingham’s industrial districts ⓘ
historicalUse	industrial transport ⓘ
joins	River Severn NERFINISHED ⓘ
joinsAt	Worcester NERFINISHED ⓘ
length	approximately 30 miles ⓘ approximately 48 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn	United Kingdom ⓘ
managedBy	Canal & River Trust NERFINISHED ⓘ
maximumBoatBeam	narrowboat ⓘ
numberOfLocks	58 ⓘ
opened	1815 ⓘ
partOf	British canal network ⓘ
passesNear	Alvechurch NERFINISHED ⓘ Bromsgrove NERFINISHED ⓘ Kings Norton NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesThrough	Birmingham NERFINISHED ⓘ Worcestershire NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	navigable ⓘ
terminusA	Worcester NERFINISHED ⓘ
terminusB	Birmingham NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	angling ⓘ cycling ⓘ walking ⓘ
waterwayType	narrow canal ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Birmingham Canal Navigations → connectsTo → Worcester and Birmingham Canal ⓘ

Kings Norton → hasWaterFeature → Worcester and Birmingham Canal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wast Hills branch of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal