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Birmingham & Warwick Junction Canal

Boaters exploring the Birmingham & Warwick Junction Canal can spot clues to the past in canalside factories, old arches and the nearby railway line. This 2 mile canal was built in 1844 to ease congestion into Birmingham and hosted a steady stream of working boats making their way from Camp Hill to Salford Bridge.
Today, the canal passes close by Birmingham City Football ground and ‘Star City’ – a large modern entertainment centre. New housing developments overlooking the canal emphasise the dawn of a new canal age. Yet in quiet reaches by the old factories of ‘Brumagen’ you can easily imagine the sights, sounds and smells of working boats and bustling wharves in days gone by.