Greensforge Homepage


Looking towards Greens forge, this is a telephoto assisted view across the wide Smestow valley. Between the blossom covered hawthorns and the electricity pylon, the Wom Brook drifts leftwards towards its confluence with the Smestow River. Also, a 500 metre arm of canal which was originally a busy coal wharf terminates near the pylon. The water is now used as a marina for narrowboats and other pleasure craft. A buzzard soars near the power wires.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.1km<br/>The basin was originally constructed to handle coal carrying narrow-boats from the railway which was built to connect with local collieries in 1827.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.1km<br/>A railway was built from local collieries in 1829 to carry coal to the head of this basin. The could then be transported by south via the canal to the River Severn, or towards the Midlands. Now the basin is a privately owned marina with a small boatyard. A viaduct carries what was a Roman road across the basin.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.2km<br/>This is a telephoto assisted view across the farm land of the wide Smestow Valley. Ashwood Marina is hidden in the dip this side of the electricity pylon. Narrowboats are just visible on the left on the short (about 500 metres) canal arm, formerly used as a coal wharf. The actual Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal crosses the view by the line of trees beyond the pylon.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.2km<br/>Ashwood Canal Marina.
©Gordon Griffiths
Dist:0.2km<br/>This is on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal.
©Ruth Sharville
Dist:0.2km<br/>A very popular canalside pub during summer weekends - at present not looking quite at its best. Serves meals.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking across the Wom and Smestow valleys. The former coal wharf/canal arm crosses the scene, hidden in the dip beyond this crop field, by the electricity pylon. It is now a marina for pleasure boats.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.2km<br/>The surface had frozen on this December day. The marina uses a long arm of the nearby Staffs & Worcs Canal, which used to be used, long ago, by coal boats.
©P L Chadwick
Dist:0.2km<br/>A fine day has encouraged some outdoor painting work at the marina.
©John M
Dist:0.2km<br/>The long single track viaduct/bridge crosses the old canal basin which used to go to a now defunct railway formerly owned by the National Coal Board. Electricity pylons are widespread in this part of South Staffordshire.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.2km<br/>A defunct "lostlabours.co.uk" webpage informed us that "In 1827 James Foster of 'John Bradley & Co', the Iron-masters from Stourbridge, and Lord Dudley, (The Fourth Viscount Dudley & Ward) agreed to build a railway from Ashwood Basin, on the Staffs & Worcs Canal, to Shut End on Pensnett Chase." The railway was more recently owned by the National Coal Board, the basin being used as a busy coal wharf. The basin, which extends well beyond the bend seen in the distance, is now an attractive marina for pleasure boats. [[[657483]]]
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.2km<br/>The defunct "lostlabours.co.uk" webpage informs us that "In 1827 James Foster of 'John Bradley & Co', the Iron-masters from Stourbridge, and Lord Dudley, (The Fourth Viscount Dudley & Ward) agreed to build a railway from Ashwood Basin, on the Staffs & Worcs Canal, to Shut End on Pensnett Chase." The railway was more recently owned by the National Coal Board. The basin, which extends well beyond the bend seen in the distance, is now an attractive marina for pleasure boats. [[[657483]]]
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking across the Wom and Smestow valleys. The canal arm, formerly a coal wharf, crosses the scene hidden in the dip by the pylon beyond this crop field. The water is now used as a marina for narrowboats and other pleasure craft.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.2km<br/>The bridleway leads between fields from Ashwood to the A449 Kidderminster Road, then continues as the surfaced Lodge Lane to Kingswinford. Buildings at Ashwood Lodge Farm can be seen on the right behind the trees.
©Roger Kidd

Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]

Members Nearby

Greensforge Discussion Forum

  • Exercise like a film star!

    Come and try the vibrogym which is an excellent way to gain fully body workout using vibrations.It is used by the likes of Rachel Weisz, Kylie and Madonna Shape up faster Improve bone & muscle …
    daldhillon in Sedgley, Monday 07 May, 2012

  • Please vote for me

    Rachel here...my dads family from Straits and Straits Green My Story http://www.hud.ac.uk/news/featuredstories/headline,39378,en.php vote via facebook www.designatwizy.co.uk/rachel/ click LIKE
    Rachel91 in The Straits, Friday 16 March, 2012

  • Please vote for me

    My dads family were from The Straits and Cotwallend... My story http://www.hud.ac.uk/news/featuredstories/headline,39378,en.php vote on facebook at www.designatwizy.co.uk/rachel/ click LIKE
    Rachel91 in Cotwall End, Friday 16 March, 2012


Places Near Greensforge

Amblecote • Ashwood • Blakeley • Blundies • Bromley • Buckpool • Compton • Dunsley • Enville • Four Ashes • Giggetty • Gospel Ash • Greensforge • Halfpenny Green • Himley • Holbeche • Kingswinford • Kinver • Ounsdale • Prestwood • Smestow • Stourton • Swindon • Tansey Green • The Bratch • The Village • Wall Heath • Wollaston • Wombourne • Wordsley •