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Dist:0.3km<br/>The Dudley no 2 Canal passes through the 577 yard Gosty Hill Tunnel, which is seen here just inside the northern portal. This gives some idea what conditions must have been like in the long-lost 3795 yard Lapal Tunnel further south along this canal.
©Stephen McKay
Dist:0.3km<br/>An unusual location for this airshaft above Gorsty Hill canal tunnel - the front garden of a house in Station Road, Old Hill.
©Paul Evans
Dist:0.3km<br/>Looking from Gosty Hill bridge towards the northern portal of this 577 yard tunnel. Tunnels, of which several lengthy ones were built on the Black Country canal network, were traditionally a major operating inconvenience as few were built with towpaths. The horses were led across the top of the hill and the boats legged through the tunnel - an arduous and dangerous task. Towards the end of the era of horse drawn boats some tunnels were provided with tugs, and the mooring provision for the tug can be seen here.
©Stephen McKay
Dist:0.3km<br/>The 577 yard Gosty Hill Tunnel on the Dudley no 2 Canal runs under high ground to the south of Old Hill. It was the shorter of two tunnels on this canal; the other, Lapal Tunnel, was closed in 1917 following a roof collapse. The British Waterways notice board on the right gives directions to the nearest public telephone.
©Stephen McKay
Dist:0.3km<br/>The lofty tunnel cross-section here is not typical of most of the tunnel. This has a much reduced bore, and there is an abrupt step in height part-way through.
©Robin Webster
Dist:0.3km<br/>Seen from the junction with Granville Road; the hilly nature of the local topography can clearly be seen here.
©Stephen McKay
Dist:0.4km<br/>Three modes of transport come together here where the Dudley no 2 Canal runs parallel with Station Road and is crossed by the Birmingham - Stourbridge railway.
©Stephen McKay
Dist:0.4km<br/>Note the BCN (Birmingham Canal Navigations) date plate.
©Stephen McKay
Dist:0.4km<br/>The unusually high northern portal. The 'layby' at the left was used to accommodate the tunnel tug.
©Martin Wilson
Dist:0.4km<br/>A Station at Haden Hill on the Birmingham to Kidderminster Line.
©Gordon Griffiths
Dist:0.4km<br/>Use as an overflow car park for the station's own facility.
©Whatlep
Dist:0.5km<br/>A Pub on the Halesowen Road at Haden Hill.
©Gordon Griffiths
Dist:0.5km<br/>Since taking this picture the pub has been abandoned. The last time I passed it the roof was missing and it appeared to have had a major fire which seems to have totally destroyed the place. Update - was informed today 08 Aug' 2008 that this place no longer exists as it is now just a pile of rubble.
©Row17
Dist:0.5km<br/>It is not at all obvious nowadays but Old Hill station on the Birmingham - Stourbridge line was once the junction for two branches - south to Halesowen and north to Dudley which lost their passenger services in 1927 and 1964 respectively. The other notable feature is that the railway here is on a stiff gradient up to Old Hill Tunnel.
©Stephen McKay
Dist:0.5km<br/>The Hall on Halesowen Road, Haden Hill, Cradley Heath, Rowley Regis.
©Gordon Griffiths

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