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©Geoff Pick
Dist:0.1km<br/>This solid c1800 bridge on the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal is not shown on the map on this page. The bridge allows farmers to reach fields on both sides of the canal.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.1km<br/>The canal is approaching Bridge No 18 here. The OS map on this page has forgotten about it even though the bridge is over two hundred years old. The canal was open from King's Norton to Kingswood by 1803, and a later building project extended it to Stratford between 1812 and 1815.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.1km<br/>In the gathering gloom again, this section of the canal is seen from beneath the arch of Bridge No 18 - not shown on the map on this page.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.1km<br/>The Stratford-upon-Avon Canal was built from King's Norton Junction (with the Worcester and Birmingham Canal) to Kingswood Junction (with the Warwick and Birmingham Canal - now Grand Union Canal) by 1803. A second phase of construction started in 1812, and by 1815 was connected to the River Avon in Stratford. Total length 25.5 miles, with 54 locks.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.2km<br/>Contrary to appearances, these are not visitors mooring on a particularly attractive stretch of towpath. That is on the other side of the canal, facilities in the picture being for private long-term use. [[[1717859]]]
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.2km<br/>There is about a quarter of a mile of private long-term moorings here on the left. The towpath is on the right.. The canal was opened from King's Norton to Kingswood by 1803, then extended to Stratford during 1812 - 1815.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.2km<br/>One of the many attractive pubs near the Stratford on Avon Canal, the Bull's Head at the corner of Limekiln Lane was built in 1740 as accommodation for navvies engaged on the construction of the canal, and became a public house at the beginning of the 19th century. The ghost of a 17th-century lime worker is said to haunt the building.
©James Yardley
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©James Yardley
Dist:0.3km<br/>Lime Kiln Lane. Earlswood, Solihull, B94 6BU close to the Stratford upon Avon Canal
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Dist:0.3km<br/>The private long-term moorings here go on for about four hundred metres. The canal was opened from King's Norton to Kingswood by 1803, then extended to Stratford during 1812 - 1815.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.3km<br/>Seen from beneath the arch of Bridge No 19, Waring's Green Road.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.4km<br/>On the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, Bridge No 19.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.4km<br/>Warings Green Road, Hockley Heath, Solihull, B94 6BP on the Stratford upon Avon Canal
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Dist:0.4km<br/>A popular mooring spot, with the grounds of the Bluebell Cider House on the right.
©David Stowell

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