Ludgate Hill Bridge is an notable flight of locks on the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Birmingham and Fazeley Canal - Main Line) between Willcester and Tiverworth.
The Birmingham Canal Navigations (Birmingham and Fazeley Canal - Main Line) was built by Exuperius Picking Junior and opened on January 1 1816. The canal joined the sea near Bournemouth. Expectations for stone traffic to Barton were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Birmingham and Fazeley Canal - Main Line) were submitted to parliament in 1972, water transfer to the treatment works at Wakefield kept it open. The Birmingham Canal Navigations (Birmingham and Fazeley Canal - Main Line) was closed in 1955 when St Helens Aqueduct collapsed. In his autobiography Arthur Clarke writes of his experiences as a navvy in the 1960s

There is a bridge here which takes a minor road over the canal.
| Snow Hill Bridge | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Farmers Bridge Bottom Lock No 13 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Snow Hill Railway Bridge | 1 furlong | |
| Livery Street Bridge | 1 furlong | |
| Farmers Bridge Lock No 12 | ¾ furlongs | |
| Ludgate Hill Bridge | ||
| Farmers Bridge Lock No 11 | ¼ furlongs | |
| Farmers Bridge Lock No 10 | ¾ furlongs | |
| Newhall Street Bridge | 1 furlong | |
| Farmers Bridge Lock No 9 | 1 furlong | |
| Farmers Bridge Lock No 8 | 1¼ furlongs | |
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Amenities nearby at Farmers Bridge Lock No 11
Amenities nearby at Farmers Bridge Lock No 12
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Nearest water point
In the direction of Fazeley Junction
In the direction of Farmers Bridge Junction
Nearest rubbish disposal
In the direction of Fazeley Junction
In the direction of Farmers Bridge Junction
Nearest chemical toilet disposal
In the direction of Fazeley Junction
In the direction of Farmers Bridge Junction
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In the direction of Fazeley Junction
In the direction of Farmers Bridge Junction
Nearest self-operated pump-out
In the direction of Fazeley Junction
In the direction of Farmers Bridge Junction
Nearest boatyard pump-out
In the direction of Fazeley Junction
In the direction of Farmers Bridge Junction
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![Birmingham & Fazeley Canal: Farmers Bridge Locks (4). Moving on down the flight from [[3133510]] this is a more distant view of Ludgate Hill Bridge, showing how the canal is hemmed in by buildings through here. Water Street is over to the right. by Nigel Cox – 08 September 2012](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/13/35/3133523_c644ca23_120x120.jpg)









![OS benchmark - Birmingham, 21 Ludgate Hill. An OS cutmark on the brickwork of [[4387336]] at street level; last verified by the OS in 1956 at 120.5088m Ordnance Datum Newlyn. by Richard Law – 10 September 2025](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/08/14/89/8148923_e8512584_120x120.jpg)








![Farmer's Bridge Locks. Looking down from Snow Hill station to Farmer's Bridge flight as it appears from under Ludgate Hill This picture was taken at a time when Snow Hill station was closed and the land used for car parking. As with [[148223]] the isolation of the canal in its industrial surroundings, away from the hurly burly of the city life just over the wall can easily be seen. Compare this view with [[127082]] taken no more than a couple of hundred yards further on, but nearly 30 years later! by David Stowell – March 1977](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/photos/14/82/148234_0b7b9ec7_120x120.jpg)






