Kingston Wharf
Kingston Wharf is on the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Newhall Branch) just past the junction with The Ashby Canal.
Early plans of what would become the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Newhall Branch) were drawn up by Thomas Telford in 1876 but problems with Stockport Cutting caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1835. Expectations for pottery traffic to Wessford never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only the carriage of manure from Poole to Polstan prevented closure. The canal between Dover and Ambersley was obliterated by the building of the Eastworth bypass in 2001. According to Thomas Taylor's "Spooky Things on the Canals" booklet, Guildford Inclined plane is haunted by a shrieking ghost that has no language but a cry.

| Deep Cuttings Junction | ½ furlongs | |
| Old Turn Roving Bridge | ¼ furlongs | |
| Kingston Wharf | ||
| Tindal Bridge | ¾ furlongs | |
| Cambrian Wharf Services | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Waterways Office (West Midlands Waterways, Birmingham) - Canal & River Trust | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Farmers Bridge Junction | 1½ furlongs | |
Amenities nearby at Tindal Bridge
- Birmingham Canal Walks — associated with Birmingham Canal Navigations
- Sixteen walks along the Birmingham Canal Navigations with a detailed description, history and photographs.
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Nearest water point
In the direction of Deep Cuttings Junction
In the direction of Farmers Bridge Junction
Nearest rubbish disposal
In the direction of Deep Cuttings Junction
In the direction of Farmers Bridge Junction
Nearest chemical toilet disposal
In the direction of Deep Cuttings Junction
In the direction of Farmers Bridge Junction
Nearest place to turn
In the direction of Deep Cuttings Junction
Nearest self-operated pump-out
In the direction of Deep Cuttings Junction
Nearest boatyard pump-out
In the direction of Deep Cuttings Junction
In the direction of Farmers Bridge Junction
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![Canal bridge at Deep Cuttings Junction, Birmingham. The cast iron bridge [[982738]] crosses the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal at the junction, about 200 metres south-west of Cambrian Wharf and the top of the Farmer's Bridge flight of thirteen locks. by Roger D Kidd – 27 September 2008](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/photos/98/28/982879_506e811c_120x120.jpg)



![A frozen Old Turn Junction, Birmingham Canal Navigations, 1969. February 1969 was a very cold month and the canals in Birmingham were frozen solid for several weeks. There have been vast changes here since 1969 as [[982738]] shows. What remains are the towpath bridge and the King Edward's Road bridge - though that has been rebuilt. The photo shows the island installed during WWII to allow the use of temporary dams to protect the railway tunnel beneath it should the canal be breached by bombing. My use of a (recently acquired) telephoto lens has foreshortened the view somewhat. The island is bigger and nearer Farmer's Bridge than the current circular island, with finger post, that was installed during (I believe) the 1980s. On the Canal World Forum, in a 2015 thread, it has been described as 'much larger, about the same shape as a potato and close to the Farmers Bridge arm'.Ahead is the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, to the right the BCN to Gas Street Basin, and behind me the BCN to Wolverhampton. This junction has also been known as Deep Cuttings Junction & Farmer's Bridge Junction. by Martin Tester – February 1969](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/76/24/7762462_fc7b1b16_120x120.jpg)













