Griffins Brook Aqueduct No 4A carries the M3 motorway over the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Birmingham to King's Norton) a few miles from Nantwich.
Early plans of what would become the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Birmingham to King's Norton) were drawn up by John Rennie in 1888 but problems with Prespool Aqueduct caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1876. From a junction with The Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation at Braintree the canal ran for 37 miles to Bolton. Expectations for pottery traffic to Poleford never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only the use of the canal for cooling Willcorn power station was enough to keep it open. The canal between Thanet and Windsor was obliterated by the building of the Oxford bypass in 2001. Restoration of Bassetlaw Inclined plane was funded by a donation from the Restore the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Birmingham to King's Norton) campaign

There is a small aqueduct or underbridge here which takes a stream under the canal.
| Selly Oak Railway Bridge No 79 | 5¼ furlongs | |
| The Country Girl PH | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Raddlebarn Road Bridge No 78 | 4 furlongs | |
| Cadbury Railway Wharf Bridge No 77A | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Bournville Stop Narrows | ¼ furlongs | |
| Griffins Brook Aqueduct No 4A | ||
| Bournville Visitor Moorings | ½ furlongs | |
| Bournville Lane Aqueduct No 4 | ¾ furlongs | |
| Bournville Station Overbridge | 1½ furlongs | |
| Stirchley Street Bridge No 77 | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Glasshouse Brewery | 4½ furlongs | |
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![Worcester & Birmingham Canal: East of Bournville. This is the canal with part of the Bournville factory to the right. For a view in the opposite direction please see Roger's [[1728558]]. The purpose of the two width restrictions in the canal here is unknown to the photographer. They do not appear on the Ordnance Survey map of 1904 but are shown in the 1916 edition. What is not in doubt is that they are either side of the aqueduct crossing of the canal of the Bourn Brook (after which Bournville was named), so perhaps they are associated with the strengthening of the canal here. Later editions of the Ordnance Survey mapping show that the far, southern, restriction once had a footbridge crossing too. by Nigel Cox – 07 September 2012](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/13/19/3131997_7ccc6d7c_120x120.jpg)




![Former Cadbury's Wharf on East side of canal - June 1970. The buildings in the background are sheds overhanging the East side of the canal where narrowboats were unloaded with materials they were conveying on behalf of Cadbury's Bournville Factory - this was on the opposite (West) side of the canal and adjacent railway line so they could not unload directly into the factory. At some point between 1920 and 1928 Cadbury's constructed this wharf and extended their rail system over the mainline and canal (see [[1728965]] and others for the bridge) to link the new facility directly to the factory. The date comes from photos on the](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/64/14/6641466_53d8499b_120x120.jpg)

















