Boatyard Winding Hole is on the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Cannock Extension Canal) between Colchester and Kingston-upon-Hull.
Early plans for the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Cannock Extension Canal) between Chester and Rotherham were proposed at a public meeting at the Plough Inn in Colchester by John Longbotham but languished until James Brindley was appointed as surveyor in 1782. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Tivercroft to Harrogate canal at Eastleigh, the difficulty of tunneling under Poleworth caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Windsor instead. The canal was restored to navigation and reopened in 1972 after a restoration campaign lead by the Restore the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Cannock Extension Canal) campaign.

You can wind here.
| Wyrley Grove Wharf | 1 mile | |
| Wyrley Grove Bridge | 7¾ furlongs | |
| Site of Wyrley Common Bridge | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Grove Colliery Basins | 4 furlongs | |
| Pelsall Road Bridge | 2½ furlongs | |
| Boatyard Winding Hole | ||
| Norton Canes | 1 furlong | |
- 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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![Boats awaiting restoration at Norton Canes boatyard, Wyrley & Essington Canal. There has been a boatyard at Norton Canes at the end of the Cannock Extension of the Wyrley & Essington Canal since 1846. It was acquired in 1965 by Malcolm Braine who quickly established himself as a leading restorer of narrow boats. He later built entirely new boats. He sold the business in 1986; in 2015 the business moved away from Norton Canes to a new boatyard in Glascote Basin on the Coventry Canal near Tamworth.Here 4 narrow boats await Braine's expert attention. 'Prince' was an ex-Samuel Barlow motor-boat.'Asterope' & 'Alphons' were both built in 1935 by Harland & Wolff of Woolwich for the Grand Union Carrying Co. 'Asterope' was a motor-boat, see: https://hnbc.org.uk/boats/asterope. 'Alphons' was a butty but by the time it left Braine's yard c1972 it has been converted to a motor, see: https://hnbc.org.uk/boats/alphons. A 2017 photo of her is here: [[5691789]]. by Martin Tester – 11 July 1970](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/79/50/7795049_037a41c9_120x120.jpg)


















![Pelsall Road Canal Bridge, all neat and tidy. Following replacement of former bridge (see [[[847411]]]) during works. The former route is where I am standing. by Michael Westley – 11 June 2010](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/10/26/2102601_10551c10_120x120.jpg)







