Birmingham Canal Navigations (Tame Valley Canal)
The Birmingham Canal Navigations (Tame Valley Canal) is a narrow canal and is part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations.
It runs for 8 miles and 4 furlongs through 13 locks from Tame Valley Junction (where it joins the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Walsall Canal)) to Salford Junction (north) (where it joins the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Birmingham and Fazeley Canal - Main Line)).
The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 72 feet long and 7 feet wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.
It has a junction with the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Rushall Canal) at Tame Valley - Rushall Junction.
Notable features of the waterway include Perry Barr Locks, First Flight, Perry Barr Locks, Second Flight and Perry Barr Locks, Third Flight
The navigational authority for this waterway is Canal & River TrustRelevant publications — Waterway Maps:
- Waterway Routes 01M - England and Wales Map
- Waterway Routes 38M - Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) Map (Downloadable)
Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:
- Collins Nicholson Waterways Guides No 2 - Severn, Avon & Birmingham
- Pearson's Canal Companion: Stourport Ring; Black Country Canals; Birmingham Canal Navigations
Relevant publications — Waterway Histories:
| Tame Valley Junction Junction of Tame Valley and Walsall Canals. |
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| Ocker Hill Bridge A41 Black Country New Road |
¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Ocker Hill Aqueduct | 1½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Ocker Hill East Pipe Bridge | 2 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Infilled Danks Branch Canal Crossing | 2¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Gold Hill Bridge | 2¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Gold Hill Railway Bridge Site of gauging point |
2½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Gold Hill Wharf | 4¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Jones Bridge | 5½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Railway Bridge - West Bromwich to Wednesbury | 6 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Holloway Bank Basin Bridge Entrance to a built-over basin |
6½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Holloway Bank Bridge | 7 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Holloway Wharf and Basins Infilled and built upon |
7½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Burrs Colliery Basin Infilled and built upon |
1 mile and ½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Ball's Hill Bridge | 1 mile and 1 furlong | 0 locks | |
| Site of Millfield Colliery Basin and Wharf Infilled and built upon |
1 mile and 2¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Hateley Heath Aqueduct Over Hydes Road |
1 mile and 4¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Hall Green Iron Foundry Basin Infilled and built upon |
1 mile and 6¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Booth Basin Infilled |
1 mile and 6¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Crankhall Lane Bridge | 1 mile and 7½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Friar Park Bridge Disappeared in the 1960s |
2 miles and 2 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Worleys Wharf and Basin Infilled |
2 miles and 3 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Friar Park Farm Bridge | 2 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Walsall Road Bridge (Friar Park) | 2 miles and 4 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Stonecross Wharf | 2 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Navigation Lane Stop Narrows | 2 miles and 4½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Navigation Lane Aqueduct | 2 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Grand Junction Aqueduct Over the Walsall to Perry Barr railway line (Grand Junction Railway) |
2 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| M5 Aqueduct Western Stop Narrows | 2 miles and 6½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| M5 Aqueduct | 2 miles and 7 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| M5 Aqueduct Eastern Stop Narrows | 2 miles and 7½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| River Tame Aqueduct | 3 miles and ¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Rushall Junction Stop Island | 3 miles and 3½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Tame Valley - Rushall Junction Junction of the Tame Valley and Rushall Canals |
3 miles and 4 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Brickfields Bridge Allows access to the Rushall Canal from the southern towpath of the Tame Valley Canal |
3 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| M5 Junction 8 Slipway Bridge | 3 miles and 4½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| M5 Junction 8 Motorway Bridge | 3 miles and 4½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Brickfields Turnover Bridge | 3 miles and 6 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Cattle Creep Aqueduct | 3 miles and 6½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Scott Bridge | 4 miles and ½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Chimney Bridge A famously high bridge over a deep cutting |
4 miles and 1 furlong | 0 locks | |
| Gorse Farm Bridge | 4 miles and 4 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Hamstead Colliery Basin and Wharf Infilled and built upon |
4 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Pier Island near Hamstead Wharf | 4 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Spouthouse Lane Aqueduct | 4 miles and 6 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Piercy Aqueduct | 4 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Freeth Bridge (Hamstead) | 5 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Walsall Road Bridge | 5 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Perry Barr Top Lock Services | 5 miles and 5 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Perry Barr First Flight Top Lock No 1 and BCN Cottage 86 |
5 miles and 5 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Perry Barr Lock No 2 | 5 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Perry Barr Lock Bridge | 5 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Perry Barr Lock No 3 | 5 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Perry Barr Lock No 4 | 5 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Perry Barr Lock No 5 | 5 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Perry Barr Lock No 6 | 5 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Perry Barr First Flight Bottom Lock No 7 | 6 miles and ½ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| M6 Motorway Bridge (Perry Barr) | 6 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Aldridge Road Bridge | 6 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Perry Barr Second Flight Top Lock No 8 | 6 miles and 3 furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Perry Barr Lock No 9 | 6 miles and 4 furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Site of Perry Barr Wharf and Basin Infilled and built upon |
6 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Perry Barr Lock No 10 | 6 miles and 4½ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| College Road Bridge | 6 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Perry Barr Second Flight Bottom Lock No 11 | 6 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Moor Lane Bridge | 7 miles and ½ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Perrywell Road Bridge | 7 miles and 1 furlong | 11 locks | |
| M6 Motorway Bridge (Brookvale) | 7 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Moor Lane Arm (closed) | 7 miles and 2½ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Brookvale Road Bridge | 7 miles and 3½ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Perry Barr Third Flight Top Lock No 12 and BCN Cottage No 79 |
7 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Deykin Avenue Bridge Two bridges, one retained as a footpath |
7 miles and 7 furlongs | 12 locks | |
| Perry Barr Third Flight Bottom Lock No 13 and site of BCN Cottages No's 77 and 78 |
7 miles and 7½ furlongs | 12 locks | |
| Remains of Perry Barr Flight Bottom Gauging House | 7 miles and 7½ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Witton Turnover Bridge With a pipe bridge either side |
8 miles and 1 furlong | 13 locks | |
| Spaghetti Junction M6 Sliproad Bridge | 8 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Gravelly Hill Railway Bridge | 8 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Spaghetti Junction M6 Bridge | 8 miles and 2 furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Spaghetti Junction A38 Bridge | 8 miles and 3 furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Salford Bridge Toll Stop | 8 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Salford Bridge (Birmingham) | 8 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Salford Junction (north) Junction of B&F and Tame Valley Canals |
8 miles and 4 furlongs | 13 locks |
- Birmingham Canal Walks — associated with Birmingham Canal Navigations
- Sixteen walks along the Birmingham Canal Navigations with a detailed description, history and photographs.
- Tame Valley Canal Walk — associated with this page
- A walk along the Tame Valley Canal from Salford Junction to Tame Valley Junction with the Walsall Canal
Wikipedia has a page about Birmingham Canal Navigations
Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) is a network of canals connecting Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and the eastern part of the Black Country. The BCN is connected to the rest of the English canal system at several junctions.
At its working peak, the BCN contained about 160 miles (257 km) of canals; today just over 100 miles (160 km) are navigable, and the majority of traffic is from tourist and residential narrowboats.
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