South portal - Tardebigge tunnel - Worcester & Birmingham canal - Tardebigge - West Midlands
Posted by: ntpayne
N 52° 19.350 W 002° 00.367
30U E 567738 N 5797373
Tardebigge tunnel north of Tardebigge, Worcestershire
Waymark Code: WMR3Q8
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/08/2016
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The opening of this tunnel in 1807 brought Tardebigge wharf into its own and the wharf at Alvechurch became less used as boats could now get further south from Birmingham.
There is no towpath so boats had to be legged through and the horses walked over the top of the hill.