You Are Here - Worcester & Birmingham Canal - Bath Row - Birmingham, U.K. - 'You Are Here' Maps on Waymarking.com

This 'You Are Here' Map can be found on the canal towpath of the Worcester & Birmingham Canal close to the Bath Row access point in Five Ways.

The nearest place in the direction of Worcester Bar is Bath Row Bridge No 87; ¾ furlongs away.

The nearest place in the direction of Selly Oak Junction is St James Road Bridge No 85; 1½ furlongs away.

This is a pinch point. The normal maximum dimensions for a boat on this waterway are 72 feet long, 7 feet wide, 8 feet and 2 inches high and 3 feet and 7 inches deep, but to pass through here the maximum dimensions are 8 feet and 2 inches high."
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The colour map shows the roads, paths and street in the local area. It also shows the position of buildings (some of which are named) and nearby bus stops, food outlets, sporting activities, wooded and grassy areas, and the location of other local information signs ('You Are Maps' Maps) further along the towpath.

It is unfortunate that much of the information on the map has been obscured by graffiti and has made the map much less useful than it was designed to be.

The Worcester and Birmingham Canal is a canal linking Worcester and Birmingham. It starts in Worcester, as an 'offshoot' of the River Severn and climbs 428 feet (130 m) to its end in the Gas Street Basin in Birmingham. It is 29 miles (47 km) long and has 58 locks, including the 30 Tardebigge Locks, one of the largest lock flights in Europe.

The canal was surveyed by Josiah Clowes and John Snape and construction of a barge-width (14 ft) canal began in 1792 from the Birmingham end, but progressed slowly. Its engineers changed often, and included Thomas Cartwright, John Woodhouse and William Crosley. The final 16 miles (26 km) were opened in December 1815.
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Location Name: Bath Row, Worcester & Birmingham Canal - Five Ways - Birmingham

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A photo of either you or your GPS at the site is welcomed but not required.

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Date Logged Log   06/19/2019 Poole/Freeman visited it