VirtualBrum: Photographs of Birmingham and the West Midlands - Past, Present and Future
Home Sitemap History Slang Genealogy Books Brummies Links
 

 

  Birmingham City of Canals

 GasStBasin1900.jpg (41085 bytes)
Gas Street Basin c 1900

 

Canals in Birmingham include:
The Birmingham Canal Navigations network
The Birmingham and Fazeley Canal
The Birmingham and Worcester Canal
The Grand Union Canal.

 There are 35 miles (60 km) of canals within the Birmingham city boundaries, of which most are navigable to explore at your leisure.. Although Birmingham covers a far greater area than Venice a commonly quoted (and true) fact is that Birmingham has more canals than Venice >more


Extensive regeneration of the city's canals has taken place over recent years from dredging the water ways to enable the busy stream of narrowboats to the massive investment and construction of high quality city living accommodation, Standing in Centenary Square you are almost on an island. There are canals within about a mile in all directions and there are also many new wine bars and eateries that thrive along the central canal network like the Mailbox Development and Brindleyplace.

 
boattrip.jpg (63997 bytes)

Canal Cruise
18-July-2000

iwe1.jpg (73671 bytes)

Birmingham Main Line
29-July-2000

iwe2.jpg (74713 bytes)

Brindleyplace
29-July-2000

iwe3.jpg (119457 bytes) Brindleyplace
29-July-2000
iwe8.jpg (130386 bytes)

Canal Tour Cruiser
Outside the ICC
30-July-2000

iwe5.jpg (87015 bytes) Brindleyplace
29-July-2000
canal.jpg (66730 bytes) Symphony Court
18-July-2000 		waterbus.jpg (102024 bytes) The Waterbus
Leaving Sherbourne Wharf
18-July-2000
 

 
iwe14.jpg (82870 bytes) Cambrian Wharf
30-July-2000 		iwe6.jpg (90563 bytes) The Flapper & Firkin
Cambrian Wharf
30-July-2000
 

 

Virtual Brum is an unofficial Birmingham UK website about the city which is also known as Brummagem or Brum.
Views expressed are not those of Birmingham City Council or any of its agencies. The official council website can be found at www.birmingham.gov.uk

© 2000 - 2007 All digital photographs (unless otherwise stated) taken by VirtualBrum using a Fuji digital camera
 for details of use look at Support this site 

Online Trading disclaimer 


VirtualBrum
PO BOX 11148
Birmingham
B28 0ZR

Photo Disclaimer :- If any graphic or text is copyrighted and you don't want me to showcase it here, 
don't sue me! Just produce evidence of copyright ownership and I'll delete it right away.