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Pictures of the Grand Union Canal,

the Digbeth branch.

This short connecting stretch of canal has a charm all of it's own. It is inner city canal but it has it's own lock flight, a very low and narrow tunnel immediately by the gate of a lock! It has a range of old warehouses, some very effectively restored, which marked the Birmingham end of the Grand Union canal. Do not travel on it expecting green fields! but do expect to be intrigued by it.

		Ashted locks
Ashted tunnel		Aston junction

More pictures of this canal?

Bull's Bridge to Marsworth / Paddington Arm. / Marsworth to Gayton / Aylesbury Arm

Gayton to Norton / Norton to Braunston / Braunston to Napton /Napton to Warwick / Warwick to Lapworth

Lapworth to Camp Hill. / Camp Hill to Salford

General information

History of the canals which make up the present Grand Union canal.

The Grand Junction / Warwick to Napton / Warwick to Birmingham

The Grand Union.

Find our information about other canals on the canal index page.

A history of the Grand Union Canal.

History of the canals which were to become the Grand Union Canal.

Grand Junction / Warwick to Napton / Warwick to Birmmingham.

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