Tame Valley Canal

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File:Perry Barr top lock and keepers cottage No 86.jpg
Perry Barr top lock and keepers cottage No 86
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Tame Valley Canal
Tame Valley Junction (Doe Bank Junction), Walsall Canal
A41 road
Aqueduct over River Tame
South Staffordshire Line at Golds Hill Wharf
Midland Metro
A4031 (Walsall Road)
Hateley Heath Aqueduct (over Hydes Road)
Navigation Lane aqeduct
Grand Junction Aqueduct over Chase Line
    and Tame Bridge Parkway station
Aqueduct over M5 motorway slip road
Aqueduct over River Tame
Toll island
Rushall Junction, Rushall Canal
M5 motorway slip road
A4041 (Newton Road)
Chimney Bridge, Green Lane (iron footbridge, 1844)
Goose Farm (Hamstead Wharf) bridge
Pier island near Hamstead Wharf
Spouthouse Lane aqueduct
Piercy aqueduct
Freeth bridge (Tower Hill bridge) (now footbridge)
A34 road
Perry Barr locks 1-7 and lock-keepers' cottages
Perry Reservoir (underground pipe)
M6 motorway
Perry Barr locks 8-10
A453 road
Perry Barr lock 11
M6
Perry Barr lock 12
Perry Barr lock 13
A38(M) motorway and Gravelly Hill Interchange↑
Cross-City Line↑
Toll island↑
End of Tame Valley Canal↑
Birmingham and Fazeley Canal (to Birmingham), Salford Junction↑
Grand Union Canal, Salford Junction↑
Birmingham and Fazeley Canal (to Fazeley)
↑ - section under Gravelly Hill Interchange

The Tame Valley Canal is a relatively late (1844) canal in the West Midlands of England. It forms part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations. It takes its name from the roughly-parallel River Tame.

Geography

The canal runs from Tame Valley Junction where it joins the Walsall Canal near Ocker Hill and Toll End, and terminates at Salford Junction where it meets the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal and the Grand Union Canal. It is 8.5 miles (13.7 km) long and has twin towpaths throughout.

Between Tame Valley Junction and Rushall Junction it goes under the Midland Metro near Wednesbury and crosses over the former Grand Junction Railway (now part of the Chase Line) by aqueduct, near Tame Bridge Parkway railway station (an unusual case of the railway pre-dating a neighbouring canal).

It passes over the M5 motorway near the interchange with the M6 motorway (M6 junction 8) and joins the Rushall Canal at Rushall Junction, inside the triangle formed by the motorway junction. East of Rushall Junction the canal passes under another arm of the M5. At Hamstead the remains of a wharf can be seen, This served the former Hamstead Colliery. Further east, there are two more aqueducts (Spouthouse Lane and Piercy, the latter over the Old Walsall Road), and a deep cutting in 200-million-year-old sandstone, under Freeth Bridge (now restricted to pedestrians and bikes only) at Tower Hill. There are no locks on this section, which is at the Walsall Level, but it passes over eight aqueducts within five miles (seven of which are original).

The thirteen Perry Barr Locks, where the level drops 106 feet, start just beyond the A34. The original lock keepers cottages remain. In the adjacent Perry Park, near Alexander Stadium, is Perry Reservoir, a feeder reservoir fed by a stream from the lake at Great Barr Hall. From there, the canal passes under the M6 three times, including Gravelly Hill Interchange (Spaghetti Junction), shortly after which it terminates, at Salford Junction.

History

File:Hamstead Colliery 50pc.jpg
1901 map showing the former canal basin at Hamstead

The canal was authorised by Act of Parliament in 1839 and opened in 1844. Its engineer was James Walker.

Features

Point Coordinates
(Links to map resources)		 OS Grid Ref Notes
Tame Valley Junction Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SO976936 0.0 miles
Gold Hill Wharf (approx, site of) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SO981937 0.4
Midland Metro Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SO987939 0.7
Holloway Bank Wharf (site of) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SO992941 1.0
Chase Line crossing Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SP016948 2.7
M5 motorway aqueduct (west arm) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SP019949 2.9
River Tame Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SP022948 3.1
Rushall Junction Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SP029947 3.5
M5 motorway (east arm) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SP030947 3.6
Newton Road (A4041) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SP035940 4.0
Chimney Bridge Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SP035939 4.1
Hamstead Wharf and basin (site of) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SP038936 4.4
Spouthouse Lane Aqueduct Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SP044933 4.7
Piercy Aqueduct Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SP047931 5.0
Freeth Bridge Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SP054928 5.4
A34 road Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SP057927 5.6
Perry Barr Top Lock (1) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SP061927 5.6
Perry Barr Lock 2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SP059928 5.7
Perry Barr Lock 3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SP060928 5.8
Perry Barr Lock 4 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SP061928 5.8
Perry Barr Lock 5 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SP062928 5.9
Perry Barr Lock 6 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SP064928 6.0
Perry Barr Lock 7 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SP065928 6.1
Perry Reservoir Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SP066927 6.2
M6 motorway Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SP067928 6.3
Perry Barr Lock 8 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SP070927 6.4
Perry Barr Lock 9 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SP072925 6.5
Perry Barr Lock 10 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SP072925 6.6
College Road (A453) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SP073924 6.6
Perry Barr Lock 11 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SP075923 6.7
M6 motorway Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SP080917 7.2
Perry Barr Lock 12 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SP086908 7.8
Perry Barr Lock 13 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SP087907 7.9
Cross-City Line Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SP090904 8.2
Gravelly Hill Interchange Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SP091904 8.4
Lichfield Road (A5127) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SP094901 8.5
Salford Junction Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SP095901 8.5

Gallery

  • Tame Valley Canal and heron.jpg

    PerryBarr Lock No. 7 and grey heron

  • Tame Valley Canal Spouthouse Lane Aqueduct.jpg

    Spouthouse Lane Aqueduct, Hamstead

  • Tame Valley Junction.jpg

    Tame Valley Junction - the western terminus on the Walsall Canal

  • Midland Metro over Tame Valley Canal.jpg

    Midland Metro over Tame Valley Canal

  • Tame Bridge.jpg

    The canal passing over the River Tame

See also

References

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External links

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