North Birmingham Canal Loop Thursday Short Walk on 28 May 2026

P LEASE NOTE THAT THE DURATION OF THIS EVENT SHOWN ABOVE IS ONLY APPROXIMATE AND CANNOT BE GUARANTEED; IT WILL DEPEND ON FACTORS SUCH AS THE WEATHER AND THE WALKING PACE OF THE GROUP.

Join this leisurely ramble with a Birmingham Ramblers group leader and enjoy social walking with our friendly members.

It is very helpful for the walk leader to have prior knowledge of numbers that will be on this walk. We ask you to complete this very brief form to help with our planning of the walk to ensure that we can safely accommodate all who wish to join us. You will receive an automatic acknowledgement when you submit this form, and also a reminder of the details 2 days before the walk.

Walk leader: Paul Hatton

This canal walk takes us along the little-known North Birmingham canal loop from Typhoo Basin (near Moor Street Station) via Aston Junction and Farmers Locks, finishing in Brindley Place. The walk is about 3 miles on well-surfaced towpaths throughout.

Meeting arrangements:

Meet on the concourse at Moor Street Station by 10.30. We are not taking any train, but this is a convenient and well-known meeting place for our walk.

Walk Description:

Due to the HS2 works closing Fazeley Street we have a short dog-leg walk from Moor Street Station to the site of Typhoo Basin, which formerly served the Typhoo Tea factory. Here we join the start of the canal towpath, which shortly joins the Digbeth Branch Canal. Should we turn right at the Digbeth Branch Canal junction we would be heading towards Bordesley Junction where the canal joins the Grand Union Canal heading to Warwick and London.

We continue straight on here with the canal bearing left, so we are soon heading North West (more North than West) skirting the City Centre. After about 1.1 miles the canal turns left and we reach Aston Junction where we join the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal with the Birmingham and Fazeley heading towards Salford Junction, under Spaghetti Junction, on our right.

There is some seating at the junction so we can take our coffee break there. At this stage we are roughly due North of the City Centre.

From Aston Junction we continue along the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, heading south-west for 1.3 miles, still skirting the City Centre. After passing Aston University we pass under the Snow Hill bridge, a truly impressive brick-built arch carrying the train and tram lines away from Snow Hill, then we ascend through the 13 Farmers Bridge locks, passing the Post Office tower on our left, rising 81 feet (25 m) to reach Farmers Bridge Junction and Gas Street Basin.

The Farmer's Bridge Locks Flight is one of the outstanding sights on Birmingham's canal network where the canal rises through dramatically floodlit archways, office undercrofts, and tunnels. It is a truly atmospheric link to the past in the middle of a modern city.

After the walk ends at Brindley Place the walk leader will be heading for well-earned refreshment at The Prince of Wales, a beautifully refurbished traditional Black Country Ales pub tucked away behind the new developments along the canalside. All will be welcome to join him.

Expressions of Interest for this walk will close at 06.00 on Tuesday 26 May. After this, please email [email protected] to enquire about any late availability for the walk.

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If you later find that you are unable to join us it would be helpful if you let us know by sending an email to [email protected] - this will be passed on to the walk leader and will prevent any delay to the start of the walk should the leader be waiting for you. Please note that some walks have a waiting list so tickets are NOT TRANSFERABLE; if you are unable to join us then please cancel your place to free it up for someone who may be on the waiting list rather than passing it to someone else.

General Information

This is one of several walks and activities offered by the Birmingham Ramblers. If you have found this page through a web search or other means and would like to find out more about the group then please visit the Birmingham Ramblers web site; new members are always welcome.

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