Worcester and Birmingham Canal
The Worcester and Birmingham Canal is a canal linking Birmingham and Worcester in England. It starts in Worcester, as an 'offshoot' of the River Severn and ends in Gas Street Basin in Birmingham.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ivan Lissitsyn, Public domain.
- Type: Canal
- Description: canal in the United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Worcester Birmingham Canal”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Arena Birmingham and Library of Birmingham.
Arena Birmingham
Stadium
Photo: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Utilita Arena Birmingham is an indoor arena and sporting venue in central Birmingham, England. It is owned by parent company the NEC Group. When it was opened in 1991, it was the largest indoor arena in the UK.
Library of Birmingham
Library
Photo: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Library of Birmingham is a public library in Birmingham, England. It is situated on the west side of the city centre at Centenary Square, beside the Birmingham Rep and Baskerville House.
Spring Hill Library
Library
Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
Spring Hill Library is a red brick and terracotta Victorian building in Ladywood, Birmingham, England. Designed in 1891 by Frederick Martin of Martin & Chamberlain with a 65-foot clock tower on the corner of Icknield Street and Spring Hill and opened on 7 January 1893, it now stands next to a roundabout and linked via a glazed atrium to a new Tesco superstore.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jewellery Quarter and Brindleyplace.
Jewellery Quarter
Suburb
Photo: Brian Clift, CC BY 2.0.
The Jewellery Quarter is an area of central Birmingham, England, in the north-western area of Birmingham City Centre, with a population of 19,000 in a 1.07-square-kilometre area.
Brindleyplace
Locality
Brindleyplace is a large mixed-use canalside development, in the Westside district of Birmingham, England. It was named after Brindley Place, the name of the street around which it is built.
Ladywood
Suburb
Photo: Artrix, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ladywood is an inner-city district next to central Birmingham. Historically in Warwickshire, in June 2004, Birmingham City Council conducted a citywide "Ward Boundary Revision" to round-up the 39 Birmingham wards to 40.
Worcester and Birmingham Canal
- Category: body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Worcester and Birmingham Canal from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Worcester and Birmingham Canal” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Worcester and Birmingham Canal”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قناة ووستر وبرمنجهام”
- French: “canal de Worcester et Birmingham”
- French: “Canal de Worcester et Birmingham”
- Japanese: “ウスター・アンド・バーミンガム運河”
- Japanese: “ウスター・バーミンガム運河”
- Swedish: “Worcester and Birmingham Canal”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Brookfields and Birmingham.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include ICC Birmingham and Jewellery Quarter station.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Worcester and Birmingham Canal”. Photo: Ivan Lissitsyn, Public domain.