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Worcester and Birmingham Canal Walk

W Midlands, Worcestershire

50 km / 31 miles
A towpath walk linking the Severn Way in the south to the Grand Union Canal Walk at Birmingham.


Details:

Path Type: Other Paths
Attributes: Easy
Canal
Start: SO848538 - Diglis Basin, Worcester, Worcestershire View on StreetMap
Finish: SP061865 - Gas Street Basin, Birmingham, W Midlands View on StreetMap
Web Sites: Canal & River Trust - Worcester & Birmingham Canal Worcester and Birmingham Canal Walk [YouTube video]

Publications, Badges and Certificates:

Guidebook Julia Bradbury's canal walks  (Frances Lincoln (an imprint of Quarto)  - 2011 )
General Interest Book Birmingham & the Heart of England: Waterways Guide 3 (Collins Nicholson Waterways Guides)  (HarperCollins  - 2022 )
General Interest Book Severn, Avon & Birmingham: Waterways Guide 2 (Collins Nicholson Waterways Guides)  (HarperCollins  - 2022 )

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Bunk House

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2016.
© OpenStreetMap contributors under Open Database Licence.
Rights of way data from selected Local Authorities.
Large scale digital mapping is provided by John Thorn.
At high zoom levels the route is indicative only.
Purchase Ordnance Survey Maps:
OS Landranger 139, 150
OS Landranger Active 139, 150
OS Explorer 204, 219, 220
OS Explorer Active 204, 219, 220

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Route Profile:

49.5 km (30.8 miles)
479 m (1,572 ft) ascent
203 m (666 ft)  maximum height

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