The Wyrley and Essington Canal

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Virtual Walks-9

From Fishley Junction Bridge to Horseley Fields Junction (from the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Main Line)

The Wyrley and Essington Canal runs for 16 miles and 3¼ furlongs from Horseley Fields Junction to Ogley Junction
where it joins the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Anglesey Branch) and the Wyrley and Essington Canal "Lichfield Canal" (Under Restoration).

Visit the Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust web site to find out about the Trust that was formed in 1988 and is a registered charity. It campaigns for the restoration of the "Lichfield Canal" (as the closed section of the W&E between Ogley and Huddlesford is now called) and also the Hatherton Canal through the Cannock / A5 area. It promotes the restoration as public amenities for boating, angling, walking, cycling etc. and raises funds to carry out physical restoration work.

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With help from - Birmingham Canal Navigations (Wyrley and Essington Canal) – Gazetteer – CanalPlanAC
Wyrley and Essington Canal - with distance to Horseley Fields Junction - (8 furlongs = 1 mile)

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300 Fishley Junction Bridge 12 miles and ½ furlongs
310 Teece's Bridge 11 miles and 1¾ furlongs
320 Little Bloxwich Bridge 11 miles and ¾ furlongs
330 Hollands Bridge - footbridge 10 miles and 5¾ furlongs
340 Hollands Bridge 10 miles and 5¾ furlongs
350 Electricity Supply Bridge 10 miles and 5½ furlongs
360 Goscote Lane Foot Bridge 10 miles and 4½ furlongs
370 Goscote Lane Bridge 10 miles and 4¼ furlongs
380 Pelsall Hall Wharf 10 miles and 1½ furlongs
390 Goscote Hall Bridge 10 miles and ¾ furlongs
400 Hildicks Bridge 9 miles and 5¼ furlongs
410 Coal Pool Bridge 9 miles and 2½ furlongs
420 Forest Footbridge 8 miles and 5¾ furlongs
430 Chase Line Railway Aqueduct 8 miles and 5 furlongs
440 Pratts Mill Bridge 8 miles and 3¾ furlongs
450 Green Lane Bridge 8 miles and ½ furlongs
460 Birchills Junction 8 miles
470 Stubb's Bridge 7 miles and 6 furlongs
480 Stokes Bridge 7 miles and 3¼ furlongs
490 Wall End Bridge 7 miles and ½ furlongs
500 Wall End Pipe Bridge 7 miles and ½ furlongs
510 Brick Kiln Bridge 6 miles and 6¼ furlongs
520 Dudley Fields Footbridge 6 miles and 5½ furlongs
530 Sneyd Wharf Toll Stop 6 miles and 3½ furlongs
540 Sneyd Wharf 6 miles and 3 furlongs
550 Sneyd Junction Bridge 6 miles and 2½ furlongs
560 Sneyd Junction 6 miles and 2½ furlongs
570 Edwards Bridge 5 miles and 7¼ furlongs
580 Roughwood M6 Motorway Bridge 5 miles and 5½ furlongs
590 Roughwood Pipe Bridge 5 miles and 5 furlongs
600 Roughwood Narrows 5 miles and 3¼ furlongs
610 Bentley Wharf Bridge 5 miles and 2 furlongs
620 Adam and Eve Bridge 4 miles and 6¾ furlongs
630 Bridge Tavern and United Kingdom Inn 4 miles and 5¼ furlongs
640 Bridge Tavern and United Kingdom Inn 4 miles and 5¼ furlongs
650 Lane Head Bridge 4 miles and 5¼ furlongs
660 Holly Bank Pipe Bridge 4 miles and 3¼ furlongs
670 Holly Bank Basin 4 miles and 3¼ furlongs
680 Knights Bridge 4 miles and 2¼ furlongs
690 Pool Hayes Bridge 4 miles and 1½ furlongs
700 Pool Hayes and Miles Meadow Colliery Wharf 3 miles and 7½ furlongs
710 Perry Hall Bridge 3 miles and 6¼ furlongs
720 Castle Bridge 3 miles and 3½ furlongs
730 Olinthus Bridge 3 miles and 1¼ furlongs
740 Devils Elbow Bridge 2 miles and 7¼ furlongs
750 Site of Moat Green Bridge 2 miles and 5¼ furlongs
760 Moat House Bridge 2 miles and 4¼ furlongs
770 Moat House Pipe Bridge 2 miles and 4¼ furlongs
780 Wards Bridge 2 miles and 1¾ furlongs
790 Wednesfield Visitor Moorings1 mile and 7¾ furlongs
800 Pinfold Bridge 1 mile and 7½ furlongs
810 Trap Makers' Bridge 1 mile and 6½ furlongs
820 Graiseley Lane Footbridge 1 mile and 6 furlongs
830 Graiseley Lane roadbridge 1 mile and 6 furlongs
840 Pyle Cock Inn 1 mile and 5¾ furlongs
850 Rookery Bridge 1 mile and 4¼ furlongs
860 Wednesfield Junction Toll Stop 1 mile and 2¾ furlongs
870 Wednesfield Junction 1 mile and 2½ furlongs
875 New Cross Bridge
880 New Bentley Bridge 1 mile and 1¾ furlongs
890 Heath Town Bridge 7 furlongs
900 Heath Town Railway Bridge (disused) 6½ furlongs
910 Deans Bridge 6¼ furlongs
920 The Jolly Collier PH 5½ furlongs
930 Heath Town Railway Bridge 4½ furlongs
940 Wyrley Street Pipe Bridge 2¾ furlongs
950 Swan Garden Bridge 1¼ furlongs
960 Lycetts Basin 1 furlongs
970 Horseley Toll Stop ½ furlongs
980 Birmingham to Wolverhampton Main Line Railway Bridge ¼ furlongs
990 Horseley Fields Junction Bridge zero

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