Category: Lapal Canal

< Next Lapal Canal Next > < Hawne Basin Selly Oak > Looking down from a modern road bridge the line of the Lapal Canal can be seen, with the towpath still used as a footpath.  The next...

< Next Lapal Canal Next > < Hawne Basin Selly Oak > A section of the Lapal Canal has been dug out and its starting to collect water after rain.  The next photo (towards Selly Oak) shows a...

< Next Lapal Canal Next > < Hawne Basin Selly Oak > The modern Harborne Lane Bridge was constructed with navigation clearances and a channel in anticipation of restoration of the Lapal Canal.  The recent excavations have created...

< Next Lapal Canal Next > < Hawne Basin Selly Oak > Weoley Park Bridge is the first traditional bridge still standing at the Selly Oak end of the Lapal Canal. Waterway and Kilometerage LAPAL 00.470.02 OS Grid...

< Next Lapal Canal Next > < Hawne Basin Selly Oak > The channel still holds water in places after Weoley Park Bridge where it passes close to the houses. Waterway and Kilometerage LAPAL 00.530 OS Grid Reference...

< Next Lapal Canal Next > < Hawne Basin Selly Oak > There’s a good footpath along the line of the Lapal Canal where it’s easy to forget there are houses close to each side of the route....

< Next Lapal Canal Next > < Hawne Basin Selly Oak > The footpath continues along the line of the Lapal Canal. Waterway and Kilometerage LAPAL 01.425 OS Grid Reference SP 03024 82889 Date and Time 150929 094652...

< Next Lapal Canal Next > < Hawne Basin Selly Oak > The footbridge over the stream is in place of a former aqueduct.  Restoration of the canal will require replacement of the aqueduct. Waterway and Kilometerage LAPAL...

< Next Lapal Canal Next > < Hawne Basin Selly Oak > Just imagine the canal heading straight ahead.  A footpath crosses from left to right and a new footbridge will maintain that walking route. Waterway and Kilometerage...

< Next Lapal Canal Next > < Hawne Basin Selly Oak > Somery Road Bridge is still standing and this is where walkers have to leave the canal route for a short while. Beyond this bridge (to the...

< Next Lapal Canal Next > < Hawne Basin Selly Oak > We’re standing on the line of the canal.  As the land rises ahead the canal would have entered a gradually deepening cutting and, about three quarters of...

< Next Lapal Canal Next > < Hawne Basin Selly Oak > We are close to the mouth of Lapal Tunnel which would have been much lower than current ground level so the canal can pass under the...

< Next Lapal Canal Next > < Hawne Basin Selly Oak > Around 250m beyond the previous photo, after passing under the roads the canal is very quickly back into open countryside.  The Lapal Canal will climb through...

< Next Lapal Canal Next > < Hawne Basin Selly Oak > The Lapal Canal will continue to climb through several more single locks as the hillside gradually rises towards the summit.  A footpath follows the general line of...

< Next Lapal Canal Next > < Hawne Basin Selly Oak > The gentle slope of the path following the general line of the Lapal Canal over the top of the hill indicates the likely position of one...

< Next Lapal Canal Next > < Hawne Basin Selly Oak > This squirrel hardly took any notice of me as I walked past – the wildlife seems used to humans walking past and probably won’t mind us...

< Next Lapal Canal Next > < Hawne Basin Selly Oak > Looking along the original alignment of the Lapal Canal.  The proposed route over the top of the hill will descend to the same level near the...

< Next Lapal Canal Next > < Hawne Basin Selly Oak > The Lapal Canal will pass close to the ruins of Halesowen Abbey, established in 1218.  This is the nearest anyone can get to the abbey as...

< Next Lapal Canal Next > < Hawne Basin Selly Oak > The original route of the Lapal Canal, as the Dudley No 2 Canal crossed here at road level, passing just to the right of the bus...

< Next Lapal Canal Next > < Hawne Basin Selly Oak > The photo is taken alongside the bus stop in the next photo (towards Selly Oak) where the footpath follows the route of the Dudley No 2 Canal,...

< Next Lapal Canal Next > < Hawne Basin Selly Oak > The towpath and route of the Lapal Canal can be followed as it passes between the houses. Waterway and Kilometerage LAPAL 07.775 OS Grid Reference SO...

< Next Lapal Canal Next > < Hawne Basin Selly Oak > The route of the Lapal Canal, now using the route of the former Dudley No 2 Canal is easily identified. Waterway and Kilometerage LAPAL 08.000 OS...

< Next Lapal Canal Next > < Hawne Basin Selly Oak > The narrows of a former stopgate are still present, just waiting for narrowboats to squeeze through the gap. Waterway and Kilometerage LAPAL 08.180 OS Grid Reference...

< Next Lapal Canal Next > < Hawne Basin Selly Oak > Towpaths along both sides of the Lapal Canal, now using the route of the former Dudley No 2 Canal, make a popular circular walking route for...

< Next Lapal Canal Next > < Hawne Basin Selly Oak > The local wildlife have trained the locals to feed them where the Lapal Canal is in water where it uses the former Dudley No 2 Canal’s...