Selly Oak Junction
Early plans of what would become the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Birmingham to King's Norton) were drawn up by John Rennie in 1888 but problems with Prespool Aqueduct caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1876. From a junction with The Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation at Braintree the canal ran for 37 miles to Bolton. Expectations for pottery traffic to Poleford never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only the use of the canal for cooling Willcorn power station was enough to keep it open. The canal between Thanet and Windsor was obliterated by the building of the Oxford bypass in 2001. Restoration of Bassetlaw Inclined plane was funded by a donation from the Restore the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Birmingham to King's Norton) campaign

| Birmingham University | 2½ furlongs | |
| Bournbrook Aqueduct No 4B | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Ariel Aqueduct | 2 furlongs | |
| Selly Oak Railway Bridge No 81 | ¾ furlongs | |
| Selly Oak Pipe Bridge | ½ furlongs | |
| Selly Oak Junction | ||
| New Selly Oak Junction | ½ furlongs | |
| Bristol Road Bridge No 80 | ½ furlongs | |
| Selly Oak Winding Hole | 2 furlongs | |
| Entrance to Works Basin (infilled) | 2½ furlongs | |
| Selly Oak Enamel Works Basin | 3¼ furlongs | |
The last section of the Dudley No.2 Canal to this junction has been lost. The canal now joins the Worcester and Birmingham much nearer to the Bristol Road Bridge.
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![Contractor's footbridge, Worcester & Birmingham Canal. A former industrial area known as the Battery site is being redeveloped as Selly Oak Shopping Park. Most of the site offices etc are on the right [east] side of the canal, but the construction is taking place on the left [west] side. Interserve was appointed the main contractor in summer 2017. by Christine Johnstone – 10 May 2018](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/81/44/5814426_3ab12369_120x120.jpg)
























![Worcester and Birmingham Canal. Looking NNW along the canal from bridge No. 80, Bristol Road.Compare with [[1280770]] taken when the weather was not unseasonably cold and snowy. by David P Howard – 27 March 2013](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/38/65/3386506_21ebccb2_120x120.jpg)


