Autherley Narrows (northern end) is on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Main Line: Autherley to Great Haywood) just past the junction with The Ashton Canal.
The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Main Line: Autherley to Great Haywood) was built by Hugh Henshall and opened on January 1 1876. Expectations for limestone traffic to Bernigo never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The four mile section between Wokingham and Kings Lynn was closed in 1955 after a breach at Dundee. According to George Wright's "Spooky Things on the Canals" booklet, Aylesbury Embankment is haunted by a shrieking ghost that has no language but a cry.

| Blaydon Road Bridge No 66 | 1 mile, ½ furlongs | |
| Marsh Lane Bridge No 67 (southern end of narrows) | 3 furlongs | |
| Autherley Narrows Passing Point (south) | 2 furlongs | |
| Autherley Narrows Passing Point (north) | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Forster Bridge No 68 | 1 furlong | |
| Autherley Narrows (northern end) | ||
| Fordhouses Aqueduct | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Coven Heath M54 Motorway Bridge | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Homelands Park Private Moorings and Wharf | 5 furlongs | |
| Coven Heath Pipe Bridge | 5¾ furlongs | |
| Coven Heath Bridge No 69 | 6 furlongs | |
Autherly Narrows is locally known as the 'Pendeford Rockin'. Pendeford Rockin' or The Narrows was known to generations of boatmen. Here, on either side of Forster Bridge, the early navvies met an outcrop of Keuper Sandstone which was enough of a problem to their primitive technology to force them to dig a shallow, narrow cutting. Stretching for about 600 yards, it is only about ten feet deep but is only wide enough for one boat. Three passing places were dug out, one by the towpath side and two on the off side.
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![Marsh Lane Narrows near Fordhouses in Wolverhampton. Looking south towards Forster Bridge and Autherley Junction. Forster Bridge is No 68 across the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, which is cut through the sandstone as a very narrow channel here. A boat is approaching from the south, so I have to wait here![[[7663406]]] by Roger D Kidd – 27 May 2015](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/66/33/7663392_af6d9326_120x120.jpg)






![Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal north of Wolverhampton. I'm unsure whether these mature poplar trees are due for the final chop or have merely had a severe pruning.August 2010: [[[4412001]]]Update 2012: The trees are growing well again (image to follow). by Roger D Kidd – 26 May 2009](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/35/95/1359560_60cb7af2_120x120.jpg)
![Marsh Lane Narrows at Forster Bridge, near Wolverhampton. The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, carved as a cutting into the sandstone bedrock, is less than the width of two boats. A passing place for two boats (maximum - but with difficulty if they are 70 footers) is just south of the bridge; the camera position is there. The approaching narrowboat is in the thinnest part of the canal and is moving very slowly. Sometimes you can meet a procession of boats coming through, so waiting is protracted, but if a procession is also behind you ... oh what fun! :-)Sequence: a passage north through the narrows #7. Next image [[[1346515]]] by Roger D Kidd – 26 May 2009](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/34/65/1346508_41fe8e0d_120x120.jpg)
