Walk the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal by Train
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The Birmingham and Fazeley Canal is part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations, built to link Birmingham with the Coventry Canal and so on to London. Birmingham New Street, Aston, Water Orton and Coleshill Parkway stations give train access to the towpath.
There are 6 stations within reach of the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal: within 2 miles of it, or half a mile in towns.
The Birmingham and Fazeley Canal runs about 15 miles in our route data, including any river sections it follows. The stations below are in order along it.
Birmingham and Fazeley Canal train stations
- Aston0.1 mi (about 0.1 mi on foot) · closest
- Birmingham Snow Hill0.2 mi (about 0.2 to 0.3 mi on foot)
- Birmingham New Street0.4 mi (about 0.5 to 0.6 mi on foot)
- Gravelly Hill0.5 mi (about 0.6 to 0.7 mi on foot)
- Water Orton1.0 mi (about 1 to 1.5 mi on foot)
- Coleshill Parkway1.9 mi (about 2.5 mi on foot)
Walking distances are estimates from the straight-line distance and the type of ground, not a measured route. Check a map before you set off.
Station-to-station walks
Walk the towpath from one station and catch the train back from another. Each station is shown with its nearest walk in each direction along the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, from 4 to 20 miles. Miles include the walk to and from each station.
| From | To | Distance | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham New Street | Water Orton | 10 mi | about 3.5 hours |
| Birmingham Snow Hill | Water Orton | 9 to 9.5 mi | about 3 hours |
| Aston | Water Orton | 7 to 7.5 mi | about 2.5 hours |
| Gravelly Hill | Water Orton | 6.5 to 7 mi | about 2 to 2.5 hours |
| Gravelly Hill | Coleshill Parkway | 8 to 8.5 mi | about 2.5 to 3 hours |
Walks onto other canals
Start on the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal and finish on another canal, changing at the junction where they meet.
| From | To | Distance | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gravelly Hill | Smethwick Galton Bridgeon the Birmingham New Main Line Canal | 8 mi | about 2.5 hours |
| Water Orton | Polesworthon the Coventry Canal | 13 mi | about 4.5 hours |
| Birmingham Snow Hill | Tyseleyon the Grand Union Canal | 8 mi | about 2.5 hours |
| Water Orton | Duddestonon the Grand Union Canal | 8.5 mi | about 3 hours |
| Birmingham Snow Hill | Tame Bridge Parkwayon the Tame Valley Canal | 9 mi | about 3 hours |
| Water Orton | Hamstead (Birmingham)on the Tame Valley Canal | 10.5 mi | about 3.5 hours |
Times use Naismith's rule and don't include stops.
Canal routes and towpaths © OpenStreetMap contributors.
More of Birmingham and Fazeley Canal
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