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Walk the Birmingham New Main Line Canal by Train

11stations nearby

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There are 11 stations within reach of the Birmingham New Main Line Canal: within 2 miles of it, or half a mile in towns.

The Birmingham New Main Line Canal runs about 16 miles in our route data, including any river sections it follows. The stations below are in order along it.

Birmingham New Main Line Canal train stations

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 New Main Line Canal, from 4 to 20 miles. Miles include the walk to and from each station.

FromToDistanceTime
WolverhamptonTipton5.5 miabout 2 hours
WolverhamptonDudley Port6.5 miabout 2 hours
CoseleySandwell & Dudley4.5 miabout 1.5 hours
TiptonSmethwick Galton Bridge High Level4.5 miabout 1.5 hours
TiptonSmethwick Galton Bridge4.5 miabout 1.5 hours
TiptonSmethwick Rolfe Street5 miabout 1.5 hours
Dudley PortThe Hawthorns5 miabout 1.5 hours
Sandwell & DudleyBirmingham New Street5.5 to 6 miabout 2 hours
Sandwell & DudleyFive Ways6 miabout 2 hours

Walks onto other canals

Start on the Birmingham New Main Line Canal and finish on another canal, changing at the junction where they meet.

FromToDistanceTime
Smethwick Galton BridgeGravelly Hillon the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal8 miabout 2.5 hours
The HawthornsTiptonon the Birmingham Old Main Line Canal7 miabout 2.5 hours
Five WaysThe Hawthornson the Birmingham Old Main Line Canal7.5 miabout 2.5 hours
CoseleyThe Hawthornson the Birmingham Old Main Line Canal7.5 miabout 2.5 hours
Smethwick Rolfe StreetSmethwick Galton Bridgeon the Birmingham Old Main Line Canal8 miabout 2.5 hours
CoseleySmethwick Galton Bridge High Levelon the Birmingham Old Main Line Canal8 miabout 2.5 hours
Dudley PortThe Hawthornson the Birmingham Old Main Line Canal8 miabout 2.5 hours
CoseleyThe Hawthornson the Birmingham Old Main Line Canal8 to 8.5 miabout 2.5 to 3 hours
CoseleyThe Hawthornson the Birmingham Old Main Line Canal8.5 miabout 3 hours
CoseleySandwell & Dudleyon the Birmingham Old Main Line Canal8.5 miabout 3 hours
Birmingham New StreetDudley Porton the Birmingham Old Main Line Canal8.5 to 9 miabout 3 hours
CoseleyDudley Porton the Birmingham Old Main Line Canal9 miabout 3 hours
Birmingham New StreetDudley Porton the Birmingham Old Main Line Canal9 miabout 3 hours
Birmingham New StreetDudley Porton the Birmingham Old Main Line Canal9 miabout 3 hours
WolverhamptonTiptonon the Birmingham Old Main Line Canal9 miabout 3 hours
WolverhamptonPenkridgeon the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal13.5 to 14 miabout 4.5 hours
Smethwick Galton BridgeBournvilleon the Worcester and Birmingham Canal8 miabout 2.5 hours
CoseleyBloxwichon the Wyrley and Essington Canal10.5 miabout 3.5 hours

Times use Naismith's rule and don't include stops.

Canal routes and towpaths © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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