Canal Boat Routes from Tardebigge

3 Nights Start on Friday or Saturday 

Worcester & Birmingham Canal, West Midlands

Route Details:

• 10 Hours
• 0 Locks

Key attractions along the route include: A scenic canal journey takes you through Alvechurch, with its canalside Weighbridge Inn, and Hopwood, home to the Hopwood House pub. The route passes through the impressive 2,493-metre long Wast Hills Tunnel before reaching King’s Norton Junction. Along the way, you’ll pass Cadbury World in Bournville, a historic chocolate-making site, before heading into Birmingham’s urban landscape via Edgbaston Tunnel.

3 Nights Start on Friday or Saturday 

Worcester & Birmingham Canal, West Midlands

Route Details:

• 14 Hours
• 0 Locks

Key attractions along the route include: The route follows the Worcester & Birmingham Canal to Kings Norton Junction before joining the Stratford Canal. Once in Lapworth, a short walk leads to the National Trust’s Packwood House, a Tudor manor set within 150 acres of parkland, featuring beautiful gardens and the renowned Yew Garden.

4 Nights Start on Monday or Tuesday

Worcester & Birmingham Canal, West Midlands

Route Details:

• 16 hours
• 6 locks

Key attractions along the route include: the Birmingham Black Country Museum, a fascinating 26-acre open-air attraction known for its Peaky Blinders connections. Visitors can explore period shops and homes, meet costumed characters, and learn about life in one of the world’s most industrialised areas. Highlights include the ‘Bottle & Glass Inn,’ a 1912 school lesson, vintage tram and bus rides, traditional 1930s-style fish and chips, and an immersive trip into an 1850s coal mine.

7 Nights Start on Monday or Tuesday, Friday or Saturday

Worcester & Birmingham Canal, West Midlands

Route details: 

• 27 hours
• 49 locks
• 45 miles 

Key attractions along the route include: Gas Street Basin in Birmingham City Centre, Brindleyplace, Cadbury World in Bournville, the Farmers Bridge Locks, and Pelsall Common, Kings Norton Junction and guillotine lock, Brandwood Tunnel and Lapworth Locks. The route also offers charming canalside pubs and access to the National Trust’s Baddesley Clinton and Packwood houses.

7 Nights Start on Monday or Tuesday, Friday or Saturday

Worcester & Birmingham Canal, West Midlands

Route details:

• 30 hours
• 117 locks
• 21 miles

Key attractions along the route include: the 30-lock Tardebigge flight, Vines Park in Droitwich, the River Severn, and Worcester’s outskirts. The route also passes Salwarpe, Ladywood, and the Eagle & Sun pub near Hanbury Junction.

7 Nights Start on Monday or Tuesday, Friday or Saturday

Worcester & Birmingham Canal, West Midlands

Route Details:

• 30 hours
• 112 locks

Key attractions along the route include: the 30-lock Tardebigge flight, passing the Queen’s Head pub. You’ll travel through Dunhampstead Tunnel and the picturesque hamlet of Oddingley before reaching Diglis Junction, where you can moor at Diglis Basin to visit the Diglis Island Fish Pass and explore the historic City of Worcester.

7 Nights Start on Monday or Tuesday, Friday or Saturday

Worcester & Birmingham Canal, West Midlands

Route Details: 

• 38 hours
• 82 locks

Key attractions along the route include: cruise through scenic countryside to Alvechurch, with its canalside inns, then past Hopwood House and through the 2,493-metre long Wast Hills Tunnel. At King’s Norton Junction, join the Stratford Canal, descending the Lapworth Flight to Kingswood Junction. Highlights include Shrewley Tunnel, Hatton’s 21-lock ‘Stairway to Heaven,’ and Warwick’s Cape of Good Hope pub.

7 Nights Start on Monday or Tuesday, Friday or Saturday

Worcester & Birmingham Canal, West Midlands

Route Details:

• 40 hours
• 108 locks

Key attractions along the route include: the scenic countryside to Alvechurch and Hopwood before navigating the 2,493-metre long Wast Hills Tunnel. At King’s Norton Junction, join the Stratford Canal, descending the Lapworth Flight. Highlights include the Fleur de Lys pub at Lowsonford, Yarningdale Aqueduct, Edstone Aqueduct, Mary Arden’s Farm, the Swan Theatre and Shakespearean attractions at Stratford-upon-Avon.

7 Nights Start on Monday or Tuesday, Friday or Saturday

Worcester & Birmingham Canal, West Midlands

Route Details:

• 44 hours
• 118 locks
• 74 miles

Key attractions along the route include: Gas Street Basin in Birmingham City Centre, Wolverhampton, and the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal. Pass Kinver with its famous Rock Houses, Kidderminster, and Stourport before cruising 12 miles on the River Severn to Worcester. Return via the Worcester & Birmingham Canal, tackling the 30-lock Tardebigge Flight.

10 & 14 Nights Start on Monday, Tuesday, Friday or Saturday

Worcester & Birmingham Canal, West Midlands

Route Details:

• 53 hours
• 79 locks

Key attractions along the route include: Wolverhampton’s 21 locks, Penkridge, Tixall Wide lake, the National Trust’s Shugborough Estate, Cannock Chase, Fradley Nature Reserve, the Birmingham Black Country Living Museum, and Gas Street Basin in Birmingham City Centre.

10 & 14 Nights Start on Monday, Tuesday, Friday or Saturday

Worcester & Birmingham Canal, West Midlands

Route Details:

• 108 miles
• 58 hours
• 131 locks

Key attractions along the route include: Bancroft Basin in the heart of Stratford-upon-Avon, Evesham, Tewkesbury, Worcester Cathedral, and the River Avon. Visit pubs like The Weighbridge, Fleur de Lys and The Bulls Head. Explore historic towns and natural beauty along the way, including Shakespeare’s Stratford, the Cotswolds, and the remains of the Forest of Arden. The journey culminates with the Tardebigge Flight.

10 & 14 Nights Start on Monday, Tuesday, Friday or Saturday

Worcester & Birmingham Canal, West Midlands

Route Details:

• 104 miles
• 62 hours
• 125 locks

Key attractions along the route include: the 11-lock flight into Atherstone; the charming canal villages of Hillmorton and Braunston; the 21-lock flight at Hatton, famously known as ‘The Stairway to Heaven’; Warwick Castle, said to be Britain’s greatest medieval experience; Stockton Locks; Tamworth Castle; Fradley Junction and Nature Reserve; Warwick Bar; and cruising through the heart of Birmingham.