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Hello Fellow D’anglers,
As I have done with the Birmingham-Worcester Canal I have now done with the Staffs-Worcester Canal and below I have listed the Bridge and Lock numbers as an aid to helping you with the information in the BAA Guide to Waters.
Page 81 Stourport end of the canal
Bridge 4 York Street Bridge - (carries the A451), Bridge Street Lock, Bridge 5 Lower Mitton Bridge, Bridge 6 Gilgal Bridge, Bridge 7 Mitton Chappel Bridge, Bridge 8 Upper Mitton Bridge - carries St. John’s Rd, Bridge 9 Bullock Lane Bridge, Bridge 10 Oldington Lane Bridge, Falling Sands Lock, Bridge 11 Falling Sands Bridge, Railway Viaduct, Bridge 12 Caldwell Bridge, Caldwell Lock, The Watermill Pub, Bridge 13 Rounds Hill Bridge - (carries A451 Stourport Rd), Bridge 14 Caldwell Mill Bridge, Bridge 15 Caldwell Hall Bridge, 16 Town Tunnel - (carries A456 Park Butts Ringway), Kidderminster Lock, Bridge 17 Limekiln Bridge, Bridge 18 Stourvale New Bridge, Bridge 19 Wolverley Court Bridge, Wolverley Court Lock,
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The Lock Inn Pub Wolverley Rd - DY10 3RN
Bridge 20 Wolverley Bridge -(carries B4189) Wolverley Lock, The Lock Inn Pub, Bridge 21 Wolverley Forge Bridge, Bridge 22 Debdale Bridge, Debdale Lock, Cookley Debdale Tunnel, Bridge 24 Austcliffe Bridge, Bridge 25 Clay House Bridge, Bridge 26 Caunsall Road Bridge, Bridge 27 Whittington Bridge, Whittington Lock, Bridge 28 Whittington Horse Bridge, Bridge 29 Kinver Bridge - (carries Dunsley Rd)
Bridge 32 Stewpony - (carries A458 Bridgnorth Rd)
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Stewpony Lock, Bridge 33 Stourton Bridge, Stourton Junction with Stourbridge Canal, Bridge 34 Prestwood Bridge, Bridge 35 Gothersley Bridge, Gothersley Lock, Rocky Lock, Bridge 36 Flatheridge Bridge, Astwood Marina, Bridge 37 Greensforge Lane Bridge, Greensforge Lock, Bridge 38 Hinksford Bridge (Hinksford Arms Pub), Hinksford Lock, 39 Lock bridge, Bridge 40 Swindon Bridge - (carries High Street & Swindon Community Car Park), Swindon Lock, Marsh Lock Bridge, Marsh Lock, Bridge 41 Botterham Bridge, Botterham Top Lock, Bridge 42 Wombourne Bridge - (carries B4176 Bridgnorth Rd).
End of BAA Water Page 83
Keep on Fishing….
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Posted on April 5, 2023 at 9:54 PM
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Re: Staffs-Worcester Canal Bridge Numbers and Road Names
Hi mrfishy,
Your reply has made my efforts worthwhile, thank you.
As you have quite rightly stated the fishing potential of the Canals is remarkable, and the BAA Card offers us so much potential, BUT it is the getting to the Towpaths that is our biggest challenge!
In my reviewing of various sources to bring the information together when looking at Google Earth I did see that there are Rights of Way that can get you from an adjacent road and across a field and a Bridge to the Towpath, so if you have access to Google Earth then I would recommend that you zoom in on the course of the Canals and look at the potential places to access the canal towpath.
But best of all
Keep on Fishing….
Posted on April 6, 2023 at 2:39 PM
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Re: Staffs-Worcester Canal Bridge Numbers and Road Names
Hi Reg
I've yet to meet any local living near Ashwood who knows of its industrial history. Sad.
Ashwood Marina itself is out of bounds to us anglers as it is not on the tow path side of the cut but when I fish a few hundred yards below the Greenforge Lock I always refer to it as Ashwood.
I decided to walk upstream from Br37 to fish Hinksford instead of Ashwood today. I'd not fished it since early November last year and I fancied a change of scenery.
Boats every 25 mins on average made for hard day's fishing but it's a lovely spot to spend a day in the Sun (listening to the birds in woods and a frog's mating call) so I didn't mind. It was a Bank Holiday after all so all hale to the fair weather boaters who were very considerate and friendly and the crowds of passers by who kept me company on the tow path, a few of whom stopped off for a chat after seeing me land a fish.
I only managed to catch 8 fish though but they totalled 3lb (av = 6oz per fish) made up of a 12oz perch, a 12oz skimmer, plus smaller perch, two of which were 8oz, a single Roach and a Gudgeon bigger than the roach and the smallest perch put together. As fishing goes it was a below average day but that was purely because of the extra boat traffic, but the majority of the fish that I caught needed the landing net.
The best part of the day perhaps was to sit in the Sun with a pint of Real Ale from the Navigation Inn alongside Greenforge Lock after the long walk back to the car.
Keep fishing
Posted on April 7, 2023 at 8:39 PM
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