The Lichfield Canal ran from Ogley Junction on the northern Birmingham Canal Navigations to Huddlesford Junction on the Coventry Canal, a length of 7 miles. Currently derelict, it is being rebuilt.
Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust (LHCRT) are in charge of the restoration. The trust currently estimates both canals should be complete by 2025.
Restoration was threatened by the construction of the M6 Toll motorway around the north of Birmingham, which cut across the canal's route. Funds were raised to build an aqueduct to carry the canal over the motorway (the aqueduct has been finished but the canal has yet to reach it, giving it an odd appearance). And there has been a beneficial side-effect - the Government has promised that never again will a new road be built in the path of a waterway restoration scheme, unless an aqueduct or tunnel is provided.
Lichfield (Welsh: Caerlwytgoed) is a small city and civil parish in Staffordshire, 110 miles northwest of London and 14 miles north of Birmingham.
It is the main town in the Lichfield district.
LichfieldCanal — a disused canal that used to run from Ogley Junction on the northern BirminghamCanal Navigations, continuing close to the city and on to Huddlesford Junction, on the Coventry Canal.
Lichfield is a small city in Staffordshire, 110 miles northwest of London and 14 miles north of Birmingham.
Lichfield sent two members to the parliament of 1304 and to a few succeeding parliaments, but the representation did not become regular until 1552; in 1867 it lost one member, and in 1885 its representation was merged in that of the county.
LichfieldCanal is a popular route running from Ogley Junction on the northern BirminghamCanal Navigations, continuing close to the city and on to Huddlesford Junction, on the Coventry Canal.
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