Birmingham Canals to Spaghetti Junction
With the Canal Runner through Birmingham's maze of canals, from Aston past the old Typhoo works to the Tame Valley Canal under Spaghetti Junction.
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I joined the Canal Runner to explore the maze of canals round Birmingham. From Aston, near Villa Park, we ran the Digbeth Branch from the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal down to its end by the old Typhoo Tea factory, then along the Grand Union to meet the Tame Valley Canal under the M6 at Spaghetti Junction.
There's some fantastic graffiti, and it was fascinating to see the city from the angle traffic took a hundred years ago.
Highlights
- Spaghetti Junction from below
- Digbeth Branch Canal
- Old Typhoo Tea factory
- Distance
- 4.1 miles (6.6 km)
- Route
- one way
- Difficulty
- easy
- Start
- Aston, near Aston University
- Parking
- Aston
- Terrain
- Canal, Town, History
