The
A34 Stratford Road meets
Birmingham's Middleway at
Camp Hill Circus between Bordesley Middleway and
Highgate Middleway. The
Warwick and Birmingham Canal, part of the
Grand Union Canal has a flight of six locks running up through
Bordesley known as the Camp Hill Locks. In 1931 an
Act of Parliament had been passed authorising modernisation of the
Braunston-
Birmingham section which had been built narrow so the locks could accommodate only a single
narrowboat. The section between Napton and Camp Hill Top Lock was rebuilt to take
widebeam boats or barges up to in beam, or two narrowboats. Camp Hill Locks in Birmingham were not widened since they lead only to further flights of locks not in the ownership of the Grand Union. A new
canal basin and warehouse were constructed at
Tyseley, above Camp Hill. The area was formerly served by
Camp Hill railway station, which closed in 1941. == References ==