Soho Loop
Soho Loop | |
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Rotton Park Junction — the Soho Loop runs through the bridge to the right | |
Specifications | |
Maximum height above sea level | 453 ft (138 m) (Birmingham Level) |
Status | Open |
Navigation authority | Canal and River Trust |
History | |
Date completed | 1769 (1769) |
The Soho Loop is a 1.2-mile (2 km) section of the eighteenth-century Old BCN Main Line canal in Birmingham, England, about 1.2 miles (1.9 km) west of the city centre, which opened to traffic on 6 November 1769, and was bypassed in September 1827 by a straight 0.75-mile (1.2 km) section of the New BCN Main Line.[1] Much of the 110 acres (45 ha) of enclosed land is occupied by the 49 acres (20 ha) of Birmingham's City Hospital, and the canal itself serves private residential moorings at Hockley Port Basin via a 310 yards (280 m) branch extending north-eastwards. This is all that remains of the former Soho Branch that once served Matthew Boulton's Soho Manufactory. There is pedestrian access to a tow path for the entire length of the outside of the loop, which skirts the southern boundary of Winson Green Prison and twice passes underneath the Stour Valley Railway. The Centre of the Earth environmental education centre is adjacent to the canal and has a long wharf frontage.
Point | Coordinates (Links to map resources) | OS Grid Ref | Notes |
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Rotton Park Junction | 52°29′03″N 1°55′45″W / 52.4843°N 1.9291°W / 52.4843; -1.9291 (Rotton Park Junction) | SP048874 | BCN Old and New Lines cross |
Hockley Port Basin | 52°29′33″N 1°55′35″W / 52.4925°N 1.9265°W / 52.4925; -1.9265 (Hockley Port Basin) | SP051883 | No public access |
Winson Green Junction | 52°29′28″N 1°56′33″W / 52.4912°N 1.9424°W / 52.4912; -1.9424 (Winson Green Junction) | SP039881 | BCN Old and New Lines cross |
See also
- Icknield Port Loop
References
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- ^ Hadfield, Charles. Canals of the West Midlands. Newton Abbott: David & Charles.
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- BCN Main Line
- Birmingham and Fazeley Canal
- Bumble Hole Branch Canal
- Cannock Extension Canal
- Digbeth Branch Canal
- Dudley Canal
- Engine Arm
- Gower Branch Canal
- Icknield Port Loop
- Netherton Tunnel Branch Canal
- Rushall Canal
- Soho Loop
- Spon Lane Locks Branch
- Tame Valley Canal
- Titford Canal
- Walsall Canal
- Wednesbury Oak Loop
- Wednesbury Old Canal
- Wyrley and Essington Canal
- Aldersley Junction
- Aston Junction
- Birchills Junction
- Bromford Junction
- Catshill Junction
- Fazeley Junction
- Horseley Fields Junction
- Huddlesford Junction
- Ogley Junction
- Old Turn Junction
- Pelsall Junction
- Rumer Hill Junction
- Rushall Junction
- Salford Junction
- Smethwick Junction
- Spon Lane Junction
- Tame Valley Junction
52°29′33″N 1°55′35″W / 52.4925°N 1.9265°W / 52.4925; -1.9265