Diglis Basin

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A view of Diglis Basin. The Worcester and Birmingham canal continues in the gap between buildings visible at the rear of the photo

Worcester and Birmingham Canal

Legend

BCN Main Line

Gas Street Basin(Worcester Bar)

Holliday Street aqueduct

A4540 Middle Ring Road

Edgbaston Tunnel(105 yd)

Cross-City Line

Dudley CanalSelly Oak Jn

Ariel Aqueduct

A38 Bristol Road

Cross-City Line

A441 Pershore Road

Camp Hill Line

Stratford-upon-Avon Canal

-- Kings Norton Jn

Wasthill Tunnel(2726 yd)

A441 road bridge

Upper Bittell Resr and feeder

Lower Bittell Resr

M42 road bridge

Crown Meadow Arm

Shortwood Tunnel(613 yd)

Tardebigge Tunnel(580 yd)

Tardebigge Wharf

Tardebigge Resr / engine house

29-58

Tardebigge Locks (30)

23-28

Stoke Locks (6)

17-22

Astwood Locks (6)

Railway bridge

Droitwich Canal

B4090 Hanbury Road

Dunhampstead Tunnel(230 yd)

24A

M5 road bridge

11-16

Offerton Locks (6)

22A

A449(T) bridge

5-10

Locks (6)

Blockhouse Lock

Sidbury Lock, Worcester

Diglis Basins and dry dock

1-2

wide beam locks (2)

River Severn

Diglis Basin is a canal basin on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. It is situated in Diglis in the centre of Worcester, England, near The Commandery (a command post during the English Civil War).

To the north is Tibberton (8.41 miles and 14 locks away) and to the west is Diglis Junction (0.25 miles and 2 locks to the west)^[1] where the canal meets the River Severn. It is the first basin (with associated amenities) reached after joining the canal from the River Severn.

Facilities available

With its central position in Worcester, Diglis Basin is very convenient for shops and leisure facilities in the centre of the city. It also has the following facilities of its own:

Water point
Rubbish disposal
Dry dock

References

↑ Gazetteer entry for Diglis Basin, Canal Plan AC — Canal Route Planner, UK.

Transport in Worcestershire

Road

Motorways	M5 M42 M50

A-Roads	A38 A44 A46 A422 A435 A441 A442 A448 A449 A456 A491 A4025 A4536

Service Stations	Frankley services Hopwood Park services Strensham services

Other	Icknield Street List of settlements on the A38

Rail

Main lines	Cross-City Line Cross Country Route Birmingham to Stratford Line Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove Line Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line Cotswold Line

Closed lines	Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton Line (Dudley to Wolverhampton section)

Stations	Alvechurch Barnt Green Blakedown Bromsgrove Droitwich Spa Evesham Great Malvern Hagley Hartlebury Honeybourne Kidderminster Malvern Link Pershore Redditch Worcester Foregate Street Worcester Shrub Hill Wythall

Closed stations	Astwood Bank Aston-under-Hill Beckford Bengeworth Foley Park Halt Hinton Littleton and Badsey Malvern Wells Ripple Upton-on-Severn

Heritage stations	Arley Bewdley Kidderminster Town Northwood Halt

Other	Severn Valley Railway

Buses

Routes	List of bus routes in Worcestershire Worcestershire bus route 144 West Midlands Bristol Road bus corridor

Companies	Diamond Bus First Midland Red

Other	Bus transport in Bromsgrove

Waterways

Rivers	River Arrow River Avon River Severn River Stour River Teme

Canals	Droitwich Canal Leominster Canal Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Worcester and Birmingham Canal

Other	Diglis Basin Hampton Ferry Tardebigge Engine House Tardebigge Locks

Footpaths

Long-distance footpaths	Cotswold Way Monarch's Way Severn Way Worcestershire Way Wychavon Way

Cycle Paths

Route 5
Route 54

Coordinates: 52°11′00″N 2°13′14″W / 52.1834°N 2.2206°W / 52.1834; -2.2206

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