Soho Loop, Birmingham

Name: Soho Loop
Address: Birmingham, United Kingdom

#405 among attractions in Birmingham

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The Soho Loop is a 1.2-mile section of the eighteenth-century Old BCN Main Line canal in Birmingham, England, about 1.2 miles 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 section of the New BCN Main Line. Much of the 110 acres of enclosed land is occupied by the 49 acres of Birmingham's City Hospital, and the canal itself serves private residential moorings at Hockley Port Basin via a 310 yards 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. ()

Coordinates: 52°29'33"N, 1°55'35"W

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Soho Loop – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Arena Birmingham, Museum of the Jewellery Quarter, Soho House, Key Hill Cemetery.

1 miSE
Sport venue, Sport, Music venue
Arena Birmingham, Birmingham
26 min walk • Arena Birmingham, a premier destination for sports and entertainment in the heart of the United Kingdom, is a modern multipurpose indoor arena that has become a cornerstone of Birmingham's vibrant event scene. Situated on King Edwards Road, this dynamic venue is known...
0.6 miE
Museum, Specialty museum
Museum of the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham
16 min walk • The Museum of the Jewellery Quarter is a museum at 75-79 Vyse Street in Hockley, Birmingham, England. It is one of the nine museums run by the Birmingham Museums Trust, the largest independent museums trust in the United Kingdom.
0.5 miN
Recreated home in Georgian mansion
Soho House, Birmingham
14 min walk • Soho House is a museum run by Birmingham Museums Trust, celebrating Matthew Boulton's life, his partnership with James Watt, his membership of the Lunar Society of Birmingham and his contribution to the Midlands Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution.
0.5 miE
Cemetery
Key Hill Cemetery, Birmingham
14 min walk • Key Hill Cemetery, originally called Birmingham General Cemetery, is a cemetery in Hockley, Birmingham, England. It opened in 1836 as a nondenominational cemetery, and is the oldest cemetery, not being in a churchyard, in Birmingham.
0.9 miSW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Christ Church, Birmingham
23 min walk • Christ Church is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in the Summerfield district of Birmingham.
0.6 miNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Bishop Latimer Memorial Church, Birmingham
17 min walk • Bishop Latimer Memorial Church, Winson Green is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Winson Green, Birmingham.
0.9 miS
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St John's Church, Birmingham
22 min walk • The Church of St. John the Evangelist and St. Peter is a Grade II listed Church of England church of Ladywood, Birmingham, England.
0.7 miE
Neighbourhood
Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham
19 min walk • The Jewellery Quarter is an area of central Birmingham, UK, in the north-western area of Birmingham City Centre, with a population of around 19,000 people in a 1.07-square-kilometre area.
0.6 miN
Memorial
Guru Nanak Nishkam Sevak Jatha, Birmingham
17 min walk • The Gurdwara Sahib is a Sikh place of worship or Gurdwara in Handsworth, Birmingham, England. It was built in the late 1970s under the spiritual guidance of Puran Singh and the leadership of Norang Singh. The Spiritual leadership of the jatha is now continued through the vision of Mohinder Singh.
0.7 miSE
Tower
Chamberlain Clock, Birmingham
18 min walk • The Chamberlain Clock is an Edwardian, cast-iron, clock tower in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham, England. It was erected in 1903 to mark Joseph Chamberlain's tour of South Africa between 26 December 1902 and 25 February 1903, after the end of the Second Boer War.
0.8 miS
Canal
Icknield Port Loop, Birmingham
22 min walk • The Icknield Port Loop is a 0.6-mile loop of the eighteenth-century-built Old BCN Main Line canal in Birmingham, England, about 2 miles west of the city centre, which opened to traffic on 6 November 1769 and in some definitions includes its straighter bypass built in September 1827, a 550-yard section of the New BCN Main Line.

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Which popular attractions are close to Soho Loop?

Nearby attractions include Centre of the Earth, Birmingham (10 min walk), Icknield Street School, Birmingham (12 min walk), St Peter's Church, Birmingham (13 min walk), Soho House, Birmingham (14 min walk).

How to get to Soho Loop by public transport?

The nearest stations to Soho Loop:

Tram

Soho, Benson Road • Lines: 1 (10 min walk)
Jewellery Quarter • Lines: 1 (14 min walk)

Train

Jewellery Quarter (15 min walk)
Birmingham Snow Hill (32 min walk)

Bus

Boulton Rd / Soho Rd • Lines: Sb (23 min walk)
Saint Vincent St / King Edwards Rd • Lines: X8 (24 min walk)