Ridgacre Branch, Birmingham

Name: Ridgacre Branch
Address: Birmingham, United Kingdom

#421 among attractions in Birmingham

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Facts and practical information

The Ridgacre Branch is a canal branch of the Wednesbury Old Canal, part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations, in the West Midlands, England. It opened in 1828, to serve collieries and iron works, and was disused by the 1960s. Except for its branches and a small section at the eastern end, which have been filled in, most of it is still in water, but it is not navigable as a low-level bridge carrying the Black Country New Road spans the entrance. ()

Length: 3960 ftCoordinates: 52°31'52"N, 2°0'31"W

Address

Sandwell (Wednesbury South)Birmingham United Kingdom

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Ridgacre Branch – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The Public, Sheepwash Urban Park, New Square, Oak House.

1.1 miSE
Museum, Art museum
The Public, West Bromwich
28 min walk • The Public was a multi-purpose venue and art gallery in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England, at the forefront of a regional regeneration programme which was – by late 2013– to also bring Europe's biggest Tesco, a multiplex cinema, restaurants and a new retail centre.
1.3 miSW
Park
Sheepwash Urban Park, Birmingham
33 min walk • Sheepwash Urban Park is a Local Nature Reserve, situated in Sandwell Metropolitan Borough, in the West Midlands conurbation of the United Kingdom. It forms part of the Black Country Urban Forest.
1 miSE
Shopping, Shopping centre
New Square, Birmingham
27 min walk • New Square, West Bromwich is a 473,000 square feet new shopping and leisure venue in West Bromwich in the West Midlands, England which opened July 2013.
1.1 miS
Museum, History museum
Oak House, Birmingham
28 min walk • The Oak House is a timber framed building dating from the sixteenth century located in Greets Green, West Bromwich, England. The original owners of Oak House are not known, but the family most closely associated with it are the Turtons who were living there by 1634.
1.5 miSW
Temple
Shri Venkateswara Temple, Birmingham
40 min walk • The Shri Venkateswara Temple is one of the largest functioning Hindu temples in Europe. It is dedicated in the Vaishnava tradition to a form of the Hindu god Vishnu. The temple is located in Tividale, West Midlands, England between the suburbs of Tipton and Oldbury, northwest of Birmingham city.
1.3 miNE
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
West Bromwich Manor House, Birmingham
32 min walk • West Bromwich Manor House, Hall Green Road, West Bromwich, B71 2EA, is an important, Grade I listed, medieval domestic building built by the de Marnham family in the late thirteenth century as the centre of their agricultural estate in West Bromwich.
0.9 miSE
City hall
West Bromwich Town Hall, Birmingham
22 min walk • West Bromwich Town Hall is a municipal building in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. It is a Grade II listed building.
1.1 miW
Bridge
Black Country, West Bromwich
29 min walk • The Black Country is an area of the West Midlands county, in the United Kingdom covering most of the Metropolitan Boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, and some minor parts of Walsall. Dudley and Tipton are generally considered to be the centre.
1.3 miNW
Canal
Tame Valley Junction, Birmingham
33 min walk • Tame Valley Junction, also known as Doe Bank Junction, is a canal junction at the western limit of the Tame Valley Canal where it meets the Walsall Canal, south of Walsall, in the West Midlands, England.
0.8 miSW
Canal
Wednesbury Old Canal, Birmingham
21 min walk • Wednesbury Old Canal is part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations in West Midlands, England. It opened in 1769, and although parts of it were abandoned in 1955 and 1960, the section between Pudding Green Junction and Ryder's Green Junction is navigable, as it provides a link to the Walsall Canal.
0.5 miSW
Neighbourhood
Swan Village, West Bromwich
14 min walk • Swan Village is an area of West Bromwich, England. The population taken at the 2011 census can be found in the West Bromwich listing. It is now divided by the Black Country New Road and was the site of the Swan Village Gas Works. Nearby was the junction of the Ridgacre Branch with the Wednesbury Old Canal, both now disused.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Ridgacre Branch?

Nearby attractions include Black Lake Tunnel, West Bromwich (13 min walk), Swan Village, West Bromwich (14 min walk), Hateley Heath, West Bromwich (16 min walk), Wednesbury Old Canal, Birmingham (21 min walk).

How to get to Ridgacre Branch by public transport?

The nearest stations to Ridgacre Branch:

Bus

Black Lake / Black Lake Metro Stop • Lines: 79 (1 min walk)
Old Meeting St / Chapel St • Lines: 79 (8 min walk)

Tram

Black Lake • Lines: 1 (3 min walk)
Dudley Street, Guns Village • Lines: 1 (11 min walk)