Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Passing hosiery mills, the canal arrives at Fazeley Junction. This should have been the
canal's end. John Smeaton completed it in 1789 but it had not been started until the owners of
the Oxford, Coventry and Trent & Mersey Canals had all agreed to complete their own pro-
jects. Unfortunately, the Coventry Canal ran out of funds, even though it was to become one
of the most profitable canals. The Trent & Mersey company built down as far as Whittington
Brook, this section being purchased by the Coventry Canal, but the intervening section was
completed by the Birmingham & Fazeley, this section following the contours for economy,
rather than being straight to give speed.
Autumn colours put on a splendid display in Hopwas Hays Wood near Tamworth
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