Aldersley Junction, Bridge 64 and Lock 21 where the Birmingham Main Line Canal meets the Staffs and Worcs Canal

A place for lunch in the shade on a hot summer day 2010.

Grade II Listed Building.

“Lock and bridge. 1785; restored 1980s. James Brindley with R.Whitworth and S.Simcock, engineers. Brick with stone coping. Bridge has brick elliptical arch with stone key and straight parapets; ramp to north side; approx 3.5m wide. Lock to east has double lower and single upper gates. One of of flight of 21 locks on the Birmingham Canal, Wolverhampton level. Lock No.21 was added approximately 15 years after the main flight (c1785). The original Lock No.20 was found to be too deep. Lock No.20 was therefore altered in 1785 and Lock 21 added.”

"This is a very important junction between the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal and the Birmingham Canal Navigations. In the past, this junction would have been busy with canal traffic at all hours of the day. Now known as Aldersley Junction, it was in the past referred to as Autherley No. 1 Junction. The Junction was opened in 1772.

On your left, as you approach the junction (over the bridge), is the site of the former Birmingham Canal Navigations lock keeper’s office."