Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: December 10, 2025

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

You'll need to dismount and push your bike.

After 25.1 km for 65 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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5.55 km

Tame Valley Canal

Highlight • Cycleway

8.19 km

Perry Barr Locks

Highlight • River

Great spot for a picnic, there is also a tap there to fill up your water bottle.

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10.5 km

Canal Path Near Birmingham

Highlight • Cycleway

Lots of nice gravel track along the canal. Just don't fall in. That stuff isn't nice on your clothes.

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13.0 km

Birmingham Canal Under Spaghetti Junction

Highlight • Bridge

You can get a great sandwich from black country kitchen cafe just off canal before spaghetti coming from Birmingham town

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16.9 km

Barker's Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

This cast iron bridge, built in 1842, is grade II listed.

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18.3 km

Cambrian Wharf

Lake

18.9 km

Birmingham Roundhouse

Highlight • Other

Worse flats to fit central heating in

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19.9 km

Soho Loop on the Birmingham Canal Navigations Main Line

Highlight • Trail

Take a short detour via Soho Loop

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23.8 km

Black Country Millennium Forest

Forest

24.6 km

Birmingham Canal Towpath

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

This is a pleasant, gravelled section of the Birmingham Canal towpath which makes for a smooth cycle. The towpath goes right through the heart of the city and connects various …

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37.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

30.0 km

2.63 km

2.12 km

1.77 km

990 m

190 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

17.3 km

13.6 km

2.41 km

2.32 km

1.95 km

168 m

Elevation

Highest point (150 m)

Lowest point (90 m)

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