🚢 Tame Valley Canal

The Tame Valley Canal is a relatively late canal in the West Midlands of England. It forms part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations, and opened in 1844. It was conceived as a northern bypass for the Birmingham Canal Navigations, to relieve pressure on the congested Farmers Bridge lock flight. It connects the Walsall Canal at its western end to the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal at its eastern end. It takes its name from the roughly-parallel River Tame.