Canal Holidays Guide to the Stourport Ring
 This
much enjoyed cruise includes canals and rivers, beautiful countryside,
industrial heritage, and the much admired redeveloped canalside
area in the centre of Birmingham.
Our
Bases on this Ring are all convenient for the motorway system.
Distance,
Time, and Locks
83 miles, about 55 hours cruising, 118
locks
Usually covered in an energetic week, the Ring includes the 36 locks of the
Tardebigge Flight. Out-and-back trips and short breaks are available from all
bases.
For
a more leisurely week, try out-and-back cruises to Gloucester
or Stratford upon Avon.
 Cruising
the Ring
If
you start from a Base in the Tardebigge area, your Ring trip either
begins or ends with the Tardebigge flight. It is a leisurely lock-free
cruise past Cadbury World and the University into central Birmingham.
Moor right in the centre at the redeveloped Gas Street basin, with
the Sea Life Centre and the Symphony Hall close by, plus many city
centre attractions.
 Carry
on to the Black Country Museum at Tipton or take the Stourbridge
Canal to visit the vast Merry Hill Shopping Centre and the Stuart
Crystal glassworks.
Both
routes joining the Staffs and Worcester Canal to Kidderminster,
and pass through beautiful countryside to the inland port of
Stourport.
At
Stourport the route joins the River Severn to Worcester. This
historic cathedral city has a Civil War museum and visits to
the Royal Worcester porcelain factory and museum. The Worcester
and Birmingham Canal then takes a rural route back to the starting
point.
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Boaters Comments
Buy
the Pearson's Canal Companion
to the Stourport Ring
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