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Newton Road : start of the long ascent
Looking up Newton Road from near the start of its long climb towards the A34 junction.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 13 Sep 2009
0.05 miles
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Crenellated house, Newton Road, Great Barr
Is the correct term crenellated, or castellated, or something else?
This eye-catching house is on the north side of Newton Road.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 13 Sep 2009
0.08 miles
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A4041 Newton Road at junction with B4167 Hamstead Road, Great Barr
Image: © Roy Hughes
Taken: 15 Feb 2018
0.10 miles
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Tame Valley Canal, Great Barr
The view northwestwards along the tree-lined Tame Valley Canal, from Scott Bridge on Newton Road. The bridge is about 10 metres above the canal.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 13 Sep 2009
0.11 miles
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Live wires Newton Road - Grove Vale, West Midlands
These provide your path surfacing on the way down from Newton Road to the towpath of the Tame Valley Canal. The wording on each slab reads 'DANGER C.E.G.B. CABLES 132,000 volts' (CENTRAL ELECTRICITY GENERATING BOARD) The canal was authorised in 1839 and it opened in 1844, the engineer being James Walker. It is 8.5 miles long with the 13 Perry Barr Locks and runs from Tame Valley Junction with the Walsall Canal. At Salford Junction, its other terminus, it connects with the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal and the Grand Union Canal. At Perry Locks the level drops by 106 feet. With plentiful public transport it makes an ideal day or half-day walk. Time photo taken not available.
Image: © Martin Richard Phelan
Taken: 27 May 2016
0.13 miles
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Newton Road to the towpath - Grove Vale, West Midlands
On the path leading downhill from Newton Road to the towpath of the Tame Valley Canal. The canal was authorised in 1839 and it opened in 1844, the engineer being James Walker. It is 8.5 miles long with the 13 13 Perry Barr Locks and runs from Tame Valley Junction with the Walsall Canal. At Salford Junction, its other terminus, it connects with the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal and the Grand Union Canal. At Perry Locks the level drops by 106 feet. With plentiful public transport it makes an ideal day or half-day walk. Time taken not available.
Image: © Martin Richard Phelan
Taken: 27 May 2016
0.13 miles
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Looking back to Newton Road - Grove Vale, West Midlands
Looking back to Newton Road from the path downhill to the towpath of the Tame Valley Canal. The canal was authorised in 1839 and it opened in 1844, the engineer being James Walker. It is 8.5 miles long with the 13 Perry Barr Locks and runs from Tame Valley Junction with the Walsall Canal. At Salford Junction, its other terminus, it connects with the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal and the Grand Union Canal. At Perry Locks the level drops by 106 feet. With plentiful public transport it makes an ideal day or half-day walk. Time taken not available.
Image: © Martin Richard Phelan
Taken: 27 May 2016
0.14 miles
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Newton Road to the cut - Grove Vale, West Midlands
Here on Newton Road, the A4041 between West Bromwich and the A452 Chester Road on the western edge of Sutton Park, is where a path leads downwards to the towpath of the Tame Valley Canal. The canal was authorised in 1839 and it opened in 1844, the engineer being James Walker. It is 8.5 miles long with the 13 Perry Barr Locks and runs from Tame Valley Junction with the Walsall Canal. At Salford Junction, its other terminus, it connects with the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal and the Grand Union Canal. At Perry Locks the level drops by 106 feet. With plentiful public transport it makes and ideal day or half-day walk. Source: Wikipedia. Time taken not available.
Image: © Martin Richard Phelan
Taken: 27 May 2016
0.14 miles
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A4041 Newton Road Near Bishop Asbury's Cottage Great Barr
Image: © Roy Hughes
Taken: 15 Feb 2018
0.14 miles
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Tame Valley Canal at Scott Bridge
Image: © Ian S
Taken: 25 Jul 2021
0.15 miles