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The view from the corner of Newton Road.

This is the view from Newton Road, the A4041 from Sutton Park to West Bromwich, north west along 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. Source: Wikipedia. Time photo taken 2.58 pm GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).

A rather magnificent late 18th century town house, now converted to flats, which was Grade II listed https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101342670-fairyfield-house-fairyfield-court-charlemont-with-grove-vale-ward#.WzMw7NJKhPY as early as 1949.

A view north-west on the Tame Valley Canal, looking towards Brickfields Turnover Bridge. This feathered angler didn't seem to be doing anything in the way of fishing, just taking to the air occasionally and flying for a short distance then returning to the canal bank again. Time photo taken not available.

Viewed from Newton Road.

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.

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.

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.