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Wobaston Road, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 6QJ

HS Marston Aerospace have a large factory on Wobaston Road. This area has been associated with the aerospace industry since before the second world war.

Security is tight at this aerospace company on Wobaston Road.

In their day these offices would have employed a multitude of design staff to support the work of the factory units situated behind. This is now HS Marston Aerospace who manufacture heat transfer and fluids management products for the aerospace industry.

An OS cutmark on the side wall of no 68 Patshull Ave; originally levelled at 114.504m above Ordnance Datum Newlyn.

This clearly shows the steep-sided cutting through solid sandstone. The towpath is almost wider than the cut.

The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal approaching Forster Bridge, No 68. The narrows are cut into the sandstone rock, and for half a mile or so narrowboats cannot pass each other. There are two wider spots in the narrows where one (maybe two) boat(s) can pass another coming the other way. This picture shows the southern one. The latest Nicholson Guide mentions that locally the stretch is called "Pendeford Rockin'", after a local farm. The white blossom on the trees is Hawthorn, or Mayflower.

This section of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal has been cut through solid sandstone rock. It is unusual in that it is a long section of single boat width canal with widely spaced passing bays and tends to be dark and uninviting.

Here at Marsh Lane Narrows, the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, carved as a cutting into the sandstone bedrock, is much less than the width of two boats. Overhanging trees contribute to making the route very shady and damp. Navigators cannot see whether a boat is approaching from the other direction, but there are two small passing places.

The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, cut directly into the sandstone bedrock, is less than the width of two boats. This is the narrowest part of the canal, about nine feet, seen from under Forster Bridge No 68. About two hundred metres forward the canal widens out again, but by the time a narrowboat travelling north reaches this bridge it can be seen so boats will wait. Sequence: a passage north through the narrows, last image #8. The first image is Image]

Part of the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal which is exceptionally narrow. The whole canal is designated as a narrow canal, but this stretch through a sandstone cutting is narrower still.