Barges heading westwards towards Bordesley Junction on the Birmingham and Warwick Canal may switch to the Junction Branch and travel northwards through Saltley and Nechells to Salford Junction.

Barges continuing on the Birmingham & Warwick Canal will travel westwards through Digbeth, beneath a disused railway viaduct and Great Barr Street, before entering the Warwick Bar Conservation Area.

From Great Barr Street, the canal turns north-eastwards, past the Bond Icehouse before crossing an aqueduct above the River Rea.

It then continues past the Fellows Morton and Clayton building before terminating at Warwick Bar.

Barges may pass through a stop-lock at Warwick Bar in order to enter the Digbeth Branch Canal.