Barges travelling north-eastwards through Newtown on the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal will pass under the A38M Aston Expressway before arriving at Aston Junction in Eastside.

Aston Junction connects the Digbeth Branch Canal to the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal. It features a cast-iron roving bridge (1825) by the Horseley Ironworks.

The Aston Flight of eleven locks (14-24) begin immediately to the east of Aston Junction.

The flight adjusts the level of the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal by around 21 metres so that barges may descend through Aston and Nechells towards Salford Junction.

From the Campanile Hotel, barges travelling north-eastwards pass under Waterlinks Bridge by lock 18, the fifth of the Aston Flight.

Locks 19, 20, and 21 (the 6th, 7th and 8th of the Aston Flight) are between Richard Street and Avenue Road where the canal passes Aston Glassworks Wharf and a row of gas holders.

From there, the route continues north-eastwards for roughly 200 metres before reaching Rocky Lane bridge, by the Aston Cross Business Park.

From Rocky Lane the canal continues another 300 metres before arriving at Thimble Mill Lane.

Lock 23, the tenth and penultimate of the Aston Flight, is next to Thimble Mill bridge.

From Thimble Mill Lane, the canal travels northwards to Holborn Hill where it is bridged by this railway viaduct which carries the Cross-City Line into Aston Station.

Lock 24, the bottom lock of the Aston Flight, is beneath the viaduct.

Salford Junction is beneath the M6, barely 100 metres from Spaghetti Junction. It connects the Tame Valley Canal, the Birmingham and Warwick Canal and the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal.

Barges can leave the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal at Salford Junction and travel westwards towards Walsall on the Tame Valley Canal or southwards towards Bordesley on the Birmingham and Warwick Canal.

Alternatively, barges can remain on the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal and continue north-eastwards towards Erdington.

Heading north-eastwards from Salford Junction, the canal runs on the south side of the A38 Tyburn Road, past Saltley Cottages.

The route then passes beneath Erdington Hall Bridge where a factory has been built above the canal.

After Erdington Hall Bridge, the canal continues on the south side of the A38 Tyburn Road and passes beneath this bridge on Wood Lane.

A dead man was found floating near this bridge at 8am on Thursday 04/11/10 (News Report 05/11/10).

From Wood Lane, the canal continues in a north-easterly direction passing beneath this bridge on Holly Lane.

It then crosses under the A38 Kingsbury Road, near the Showcase Cinema, and continues on the north side of the A38, past the Ravenside Retail Park and Jaguar car plant, before reaching Minworth Top Lock in Castle Vale.

Minworth Top Lock (25) is by the A452 Chester Road bridge in Castle Vale.

Vandals opened the gates to this lock on the night of Thursday 1st July 2010. The A38 Kingsbury Road was flooded and morning commuter traffic was disrupted (News Archive 02/07/10).

Barges heading north-eastwards from Minworth Top Lock will reach Minworth Middle Lock (26) after roughly 200 metres.

They will then pass beneath this railway viaduct which carries the Sutton Park Freight Line above the canal.

After passing through Minworth Bottom Lock (27), the canal travels beneath the Kingsbury Road yet again (this time as the A4097) before arriving at Minworth Green.

This brick-arch bridge (1790), which was built at the same time as the canal, is next to the Hare and Hounds pub.