The Birmingham and Fazeley Canal connects the Old Turn at Brindleyplace in the Westside area of central Birmingham to the Coventry Canal at Fazeley Junction near Tamworth. From Fazeley Junction, barges can reach the Trent and Mersey via Fradley Junction and the Thames via Hawkesbury Junction.

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This map only shows the route of the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal through Birmingham and not beyond to Fazeley.

The Birmingham and Fazeley Canal is connected to the Birmingham and Wolverhampton Canal at the Old Turn Junction in the Westside area of central Birmingham.

The National Indoor Arena stands on the western side of junction and the Malthouse pub on the eastern side. They are connected by a replica 18th century cast-iron footbridge which spans the mouth of the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal.

A circular island was installed at the Old Turn Junction in 1940. It enabled the construction of temporary dams which would have prevented flooding if the junction had been bombed.

Heading northwards from the Old Turn Junction, barges will pass the Cambrian Wharf after roughly 200 metres.

The Cambrian Wharf is a basin that is entered directly from the canal. It is equipped with showers, toilets, water points, waste disposal and elsan points. Houseboats are moored there.

The Farmers Bridge Flight begins at the Cambrian Wharf.

The flight consists of thirteen locks that enable the canal to descend around 25 metres from the Old Turn Junction through the Jewellery Quarter to Old Snow Hill.

The Flapper and Firkin bar and live music venue is next to the Cambrian Wharf.

This section of the canal runs behind the Birmingham Rep on Centenary Square and is dominated by the four Civic Centre tower blocks

This cable-stay footbridge is by lock 6 of the Farmers Bridge Flight in the Jewellery Quarter.

The footbridge links the towpath to Fleet Street which runs alongside the canal.

Unlike a conventional suspension bridge, a cable-stay is generally asymmetrical since there is only one tower.

Lock 9 of the Farmers Bridge Flight is in this tunnel beneath Newhall Street.

The Elkington Silver Electro-plating works once backed onto this section of the canal. The remnants of the factory housed the Science Museum from 1947-97; the site is now a mixed-use development known as Newhall Square.

Lock 10 is beneath Brindley House (1970) which is a former office block next to the BT Tower.

This high-rise building, which faces Newhall Street, was constructed on stilts above the canal. It has 18 floors and is 65 metres tall. It now contains 182 apartments and ground floor retail units.

Lock 13 of the Farmers Bridge Flight drops the canal beneath this disused factory on Old Snow Hill.

St Chads RC Cathedral stands on high ground above the canal on the north side of the bridge. It was designed in the style of a tall narrow "hallenkirche" because the available space was limited by the canal.

Heading north-eastwards, the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal continues through the Gun Quarter.

It passes beneath Barker Bridge (1842) on Lower Loveday Street before entering Newtown.

From Barker Bridge, the canal continues through Newtown passing beneath this bridge on Newtown Row.

It then continues under the A38M Aston Expressway before arriving at Aston Junction in Eastside.