4.5 miles of the canal runs through north Birmingham between Salford Junction and Hamstead via Witton and Perry Barr.

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This map only shows the route of the Tame Valley Canal through Birmingham and not beyond to Tipton.

The Tame Valley Canal is connected to the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal and the Birmingham and Warwick Junction Branch Canal by Salford Junction which is located beneath the M6 in north Birmingham.

Barges heading westwards at Salford Junction will join the Tame Valley Canal at Tame Valley Toll Island.

From Tame Valley Toll Island, the canal continues in a north-westerly direction beneath Spaghetti Junction and the Cross City Railway Line.

It then runs through Witton on the south side of the M6 passing beneath Deykin Avenue and through a belt of industrial estates.

A 15 year-old girl was dragged from Brookvale Road and sexually assaulted on the canal towpath on 9/12/09 (News Archive 28/12/09)

From Brookvale Road, the canal passes under the M6 and skirts Witton Cemetery and the Moor Lane sports pitches before reaching this bridge on College Road in Perry Barr.

The Perry Barr Bottom Flight begins roughly 100 metres east of College Road.

The Bottom Lock (11) is roughly 100 metres east of College Road and Lock 10, the 3rd in the flight, is by the College Road bridge.

From College Road, the canal continues in a north-westerly direction towards Aldridge Road passing this wharf by the Factory Estate.

The two sides of the wharf are linked by an iron bridge cast by the Horseley Ironworks in 1855.

Heading westwards from Wharf Bridge, the canal passes through Lock 9, the 2nd of the Perry Barr Bottom Flight, 100 metres before reaching Aldridge Road

The Top Lock (8) of the Perry Barr Bottom Flight is next to the Aldridge Road bridge.

Continuing in a north-westerly direction from Aldridge Road, the canal passes beneath this bridge on the M6 and runs along the northern boundary of Perry Park.

The Perry Barr Top Flight begins roughly 100 metres to the west of the M6 road bridge.

The Perry Barr Top Flight (1-7) of seven locks adjusts the level by around 17.5 metres enabling the canal to climb through Perry Park to the A34 Walsall Road.

Locks 3-7 are on the north side of Perry Park; Lock 2 is in a residential area by the north-west corner of the park and the Top Lock (1) is by the A34 Walsall Road Bridge.

Barges travelling through the Perry Barr Top Flight will pass the Alexander Athletics Stadium in Perry Park which includes a public gym and sports centre.

The park also contains a small canal-feeder reservoir (1844).

The canal reaches the Top Lock (1) of the Perry Barr Flight next to this traditional grade-two-listed  lockkeeper's cottage.

Built in brick in 1841-44, it features a hipped concrete-tile roof, two large ridge stacks, purple brick quoins and a dentilled eaves cornice.
 

From  Perry Barr Top Lock (1), the canal continues in a north-westerly direction beneath the A34 Walsall Road.

It then runs through a suburban residential area, before passing under the Freeth Footbridge in the Tower Hill area of Hamstead.

Heading westwards from the Freeth Footbridge, the canal is carried above the Old Walsall Road by the Piercy Aqueduct and then above Spouthouse Lane by this grade-two-listed aqueduct.

It then reaches Goose Farm Bridge by Hamstead Wharf and passes the former site of Hamstead Colliery (1876-1965), now a housing estate, where a monument commemorates 25 miners and 1 rescuer who died after a pit shaft collapsed in 1908.

The body of a 72-year-old pensioner was found floating in the canal, between Chimney Bridge and the A4041, on 30th July 2010 (News Archive 30/07/10).