Icknield Port Loop
| Icknield Port Loop | |
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Rotton Park Junction — the Icknield Port Loop runs through the bridge to the left
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| Specifications | |
| Maximum height above sea level | 453 ft (138 m) (Birmingham Level) |
| Status | Open |
| Navigation authority | Canal and River Trust |
| History | |
| Date completed | 1769 |
The Icknield Port Loop (originally called the Rotton Park Loop) is a 0.6-mile (1 km) section of the eighteenth-century Old BCN Main Line canal in Birmingham, England, about 2 miles (3 km) west of the city centre, which opened to traffic on 6 November 1769, and was bypassed in September 1827 by a straight 550-yard (500 m) section of the New BCN Main Line. Most of the 56 acres (23 ha) hectares of enclosed land now being derelict, the canal serves only the Canal & River Trust (British Waterways) maintenance depot at Icknield Port and conveys water from Edgbaston Reservoir to the BCN Main Line. There is no pedestrian or vehicular access. Icknield Port (Loop) takes its name from the Roman Icknield Street which passed nearby, though its exact route is unknown.
The Canal & River Trust (formerly British Waterways) depot with its buildings and crane are Grade II listed buildings.
Birmingham City Council has plans for the regeneration of the area, including moorings, 1,150 new homes, shops, park and playground, and a ten-storey hotel.
Coordinates: 52°28′52″N 1°55′59″W / 52.4810°N 1.9330°W
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