Rotton Park Junction. The Icknield Port Loop runs through the bridge to the left.
Specifications
Maximum height above sea level
453 ft (138 m) (Birmingham Level)
Status
Open
Navigation authority
Canal and River Trust
History
Date completed
1769 (1769)
Fingerpost at Rotton Park Junction on the New Main Line crossroads showing the Old Main Line loops left and right)
The Icknield Port Loop (originally the Rotton Park Loop)[1] is a 0.6-mile (1 km) loop of the eighteenth-century-built 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 in some definitions includes its straighter bypass built in September 1827, a 550-yard (500 m) section of the New BCN Main Line.[1] Most of the 56 acres (23 ha) of land thereby enclosed is derelict meaning the canal serves the Canal & River Trust (British Waterways) maintenance depot at Icknield Port and conveys water from Edgbaston Reservoir to the BCN Main Line. The enclosed land has no pedestrian or vehicular access. Icknield Port (Loop) takes its name from the Roman Icknield Street which passed nearby, the exact route of which is unknown.
The canal maintenance depot below the reservoir dam
The Canal & River Trust (formerly British Waterways) depot with its buildings and crane are Grade II listed buildings.[2][3][4][5][6]
^ abHadfield, Charles. Canals of the West Midlands. Newton Abbott: David & Charles.
^Historic England. "Rotton Park Loop canal maintenance depot yard (Grade II) (1234111)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
^Historic England. "Rotton Park Loop canal maintenance depot superintendent's office (Grade II) (1234112)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
^Historic England. "Rotton Park Loop canal maintenance depot workshops and stores (Grade II) (1234113)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
^Historic England. "Rotton Park Loop canal maintenance depot crane (Grade II) (1234114)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
^Historic England. "Rotton Park Loop canal maintenance depot stables (Grade II) (1276288)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
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