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Engine Arm Aqueduct – Galton Tunnel loop from Smethwick Rolfe Street

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United Kingdom
England
West Midlands Region

Engine Arm Aqueduct – Galton Tunnel loop from Smethwick Rolfe Street

Moderate

40

riders

Engine Arm Aqueduct – Galton Tunnel loop from Smethwick Rolfe Street

01:57

44.3km

180m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Great for any fitness level. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 24, 2026

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The surface along some of this route may not be suitable

Some segments of your route comprise a surface that may not be suitable for your chosen sport.

After 4.98 km for 456 m

After 5.95 km for 138 m

After 6.23 km for 323 m

After 8.11 km for 52 m

After 38.7 km for 52 m

After 40.4 km for 62 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Train Station

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1

2.43 km

Engine Arm Aqueduct

Highlight • Bridge

The Engine Arm Aqueduct was built in 1825 by Thomas Telford to carry a water feeder from the Edgbaston Reservoir over the main line to the adjacent and parallel old main line. The aqueduct is Grade II-listed.

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2

3.34 km

Galton Tunnel

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Wide bridge to sprint down

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3

3.68 km

Galton Bridge

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Giving its name to the nearby train station, Galton Bridge was the highest single span bridge in the world when it was constructed by Thomas Telford in 1829. It now …

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4.28 km

Galton Valley Black Country Geosite

Nature Reserve

5

4.72 km

spon lane mail line locks is a 800 yard section of the bcn main line canal which forms a connecting sliproad where the old line croses the new line at the stewart Aqueduct.

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8.14 km

Albion Junction

Lake

9.97 km

Black Country Millennium Forest

Forest

8

11.5 km

The Fountain Inn

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Refreshment stop close to NCN Routes 54 and 81. Canal-side seating, real ale and cheese and onion cobs.

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9

23.6 km

Aldersley Junction

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Great view and leads onto a great canal

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B

44.3 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

38.0 km

3.56 km

1.47 km

936 m

286 m

< 100 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

36.1 km

6.63 km

816 m

634 m

< 100 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (160 m)

Lowest point (110 m)

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Thursday 22 October

11°C

6°C

95 %

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