Bentley Canal

Bentley Canal
Bentley Canal
	The towpath bridge over the entrance to the canal where it joined the Wyrley and Essington
	Interactive map of Bentley Canal
Specifications
Locks	10
Status	filled in
History
Date of first use	1843
Date closed	1960s
Geography
Start point	Wednesfield
End point	Bentley
Branch	Neachells Branch
Connects to	Wyrley and Essington Canal, Anson Branch

Bentley Canal

					Wyrley and Essington Canal
					Wednesfield Jn
					Towpath bridge
					Wednesfield Lock 1
					Wednesfield Lock 2
					Wednesfield Lock 3
					Bradburn Bridge (rly siding)
					Wednesfield Lock 4
					Well Lane Bridge
					Neachells Bridge
					Wednesfield Lock 5
					Wednesfield Lock 6
					End of navigation (1960-1985)
					Neachells Branch
					W&W Railway
					Water Lane Bridge
					Neachells Hall Colliery Basin
					B4484 Fibbersley bridge
					Monmer Lane Bridge
					Spring Bank Bridge
					Spring Vale Basin
					Sandbeds Lock 7
					Short Heath Basin
					Sandbeds Lock 8
					Sand Beds Bridge
					Sandbeds Lock 9
					Railway bridge
					Sandbeds Lock 10
					A462 Clarke's Lane Bridge
					B4464 County Bridge
					Hopyard Bridge
					Pendlebury Colliery Basin
					Bentley Lane Bridge
					Anson Branch
					Walsall Canal

The Bentley Canal is an abandoned canal that was part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations in England. A very short section still exists where it joins the Wyrley and Essington Canal in Wolverhampton. From there it headed generally southeast through Willenhall and Walsall and connected with the Anson Branch and thus the Walsall Canal. The main line opened in 1843, with the Neachell Hall Branch following two years later. The branch closed in 1953 and the main line in the early 1960s.