Walking for Heritage; The Final Post

The last part of the Walking for Heritage in Digbeth route takes you from the Warwick Bar Stop Lock back up to Curzon Street. Simply follow the towpath around to the right and go under the railway bridge (Ashted Tunnel). You are now at the back of the Gun Barrel Proof House and the railway tracks go up to Moor Street, New Street and Snow Hill Stations.

  

...And that, is the last Walking for Heritage post! I hope you've enjoyed reading them, and maybe explored the area a bit. I learnt some new things whilst researching these posts and there are parts of Digbeth I'd never been before. Leaflets for the walk can be downloaded from the Thinktank blog, and I'm sure you can get physical ones from Thinktank too.

University of Birmingham; King Edward VII

"His Majesty King Edward VII opened these buildings July 7th 1909, and concluded his address thus; 'To you the students I say that the honour and dignity of this university are largely in your hands and I look to you to initiate and hand down worthy traditions to your successors.' 

This statue was presented to the university by Alderman Francis Corder Clayton, the first Pro-Vice Chancellor, to commemorate the opening of the university by His Majesty King Edward VII"

Statue can be found in the Aston Webb building on the main Edgbaston Campus of the University of Birmingham.