I had no idea this was next to the Worcester and Birmingham Canal ...

... until I came across it on a satellite mapping image.


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That's the canal running from centre left to centre top.

I knew we go past the University of Birmingham on this stretch, but I'd not known about the sports ground before. Google Maps has captured the athletics track in its prime.


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I was trying to use Bing maps, for its high resolution north, east, south and west views, but the last couple of time I tried it I was presented with an error message saying that it was having problems with its server.