Also after the tunnel you’ll come to Kings Norton Junction where the Stratford-Upon-Avon Canal meets the Worcs & B’ham. The featured image for this page (either to your left or at the top of this page) shows the old toll house which has a sign showing the old toll rates.
I suppose if you were in really good shape you could ride a bike to Stratford-Upon-Avon along the towpath, but that would make for a 50-mile round trip. The towpath is decent although very muddy in spots and you will have to leave the canal for the Brandwood Tunnel close to Kings Norton Junction. You can moor for 48 hours at Yardley Bridge, however if you wanted to make an overnight excursion to Shakespeare’s birthplace.
This last stretch of canal will take you to Birmingham. The principal attraction along this last leg is Bournville, the factory town created for Cadbury Chocolate. Again if you have kids, you can let them loose in Cadbury World, although they might return to the boat hopped up on sugar. Adults may prefer to wander Bournville Village, which preserves the factory model housing and includes information about the philanthropic (and paternalistic) Cadbury brothers.
After Bournville the canal continues along the University of Birmingham until you reach the end of the line at Gas Street Basin.
We are just on our way to Worcester from the Grand Union canal, where do you receommend in Worcester on the canal, meeting my mother there for her birthday, its the first time for her seeing our new boat, so want a lovely place to moor on the canal in Worcester?
Sorry for the delay in approving this comment. I’ve been busy working on a guide to the Kennet & Avon and let emails slide. I fear this reply may be too late to do you any good.
I traveled the Worcs & B’ham by bike, not boat, but my memory is that all the moorings along the canal are very pleasant. You probably want to moor north of the Commandery. Any further south you’re in Diglis Basin Marina, which would require booking.