Where is the Canalside Bar?
Canalside Bar is at 42 Gas Street, Birmingham, B1 2JU. It faces Gas Street Basin at the Worcester Bar
In brief
A canal side cottage and outbuilding, built for the Worcester and Birmingham Canal Company. Dates to 1770. In recent years it has been the Canalside Cafe by day and Canalside Bar at night.
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Canalside Bar - at the Worcester Bar, Gas Street Basin (June 2021). Photography by Elliott Brown
Canalside Bar - history
42 Gas Street has been a Grade II listed building since 1995.
A canal side cottage with associated yard and outbuilding.
It was built for the Worcester and Birmingham Canal Company, and is dated to 1770 (or circa 1800).
A brick building with a pitched slate roof.
The main facade is painted, facing the canal.
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Canalside Bar - 42 Gas Street (December 2015). Photography by Elliott Brown
In recent years, the property has been the Canalside Cafe, serving hot and cold drinks during the day, and the Canalside Bar at night, serving alcholic beverages.
The Cafe / Bar faces the Worcester Bar at Gas Street Basin, where the Worcester & Birmingham Canal meets the Birmingham Canal Navigations Mainline.
Originally a barrier between two separate canal companies, these days it is always open, and boats head through it all the time, such as the Waterbus.
The pub has featured on TV documentaries over the years, usually on canal towpath walks or something like Great Canal Journeys etc.
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Canalside Bar - at the Worcester Bar, Gas Street Basin (January 2018). Photography by Elliott Brown
During Christmas time, the pub has colourful fairy lights up, and looks good after dark.
Behind the pub on Gas Street is the studios of ITV Central.
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Canalside Bar - at the Worcester Bar, Gas Street Basin (December 2017). Photography by Elliott Brown
Contact details
07450 605837
canalsidebham@gmail.com
Facebook: Canalside Bar