Waterways > Titford Canal Causeway Green Branch
Titford Canal Causeway Green Branch
The Titford Canal Causeway Green Branch was opened in 1858 and abandoned, in parts, in 1954 and finally in September 1960.
Map showing the Titford Canal
Facts & Stats
1858
The canal was opened in 1858.
1960
Most of the Arm was abandoned in 1960.
The Causeway Green Branch was one of the original termini of the Titford Canal, and was extended in 1858. Today, the Arm (actually part of the original Titford Canal main line) only extends a short distance to just before the former Swan Bridge, with the next section being obliterated by construction of the M5 motorway. The isolated remains of the Causeway Green Branch were left in situ as a reed-filled ditch after the M5 was built, but it has mostly now disappeared.
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