Hockley Port

[nickisch]

I am doing a bit more research into the history of Hockley Port and will start a fresh thread to see if I can get old pics and memories. For those who still see this old thread, I found this today. 1974 Hockley Port Youth Centre https://www.macearchive.org/films/atv-today-23011974-hockley-port-youth-centre-birmingham

The MACE Midlands film archive has some great old film and news clips - I've just lost a whole afternoon browsing!

 

[Vivienne14]

A few press cuttings which tells us a little about the Centre’s activities. Viv.

 

[Pedrocut]

 

[Heartland]

Hockley Port was a Great Western Railway Interchange Basin where goods were exchanged between railway wagons and narrow boats on the BCN (Birmingham Heath Branch). Traffic included the produce of the nearby GKN.

It is now a place for residential moorings and includes the remaining part of the Birmingham Heath branch. The branch used to extend beyond the bridge and served a coal and timber yard. It used to continue on to Soho, but when the GWR was widened between Hockley and Handsworth the tunnel was removed and the canal branch was cut back,