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The Icknield Port Loop (originally the Rotton Park Loop) is a loop of the eighteenth-century-built Old 
The Canal & River Trust (formerly British Waterways) depot with its buildings and crane are Grade II
Icknield Port Loop development plans
{{coord, 52.4810, -1.9330, display=title, region:GB_dim:1000 Birmingham Canal Navigations Canals in England Canals in the West Midlands (county) History of Birmingham, West Midlands Canals opened in 1769
The Icknield Port Loop (originally the Rotton Park Loop) is a loop of the eighteenth-century-built Old BCN Main Line
The BCN Main Line, or Birmingham Canal Navigations Main Line is the evolving route of the Birmingham Canal between Birmingham and Wolverhampton in England.
The name ''Main Line'' was used to distinguish the main Birmingham to Wolverhampton rout ...
canal in Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the We ...
, England, about west of the city centre, which opened to traffic on 6 November 1769 and in some definitions includes its straighter bypass built in September 1827, a section of the New BCN Main Line. Most of the of land thereby enclosed is derelict meaning the canal serves the Canal & River Trust
The Canal & River Trust (CRT), branded as in Wales, holds the guardianship of 2,000 miles of canals and rivers, together with reservoirs and a wide range of heritage buildings and structures, in England and Wales. Launched on 12 July 2012, the ...
(British Waterways
British Waterways, often shortened to BW, was a statutory corporation wholly owned by the government of the United Kingdom. It served as the navigation authority for the majority of canals and a number of rivers and docks in England, Scotla ...
) maintenance depot at Icknield Port and conveys water from Edgbaston Reservoir
Edgbaston Reservoir, originally known as Rotton Park Reservoir and referred to in some early maps as Rock Pool Reservoir, is a canal feeder reservoir in Birmingham, England, maintained by the Canal & River Trust.Environment Agency public r ...
to the BCN Main Line. The enclosed land has no pedestrian or vehicular access. Icknield Port (Loop) takes its name from the Roman Icknield Street
Icknield Street or Ryknild Street is a Roman road in England, with a route roughly south-west to north-east. It runs from the Fosse Way at Bourton on the Water in Gloucestershire () to Templeborough in South Yorkshire (). It passes through Alce ...
which passed nearby, the exact route of which is unknown.
The Canal & River Trust (formerly British Waterways) depot with its buildings and crane are Grade II listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern I ...
s.
Redevelopment plan
Birmingham City Council has plans for the regeneration of the area, including moorings, 1,150 new homes, shops, park and playground, and a ten-storey hotel."Regeneration Plans for new canal district", ''Birmingham News'' (Birmingham, UK), p.1, 9 February 2012. In recent years, the loop has been developed by award winning developer, Urban Splash. The first stage of a multi stage masterplan has been completed. Building works are ongoing for hundreds of further homes. The final stages will include shops and bars as part of the development. There is a mixture of houses on the development, the majority of the development so far being 'row house' and a selection of limited edition brick houses. The development has been awarded winners of Best regeneration initiative at Housebuilder Awards and Placemaking Project of the Year at Midlands Business Insider Residential Awards 2020.See also
*Soho Loop
The Soho Loop is a section of the eighteenth-century Old BCN Main Line canal in Birmingham, England, about west of the city centre, which opened to traffic on 6 November 1769, and was bypassed in September 1827 by a straight section of the N ...
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Icknield Port Loop development plans
{{coord, 52.4810, -1.9330, display=title, region:GB_dim:1000 Birmingham Canal Navigations Canals in England Canals in the West Midlands (county) History of Birmingham, West Midlands Canals opened in 1769