Icknield Port Loop

{{short description|Historic English canal}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2017}}

{{Infobox canal

|name = Icknield Port Loop

|image = BCN Rotton Park Junction.jpg

|image_caption = Rotton Park Junction. The Icknield Port Loop runs through the bridge to the left.

|mapframe = yes

|mapframe-zoom = 15

|date_use =

|date_completed = {{Start date|1769}}

|date_closed =

|date_restored =

|elev_ft = 453

|elev_note = Birmingham Level

|status = Open

|navigation_authority = Canal and River Trust

| module =

}}

File:BCN Rotton Park Junction fingerpost.jpg

The Icknield Port Loop (originally the Rotton Park Loop){{cite book|author=Hadfield, Charles|title=Canals of the West Midlands|publisher=David & Charles|location=Newton Abbott}} is a {{convert|0.6|mi|km|adj=on|0}} loop of the eighteenth-century-built Old BCN Main Line canal in Birmingham, England, about {{convert|2|mi|km|0}} 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 {{convert|550|yd|m|adj=on}} section of the New BCN Main Line. Most of the {{convert|56|acre|ha}} of land thereby enclosed is derelict meaning the canal serves the Canal & River Trust (British Waterways) maintenance depot at Icknield Port and conveys water from Edgbaston Reservoir 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 which passed nearby, the exact route of which is unknown.

File:Icknield Port Loop canal depot 87.jpg

The Canal & River Trust (formerly British Waterways) depot with its buildings and crane are Grade II listed buildings.{{NHLE |num=1234111|desc=Rotton Park Loop canal maintenance depot yard|grade=II |accessdate=7 August 2015}}{{NHLE |num=1234112|desc=Rotton Park Loop canal maintenance depot superintendent's office|grade=II |accessdate=7 August 2015}}{{NHLE |num=1234113|desc=Rotton Park Loop canal maintenance depot workshops and stores|grade=II |accessdate=7 August 2015}}{{NHLE |num=1234114|desc=Rotton Park Loop canal maintenance depot crane|grade=II |accessdate=7 August 2015}}{{NHLE |num=1276288|desc=Rotton Park Loop canal maintenance depot stables|grade=II |accessdate=7 August 2015}}