There is also a small shop at Alvechurch boatyard. The next section is all countryside with two tunnels and is my favourite part of the canal. At the top of Tardebigge there is a small canalside shop and good views of Worcestershire. If you want a pub, carry on to lock 57 where you can get Banks's Bitter and occasionally Pedigree at Tyler's Lock . This is a smart and expensive place to drink.
Boaters are welcome.
The food is excellent and there is a separate dining room to eat. The Tardebigge flight will take about four or five hours but the scenery is most appealing. At lock 29 you'll have to quickly moor if you want to get a meal from the carvery at the Queens Head which shuts at 2pm. This food pub serves up to four real ales including Everards Tiger. Just when you thought the locks were over, there are more until you get to Stoke Prior.