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Unlike other canals it was never sold or leased to a railway company, staying independent until nationalisation in 1948 under the British Transport Commission, the Docks and Inland Waterways Executive and later the British Waterways Board. In July 2012, along with the rest of British Waterways' assets in England and Wales, it transferred to the newly formed charitable Canal & River Trust.
The canal meets and crosses over the [[River Stour]] near Prestwood in Staffordshire. From there it follows the river's east bank through the villages of Stourton and Kinver (Staffordshire) and Caunsall, Cookley and Wolverley (Worcestershire). At [[Kidderminster]] the canal crosses back over the river to its west bank which it then follows to the South. The canal and the river can be seen from the train as they pass under [[Falling Sands Viaduct]] near [[Kidderminster]]. The original Severn Valley Railway also crossed the canal at [[Stourport Branch#Description_of_the_Stourport_branch|Mitton Railway Bridge]] on the outskirts of Stourport.
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