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List of canals in the United Kingdom

The following list of canals in the United Kingdom, includes some systems that are navigable rivers with sections of canal (e.g. Aire and Calder Navigation) as well as "completely" artificial canals (e.g. Rochdale Canal).

Map showing canals of the British Isles. Canals in orange, rivers in blue, streams in grey.
Map of the current, leisure oriented system.

Canals in England edit

Canal Length Locks Max boat
length (ft)
Width (ft) Where[1] Year opened Year abandoned Navigable status
Aire and Calder Navigation 34 mi (55 km) 12 200 20 NE 1704 Fully navigable
Andover Canal 22 mi (35 km) 24 65 8.5 S 1794 1859 Abandoned - majority of the route now lost, some small sections in water
Arbury Canals 6 mi (10 km) 13 1786 1819, 1973
Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal 22 mi (35 km) 0 72 7 M 1804 1918, 1966 Under restoration - part open, part under restoration
Ashton Canal 6 mi (10 km) 18 70 7 NW 1796 1961 Fully navigable - restored 1974
Barnsley Canal 14.5 mi (23 km) 15 84 14 NW 1799 1893, 1946 Abandoned - restoration plans on hiatus
Basingstoke Canal 32 mi (51 km) 29 68 13 S 1794 1910 Part navigable - Restored 1991, remainder of route lost
Baybridge Canal 3.5 mi (6 km) 2 1826 1875
Beaumont Cut 0.6 mi (1 km) 0 1832 1932 Abandoned - line of canal in water
Bentley Canal 3.4 mi (5 km) 10 1845 1953 Abandoned - majority of the route now lost, stub in Wednesfield used for mooring
Beverley Beck 0.5 mi (1 km) 1 65 17.5 NE 1744 Fully navigable
Birmingham and Warwick Junction Canal[2] 2.5 mi (4 km) 6 70 7 M 1844 Fully navigable
Birmingham Canal Navigations[3] 29.8 mi (48 km) 34 70 7 M 1772–1794
Birmingham and Fazeley Canal[4] 20.5 mi (33 km) 44 70 7 M 1789 Fully navigable
Black Bear Canal 8 mi (13 km) 1804 1965 Abandoned - majority of the route now lost, some small sections in water
Blyth Navigation 7 mi (11 km) 6 50 14 EA 1761 1911 Abandoned - line of canal in water
Bradford Canal 3.5 mi (6 km) 10 1774 1922 Abandoned - restoration being investigated
Bridgewater Canal 40 mi (64 km) 0 72 14.75 NW 1761 Fully navigable bar short missing section at junction with Manchester Ship Canal
Bridgwater and Taunton Canal, Somerset 14.5 mi (23 km) 6 50 9.83 SW 1827 1907 Fully navigable - Restored 1994
Bude Canal 35 mi (56 km) 2[5] 20 5.5 SW 1823 1891 Abandoned - majority of the route now lost
Caistor Canal 4 mi (6 km) 6 61.5 15.25 N 1793 1855 Abandoned - line of canal in water
Calder and Hebble Navigation 21.5 mi (35 km) 38 55 14 NE 1794 Fully navigable
Caldon Canal 18 mi (29 km) 17 72 7 NM 1779 Fully navigable
Cann Quarry Canal 2 mi (3 km) 1825 1839 Abandoned - majority of the route now lost
Car Dyke 85 mi (137 km) 0 120 (appr) 1200 (appr) Abandoned - line of canal in water
Chard Canal 13.5 mi (22 km) 4[5] 1842 1868 Abandoned - some of the line still traceable
Charnwood Forest Canal 6 mi (10 km) 1794 1808 Abandoned - majority of the route now lost
Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation 13.8 mi (22 km) 13 60 16 EA 1797 Fully navigable
Chesterfield Canal 45.5 mi (73 km),
now 31.5 mi (51 km)
62 72 7 NE 1777 1907 (part) Under restoration - Less than 9 miles (14 km) of the original route remain to be restored to link the two navigable sections
Chichester Canal 4.5 mi (7 km) 3 85 18 S 1822 1906 Part navigable - remainder of route in water but unnavigable
Cinderford Canal 1.25 mi (2 km) 0 1797 1810 ? Abandoned - majority of the route now lost
City Canal 1 mi (2 km) 2 1805 1829 Abandoned - Route has been almost completely reconstructed to form the South Dock of the West India Docks
Coombe Hill Canal 2.75 mi (4 km) 1 1796 1876 Abandoned - line of canal in water
Coventry Canal 32.7 mi (53 km) 13 72 7 M 1769, 1788 Fully navigable
Cromford Canal 14.5 mi (23 km) 14 1794 1900 Under restoration
Croydon Canal 9.25 mi (15 km) 28 1809 1836 Abandoned - majority of the route now lost
Dearne and Dove Canal[6] 9.8 mi (16 km) 19 58 14.83 NE 1804 1961 Abandoned - restoration being investigated
Derby Canal 14 mi (23 km) 17 72 14 NE 1796 Abandoned - restoration being investigated
Derby and Sandiacre Canal 14.5 mi (23 km) 9 72 14 NE 1793 1964 Under restoration
Digbeth Branch Canal[4] 1.25 mi (2.0 km) 6 72 7 M 1799 Fully navigable
Donnington Wood Canal 5.5 mi (9 km) 1767 1904 Abandoned - majority of the route now lost
Driffield Navigation, East Yorkshire 11 mi (18 km) 6 61 14.5 NE 1767 1955 (part) Fully navigable
Droitwich Canal 7.3 mi (12 km) 15 71.5 7.08 M 1771, 1854 1939 Fully navigable - restored 2011
Dudley Canal[4] 10.3 mi (17 km) M 1770, 1792 1948 1973 (part) full restoration requires diversion to avoid unrepairable tunnel
Eardington Forge Canal 0.5 mi (1 km) 1 1782 1889
Erewash Canal[2] 11.8 mi (19 km) 14 78 12.5 NE 1779 1962 (part) Fully navigable - restored 1973
Exeter Ship Canal 5.2 mi (8 km) 2 122 26.25 SW 1563 Fully navigable
Fairbottom Branch Canal 1 mi (2 km) 0 NW 1792 1932 Abandoned - majority of the route now lost, some small sections in water
Fletcher's Canal 1.5 mi (2 km) 2 1800 1952 Abandoned - majority of the route now lost
Foss Dyke 11.3 mi (18 km) 1 74.5 15.17 E 1121 Fully navigable
Galton's Canal 1.4 mi (2 km) 1 1822 1897 Abandoned - line of canal in water
Glastonbury Canal 14 mi (23 km) 2 1834 1854 Abandoned - majority of the route now lost, some small sections in water
Glastonbury Canal (medieval) 1.1 mi (2 km) 0 10th C 14-16th C Abandoned - majority of the route now lost
Gloucester and Sharpness Canal 16.5 mi (27 km) 2 240 30 SW 1826 Fully navigable
Grand Junction Canal[2] 129.4 mi (208 km) 90 72 14.7 M 1800, 1805 Fully navigable
Grand Surrey Canal 4 mi (6 km) 1 1810 1940 Abandoned - majority of the route now lost
Grand Union Canal[7] 286.3 mi (461 km) 236 72 14 M 1927 Fully navigable (bar Buckingham Arm)
Grand Union Canal (old)[2] 24.3 mi (39 km) 17 72 7 EM 1814 Fully navigable
Grand Western Canal 10.5 mi (17 km) 0 SW 1838 Under restoration
Grantham Canal 33 mi (53 km) 18 75 14 EM 1797 1936 Under restoration
Grosvenor Canal 0.8 mi (1 km) 1 1825 1858, 1925 Abandoned - majority of the route now lost
Hackney Canal 0.6 mi (1 km) 1 1843 1928 Abandoned - majority of the route now lost
Hatherton Canal[4] 4 mi (6 km) 8 70 7 NM 1860 1955 Under restoration, but part of original route unsuitable for reopening so will be diverted.
Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal 34 mi (55 km) 22 70 7 W 1798, 1845 1881 Under restoration
Hertford Union Canal[2] 1.3 mi (2 km) 3 78 14.5 SE 1830 Fully navigable
Hollinwood Branch Canal 4.5 mi (7 km) 4 70 7 NW 1792 1932 Under restoration
Hollingwood Common Canal 2 mi (3 km) 0 ? ? Abandoned
Horncastle Canal 11 mi (18 km) 12 1802 1889 Abandoned - line of canal in water
Huddersfield Broad Canal 3.8 mi (6 km) 9 57.5 14.17 NE 1780 Fully navigable
Huddersfield Narrow Canal 19.9 mi (32 km) 74 70 7 NE 1811 Fully navigable
Ipswich and Stowmarket Navigation 15.9 mi (26 km) 15 55 14 EA 1793 1934 Under restoration
Islington Branch Canal 0.6 mi (1 km) 0 NW 1801 1952 Abandoned
Itchen Navigation 10 mi (16 km) 17 1710 1869 Under restoration
Kennet and Avon Canal 86.5 mi (139 km) 105 70 12.5 SW 1727, 1810 (1950)[8] Fully navigable - restored and reopened 1990
Kensington Canal 1.75 mi (3 km) 1 1828 1859, 1967 Abandoned - route now lost
Ketley Canal 1.5 mi (2 km) 1[5] 1788 1880 Abandoned - majority of the route now lost, some short sections in water
Lancaster Canal 60.9 mi (98 km) 14 72 14.5 NW 1797, 1825 1955 2002 (part) - Under ongoing restoration
Leeds and Liverpool Canal 142.6 mi (229 km) 105 62[9] 14 NE, NW 1816 Fully navigable
Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal[2] 48 mi (77 km) 22 72 13 EM 1807 Fully navigable - part of Grand Union Canal
Leominster Canal 18 mi (29 km) 16 1794 1858 Abandoned - majority of the route now lost
Leven Canal 3.25 mi (5 km) 1 1805 1935 Abandoned - line of canal in water
Lichfield Canal[4] 7 mi (11 km) 30 70 7 M 1797 1955 Under restoration
Limehouse Cut 2 mi (3 km) 0 88 19 SE 1766[10] Fully navigable
Liskeard and Looe Union Canal 6 mi (10 km) 25 1828 1910 Abandoned - majority of the route now lost, some small sections in water
Llangollen Canal 46.3 mi (75 km) 21 70’ 6.83 W 1808 Fully navigable
Louth Navigation 11.8 mi (19 km) 8 72 15 NE 1770 1924 Abandoned - line of canal in water
Lydney Canal 1 mi (2 km) 1 100 24 SW 1821 1977 2005 (part) - Under restoration
Macclesfield Canal 26.3 mi (42 km) 13 70 7 NW 1831 Fully navigable
Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal 12.9 mi (21 km) 17 68 14.17 NW 1797, 1808 1941, 1961 Under restoration
Manchester Ship Canal 37.4 mi (60 km) 5 600 65 NW 1894 Fully navigable
Market Weighton Canal 9.5 mi (15 km) 1 70 14.83 NE 1782 1971[11] Part navigable - remainder of route a mix of in water but unnavigable, and route lost
Melton Mowbray Navigation 11 mi (18 km) 12 EM 1797 1877 Under restoration
Middle Level Navigations 90 mi (145 km) 7 80 11 E 1608–1832 Fully navigable
Montgomery Canal 33 mi (53 km) 24 70 6.83 W 1821 1944 1996 (part) - Under restoration
Newcastle-under-Lyme Canal 3.75 mi (6 km) 0 1800 1935 Abandoned - majority of the route now lost
Newcastle-under-Lyme Junction Canal 1 mi (2 km) 0 Abandoned - majority of the route now lost
New Junction Canal 5.5 mi (9 km) 1 215 22.5 NE 1905 Fully navigable
Newport Pagnell Canal 1.25 mi (2 km) 7 1817 1864 Abandoned - majority of the route now lost
North Walsham & Dilham Canal 7.3 mi (12 km) 6 50 12.33 EA 1826 1927 (part) Part navigable - remainder of route in water but unnavigable
Nottingham Canal 14.7 mi (24 km)[12] 18 81 14.5 NE 1796 1937 (part) Part navigable - remainder of route partly in water but unnavigable, partly lost
Nutbrook Canal 4.5 mi (7 km) 13 1796 1895 Abandoned - majority of the route now lost, some small sections in water
Oakham Canal 15.5 mi (25 km) 18 1802 1847 Abandoned - majority of the route now lost, some small sections in water
Ouse Navigation 22 mi (35 km) 19 1812 1950 Fully navigable
Oxford Canal 78 mi (126 km) 43 70 6.83 M 1774, 1790 Fully navigable
Par Canal 2.25 mi (4 km) 3 1847 1873
Parnall's Canal 0.5 mi (1 km) 0 1720 1732
Peak Forest Canal 14.8 mi (24 km) 16 70 7 NW 1805 1960 Fully navigable - restored 1974
Petworth Canal 1.25 mi (2 km) 2 1795 1826 Abandoned - majority of the route now lost, some small sections in water
Pidcock's Canal 1.5 mi (2 km) 3 1789 1845 Abandoned - line of canal in water
Pocklington Canal 9.5 mi (15 km) 9 57 14.25 NE 1818 1932 Under restoration - largely navigable
Portsmouth and Arundel Canal 28 mi (45 km) 6 1823 1847/1926 Abandoned - majority of the route now lost
Regent's Canal[2] 8.6 mi (14 km) 13 72 14.5 SE 1820 Fully navigable
Ribble Link 3 mi (5 km) 9 62 10.5 NW 2002 Fully navigable
Ripon Canal 2.5 mi (4 km) 3 57 14.25 NE 1773 1906 Fully navigable - restored 1996
River Soar Navigation[2] 21.9 mi (35 km) 18 72 13 EM 1794 Fully navigable
River Lee Navigation[13] 29.1 mi (47 km) 22 85 16 SE 1577, 1769 Fully navigable
Rochdale Canal 32 mi (51 km) 91 74 14.17 NW 1800 Fully navigable (bar some branches)
Rolle Canal[14] 6 mi (10 km) 2[15] 1827 1871 Under restoration
Royal Military Canal 19 mi (31 km) 0 SE 1804 Fully navigable
St Columb Canal 13 mi (21 km)
Salisbury and Southampton Canal 13 mi (21 km)[16] 16 1802 1808
Sankey Canal 15.2 mi (24 km) 11 72 13.83 NW 1757 1963
Selby Canal 6 mi (10 km) 2 78.5 16.5 NE 1776
Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation[17] 28 mi (45 km) 24 61.5 15.25 NE 1802
Shrewsbury Canal 25 mi (40 km) 34 81 7 W 1797 1944
Shropshire Canal 10.5 mi (17 km) 3[5] 1791 1912
Shropshire Union Canal 76.5 mi (123 km) 51 72[18] 7[19] NM 1835
Sir John Glynne's Canal 1 mi (2 km) 1768 1779
Sir Nigel Gresley's Canal 3 mi (5 km) 0 1776 1857
Sleaford Navigation 12.5 mi (20 km) 7 70 15 NE 1794 1940
Somerset Coal Canal 18 mi (29 km) SW 1802 1898[20] 1986 (part)[21]
Southwick Ship Canal 1.75 mi (2.8 km) 1 240 40 SE 1855
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal 46.1 mi (74 km) 43 70 7 NM 1772
Stamford Canal 6.5 mi (10 km) 10 1670 1863
Stainforth and Keadby Canal 14.9 mi (24 km) 3 61.67 17 NE 1802
Stockport Branch Canal 4.9 mi (8 km) 0 NW 1797 1962
Stort Navigation 13.8 mi (22 km) 15 86 13.25 SE 1769
Stourbridge Canal 7.8 mi (13 km) 21 70 7 M 1779
Stover Canal 1.7 mi (3 km) 5 1792 1943
Stratford-upon-Avon Canal 25.5 mi (41 km) 56 70 7 M 1802, 1816
Stroudwater Navigation 8 mi (13 km) 13 70 15.5 SW 1779
Tame Valley Canal[4] 8.5 mi (14 km) 13 72 7 M 1844
Tavistock Canal 4 mi (6 km) 2[5] 1803 1873
Thames and Medway Canal[22] 6.5 mi (10 km) 1 24.5 6.5 SE 1824 1935
Thames and Severn Canal 28.8 mi (46 km) 44 74 12.75 SW 1789 1933
Titchfield Canal
Tremadoc Canal 1.5 mi (2 km) 0 1815 1840
Trent and Mersey Canal 93.4 mi (150 km) 76 72 7[23] NE 1777
Ulverston Canal 1.5 mi (2 km) 1 112 65 [24] NW 1796 1944
Uttoxeter Canal 13 mi (21 km) 19 NM 1811 1849 2005 (part)
Walsall Canal[4] 9.6 mi (15 km) 16 72 7 M 1785–1841
Wardle Canal 0.1 mi (0.2 km) 1 NM 1829
Warwick and Napton Canal[2] 14.2 mi (23 km) 25 72 7[25] M 1794
Warwick and Birmingham Canal[2] 24.3 mi (39 km) 28 70 7[25] M 1794
Wednesbury Old Canal[4] 4.4 mi (7 km) 3 70 7 M 1769 1955 (part)
Westport Canal 3.3 mi (5 km) 1 1840 1875
Wey and Arun Junction Canal[26] 23 mi (37 km) 26 68 11.5 S 1816 1871 in progress[27]
Wey and Godalming Navigations 19.5 mi (31 km) 16 72 13.83 S 1651, 1760
Wilts and Berks Canal 52.5 mi (84 km) 42 72 7 SW 1810 1914 1995 (part)
Wombridge Canal 1.75 mi (3 km) 1[5] 1788 1921
Worcester and Birmingham Canal 30 mi (48 km) 58 71.5 7 M 1815
Wyrley and Essington Canal[4] 23.5 mi (38 km) 39 70 7 M 1797 1900 (part)

Canals in Northern Ireland edit

 
Lagan Navigational Canal (disused) at Broadwater, near Aghalee)
Canal Length (miles) Locks Year opened Year abandoned Year restored
Broharris Canal 2 1820
Coalisland Canal[28] 7.2 7 1787 1954
Dukart's Canal 3[5] 1777 1787
Lagan Canal 27 27 1802 1958
Newry Canal 21 12 1742 1938
Shannon–Erne Waterway[29] 39 16 1780 1948 1994
Strabane Canal 4 2 1792 1962
Ulster Canal 46 26 1842 1931

Canals in Scotland edit

Canal Length (miles) Locks Max boat length (ft) Width (ft) Year opened Year abandoned Year restored
Aberdeenshire Canal 18 18 1805 1854
Buchan Canal
Caledonian Canal 62 29 150 35 1822
Carlingwark Lane Canal 1.5 0 1765 1840
Crinan Canal 9 15 86.75 19.65 1817
Dingwall Canal 1.1 0 1816 1840
Forth and Clyde Canal 35 38 68.58 19.75 1790 1963 2002
Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal 11 0 1811 1881
Inchfad Canal 0.25 0 19th century
Inverarnan Canal 0.33 0 1844 c. 1870
Monkland Canal 12.25 18[30] 71 14 1794 1942
Stevenston Canal 2.25 0 13 1772 1830
Union Canal[31] 31.5 3[32] 63 12.5 1822 1930 2000

Canals in Wales edit

Canal Length (miles) Locks Max boat length (ft) Width (ft) Year opened Year abandoned Year restored
Aberdare Canal 6.75 2 1812 1900
Cyfarthfa Canal 2 1770s 1830s
Glamorganshire Canal 25 52 1798 1898, 1942
Glan-y-wern Canal c. 1.5 by 1790 c. 1810
Kidwelly and Llanelly Canal 18 8[33] 1768, 1837 1865
Llangollen Canal 46.3 21 70 6.83 1808
Monmouthshire, Brecon and Abergavenny Canal 35 48 63 9.17 1796 1962 1970
Montgomery Canal 33 24 70 6.83 1821 1944 1996 (part)
Neath and Tennant Canal 21.5 21 60 9 1795, 1824 1934 1990 (part)
Swansea Canal 16.5 36 65 7.5 1798 1931

Proposed canal routes edit

Active projects edit

  • Bedford and Milton Keynes Waterway: Connection from Grand Union Canal at Milton Keynes to the River Great Ouse near Bedford. This link will finally enable broad-beam boats to travel from the north to the south of the inland waterway network.[34]
  • Fens Waterways Link: The Fens Waterways Link comprises several new waterways and improvements to current routes. It will create new circular routes and in conjunction with the Milton Keynes and Bedford Waterway, it will be connected to the rest of the country's waterways via the Great Ouse.[35]
  • Maidenhead Waterways: Making the York Stream and other parts of the Maidenhead Waterways fully navigable for boats and linking to other nearby canals and navigable rivers.[36]

Proposals edit


Former proposals edit

  • Grand Contour Canal: First proposed in 1943, was intended to connect the major industrial centres of London, Bristol, Southampton, Coventry, Birmingham, Nottingham, Derby, Chester, Manchester, Blackburn, Bradford, Hartlepool and Newcastle.[40]
  • London to Portsmouth canal: Also known as the Grand Southern Canal, and proposed on several occasions, this route would utilise existing canals and rivers, with new links constructed, to provide an overland route between the cities of London and Portsmouth, removing the need to enter the English Channel.[40]
  • Berks & Hants Canal, a proposed link from the terminus of the Basingstoke Canal at Basingstoke to the Kennet and Avon Canal, rejected twice by Parliament after landowner opposition.[40]
  • Polbrock Canal, approved by Parliament in the 1790s, this link between the north and south coasts of Cornwall would have joined the River Camel with the Fowey at Bodmin.[40]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ M=midlands, EA=East Anglia, NE=North-East etc.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j now part of the Grand Union Canal
  3. ^ Main line, incl old main line and branches
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i part of Birmingham Canal Navigations
  5. ^ a b c d e f g inclined planes
  6. ^ South Yorkshire
  7. ^ Total holdings 1929
  8. ^ never officially closed but unusable till reopened
  9. ^ 72 from Liverpool to Wigan incl Leigh branch
  10. ^ connection to Limehouse Basin 1968
  11. ^ but passage still possible
  12. ^ only 1.1m remains open making 3.7m total including the Beeston cut
  13. ^ includes Bow Back rivers
  14. ^ Also known as the Torrington Canal
  15. ^ included an inclined plane
  16. ^ only part of this was built
  17. ^ the river section from Bramwith to Rotherham takes boats 229’8" long and 20’ wide
  18. ^ The Middlewich branch is 70’
  19. ^ The old Chester canal from Nantwich to Ellesmere Port is 9’
  20. ^ The Radstock arm closed in 1898
  21. ^ About 0.5m only, for moorings on the Kennet and Avon canal
  22. ^ also known as the Gravesend and Rochester Canal
  23. ^ Preston brook to Croxton Aqueduct is 9’ wide
  24. ^ Priestley, Joseph (2 February 2024). "Historical Account of the Navigable Rivers, Canals, and Railways, of Great Britain".
  25. ^ a b Increased to 13' in 1933
  26. ^ includes Arun Navigation
  27. ^ "About the Wey and Arun Canal". Wey and Arun Canal Trust.
  28. ^ also known as Tyrone Navigation
  29. ^ Originally the Ballyconnell and Ballinamore Canals
  30. ^ an inclined plane was later used
  31. ^ originally known as "Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal"
  32. ^ includes the Falkirk Wheel
  33. ^ includes 3 inclined planes
  34. ^ "Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway". Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2007.
  35. ^ "The Fens Waterways Link". Environment Agency Waterways Team. Retrieved 23 September 2007.
  36. ^ "The Maidenhead River Project". Maidenhead Waterways Restoration Group. Retrieved 23 September 2007.
  37. ^ (PDF). Inland Waterways Amenity Advisory Council. Archived from the original (pdf) on 22 July 2007. Retrieved 23 September 2007.
  38. ^ . Inland Waterways Association. Archived from the original on 2 May 2007. Retrieved 23 September 2007.
  39. ^ Ludgate, Martin (9 April 2014). "Far and wide?". Canal Boat. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  40. ^ a b c d "Waterfront | Canal & River Trust".

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The following list of canals in the United Kingdom includes some systems that are navigable rivers with sections of canal e g Aire and Calder Navigation as well as completely artificial canals e g Rochdale Canal Map showing canals of the British Isles Canals in orange rivers in blue streams in grey Map of the current leisure oriented system Contents 1 Canals in England 2 Canals in Northern Ireland 3 Canals in Scotland 4 Canals in Wales 5 Proposed canal routes 5 1 Active projects 5 2 Proposals 5 3 Former proposals 6 See also 7 ReferencesCanals in England editCanal Length Locks Max boatlength ft Width ft Where 1 Year opened Year abandoned Navigable statusAire and Calder Navigation 34 mi 55 km 12 200 20 NE 1704 Fully navigableAndover Canal 22 mi 35 km 24 65 8 5 S 1794 1859 Abandoned majority of the route now lost some small sections in waterArbury Canals 6 mi 10 km 13 1786 1819 1973Ashby de la Zouch Canal 22 mi 35 km 0 72 7 M 1804 1918 1966 Under restoration part open part under restorationAshton Canal 6 mi 10 km 18 70 7 NW 1796 1961 Fully navigable restored 1974Barnsley Canal 14 5 mi 23 km 15 84 14 NW 1799 1893 1946 Abandoned restoration plans on hiatusBasingstoke Canal 32 mi 51 km 29 68 13 S 1794 1910 Part navigable Restored 1991 remainder of route lostBaybridge Canal 3 5 mi 6 km 2 1826 1875Beaumont Cut 0 6 mi 1 km 0 1832 1932 Abandoned line of canal in waterBentley Canal 3 4 mi 5 km 10 1845 1953 Abandoned majority of the route now lost stub in Wednesfield used for mooringBeverley Beck 0 5 mi 1 km 1 65 17 5 NE 1744 Fully navigableBirmingham and Warwick Junction Canal 2 2 5 mi 4 km 6 70 7 M 1844 Fully navigableBirmingham Canal Navigations 3 29 8 mi 48 km 34 70 7 M 1772 1794Birmingham and Fazeley Canal 4 20 5 mi 33 km 44 70 7 M 1789 Fully navigableBlack Bear Canal 8 mi 13 km 1804 1965 Abandoned majority of the route now lost some small sections in waterBlyth Navigation 7 mi 11 km 6 50 14 EA 1761 1911 Abandoned line of canal in waterBradford Canal 3 5 mi 6 km 10 1774 1922 Abandoned restoration being investigatedBridgewater Canal 40 mi 64 km 0 72 14 75 NW 1761 Fully navigable bar short missing section at junction with Manchester Ship CanalBridgwater and Taunton Canal Somerset 14 5 mi 23 km 6 50 9 83 SW 1827 1907 Fully navigable Restored 1994Bude Canal 35 mi 56 km 2 5 20 5 5 SW 1823 1891 Abandoned majority of the route now lostCaistor Canal 4 mi 6 km 6 61 5 15 25 N 1793 1855 Abandoned line of canal in waterCalder and Hebble Navigation 21 5 mi 35 km 38 55 14 NE 1794 Fully navigableCaldon Canal 18 mi 29 km 17 72 7 NM 1779 Fully navigableCann Quarry Canal 2 mi 3 km 1825 1839 Abandoned majority of the route now lostCar Dyke 85 mi 137 km 0 120 appr 1200 appr Abandoned line of canal in waterChard Canal 13 5 mi 22 km 4 5 1842 1868 Abandoned some of the line still traceableCharnwood Forest Canal 6 mi 10 km 1794 1808 Abandoned majority of the route now lostChelmer and Blackwater Navigation 13 8 mi 22 km 13 60 16 EA 1797 Fully navigableChesterfield Canal 45 5 mi 73 km now 31 5 mi 51 km 62 72 7 NE 1777 1907 part Under restoration Less than 9 miles 14 km of the original route remain to be restored to link the two navigable sectionsChichester Canal 4 5 mi 7 km 3 85 18 S 1822 1906 Part navigable remainder of route in water but unnavigableCinderford Canal 1 25 mi 2 km 0 1797 1810 Abandoned majority of the route now lostCity Canal 1 mi 2 km 2 1805 1829 Abandoned Route has been almost completely reconstructed to form the South Dock of the West India DocksCoombe Hill Canal 2 75 mi 4 km 1 1796 1876 Abandoned line of canal in waterCoventry Canal 32 7 mi 53 km 13 72 7 M 1769 1788 Fully navigableCromford Canal 14 5 mi 23 km 14 1794 1900 Under restorationCroydon Canal 9 25 mi 15 km 28 1809 1836 Abandoned majority of the route now lostDearne and Dove Canal 6 9 8 mi 16 km 19 58 14 83 NE 1804 1961 Abandoned restoration being investigatedDerby Canal 14 mi 23 km 17 72 14 NE 1796 Abandoned restoration being investigatedDerby and Sandiacre Canal 14 5 mi 23 km 9 72 14 NE 1793 1964 Under restorationDigbeth Branch Canal 4 1 25 mi 2 0 km 6 72 7 M 1799 Fully navigableDonnington Wood Canal 5 5 mi 9 km 1767 1904 Abandoned majority of the route now lostDriffield Navigation East Yorkshire 11 mi 18 km 6 61 14 5 NE 1767 1955 part Fully navigableDroitwich Canal 7 3 mi 12 km 15 71 5 7 08 M 1771 1854 1939 Fully navigable restored 2011Dudley Canal 4 10 3 mi 17 km M 1770 1792 1948 1973 part full restoration requires diversion to avoid unrepairable tunnelEardington Forge Canal 0 5 mi 1 km 1 1782 1889Erewash Canal 2 11 8 mi 19 km 14 78 12 5 NE 1779 1962 part Fully navigable restored 1973Exeter Ship Canal 5 2 mi 8 km 2 122 26 25 SW 1563 Fully navigableFairbottom Branch Canal 1 mi 2 km 0 NW 1792 1932 Abandoned majority of the route now lost some small sections in waterFletcher s Canal 1 5 mi 2 km 2 1800 1952 Abandoned majority of the route now lostFoss Dyke 11 3 mi 18 km 1 74 5 15 17 E 1121 Fully navigableGalton s Canal 1 4 mi 2 km 1 1822 1897 Abandoned line of canal in waterGlastonbury Canal 14 mi 23 km 2 1834 1854 Abandoned majority of the route now lost some small sections in waterGlastonbury Canal medieval 1 1 mi 2 km 0 10th C 14 16th C Abandoned majority of the route now lostGloucester and Sharpness Canal 16 5 mi 27 km 2 240 30 SW 1826 Fully navigableGrand Junction Canal 2 129 4 mi 208 km 90 72 14 7 M 1800 1805 Fully navigableGrand Surrey Canal 4 mi 6 km 1 1810 1940 Abandoned majority of the route now lostGrand Union Canal 7 286 3 mi 461 km 236 72 14 M 1927 Fully navigable bar Buckingham Arm Grand Union Canal old 2 24 3 mi 39 km 17 72 7 EM 1814 Fully navigableGrand Western Canal 10 5 mi 17 km 0 SW 1838 Under restorationGrantham Canal 33 mi 53 km 18 75 14 EM 1797 1936 Under restorationGrosvenor Canal 0 8 mi 1 km 1 1825 1858 1925 Abandoned majority of the route now lostHackney Canal 0 6 mi 1 km 1 1843 1928 Abandoned majority of the route now lostHatherton Canal 4 4 mi 6 km 8 70 7 NM 1860 1955 Under restoration but part of original route unsuitable for reopening so will be diverted Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal 34 mi 55 km 22 70 7 W 1798 1845 1881 Under restorationHertford Union Canal 2 1 3 mi 2 km 3 78 14 5 SE 1830 Fully navigableHollinwood Branch Canal 4 5 mi 7 km 4 70 7 NW 1792 1932 Under restorationHollingwood Common Canal 2 mi 3 km 0 AbandonedHorncastle Canal 11 mi 18 km 12 1802 1889 Abandoned line of canal in waterHuddersfield Broad Canal 3 8 mi 6 km 9 57 5 14 17 NE 1780 Fully navigableHuddersfield Narrow Canal 19 9 mi 32 km 74 70 7 NE 1811 Fully navigableIpswich and Stowmarket Navigation 15 9 mi 26 km 15 55 14 EA 1793 1934 Under restorationIslington Branch Canal 0 6 mi 1 km 0 NW 1801 1952 AbandonedItchen Navigation 10 mi 16 km 17 1710 1869 Under restorationKennet and Avon Canal 86 5 mi 139 km 105 70 12 5 SW 1727 1810 1950 8 Fully navigable restored and reopened 1990Kensington Canal 1 75 mi 3 km 1 1828 1859 1967 Abandoned route now lostKetley Canal 1 5 mi 2 km 1 5 1788 1880 Abandoned majority of the route now lost some short sections in waterLancaster Canal 60 9 mi 98 km 14 72 14 5 NW 1797 1825 1955 2002 part Under ongoing restorationLeeds and Liverpool Canal 142 6 mi 229 km 105 62 9 14 NE NW 1816 Fully navigableLeicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal 2 48 mi 77 km 22 72 13 EM 1807 Fully navigable part of Grand Union CanalLeominster Canal 18 mi 29 km 16 1794 1858 Abandoned majority of the route now lostLeven Canal 3 25 mi 5 km 1 1805 1935 Abandoned line of canal in waterLichfield Canal 4 7 mi 11 km 30 70 7 M 1797 1955 Under restorationLimehouse Cut 2 mi 3 km 0 88 19 SE 1766 10 Fully navigableLiskeard and Looe Union Canal 6 mi 10 km 25 1828 1910 Abandoned majority of the route now lost some small sections in waterLlangollen Canal 46 3 mi 75 km 21 70 6 83 W 1808 Fully navigableLouth Navigation 11 8 mi 19 km 8 72 15 NE 1770 1924 Abandoned line of canal in waterLydney Canal 1 mi 2 km 1 100 24 SW 1821 1977 2005 part Under restorationMacclesfield Canal 26 3 mi 42 km 13 70 7 NW 1831 Fully navigableManchester Bolton amp Bury Canal 12 9 mi 21 km 17 68 14 17 NW 1797 1808 1941 1961 Under restorationManchester Ship Canal 37 4 mi 60 km 5 600 65 NW 1894 Fully navigableMarket Weighton Canal 9 5 mi 15 km 1 70 14 83 NE 1782 1971 11 Part navigable remainder of route a mix of in water but unnavigable and route lostMelton Mowbray Navigation 11 mi 18 km 12 EM 1797 1877 Under restorationMiddle Level Navigations 90 mi 145 km 7 80 11 E 1608 1832 Fully navigableMontgomery Canal 33 mi 53 km 24 70 6 83 W 1821 1944 1996 part Under restorationNewcastle under Lyme Canal 3 75 mi 6 km 0 1800 1935 Abandoned majority of the route now lostNewcastle under Lyme Junction Canal 1 mi 2 km 0 Abandoned majority of the route now lostNew Junction Canal 5 5 mi 9 km 1 215 22 5 NE 1905 Fully navigableNewport Pagnell Canal 1 25 mi 2 km 7 1817 1864 Abandoned majority of the route now lostNorth Walsham amp Dilham Canal 7 3 mi 12 km 6 50 12 33 EA 1826 1927 part Part navigable remainder of route in water but unnavigableNottingham Canal 14 7 mi 24 km 12 18 81 14 5 NE 1796 1937 part Part navigable remainder of route partly in water but unnavigable partly lostNutbrook Canal 4 5 mi 7 km 13 1796 1895 Abandoned majority of the route now lost some small sections in waterOakham Canal 15 5 mi 25 km 18 1802 1847 Abandoned majority of the route now lost some small sections in waterOuse Navigation 22 mi 35 km 19 1812 1950 Fully navigableOxford Canal 78 mi 126 km 43 70 6 83 M 1774 1790 Fully navigablePar Canal 2 25 mi 4 km 3 1847 1873Parnall s Canal 0 5 mi 1 km 0 1720 1732Peak Forest Canal 14 8 mi 24 km 16 70 7 NW 1805 1960 Fully navigable restored 1974Petworth Canal 1 25 mi 2 km 2 1795 1826 Abandoned majority of the route now lost some small sections in waterPidcock s Canal 1 5 mi 2 km 3 1789 1845 Abandoned line of canal in waterPocklington Canal 9 5 mi 15 km 9 57 14 25 NE 1818 1932 Under restoration largely navigablePortsmouth and Arundel Canal 28 mi 45 km 6 1823 1847 1926 Abandoned majority of the route now lostRegent s Canal 2 8 6 mi 14 km 13 72 14 5 SE 1820 Fully navigableRibble Link 3 mi 5 km 9 62 10 5 NW 2002 Fully navigableRipon Canal 2 5 mi 4 km 3 57 14 25 NE 1773 1906 Fully navigable restored 1996River Soar Navigation 2 21 9 mi 35 km 18 72 13 EM 1794 Fully navigableRiver Lee Navigation 13 29 1 mi 47 km 22 85 16 SE 1577 1769 Fully navigableRochdale Canal 32 mi 51 km 91 74 14 17 NW 1800 Fully navigable bar some branches Rolle Canal 14 6 mi 10 km 2 15 1827 1871 Under restorationRoyal Military Canal 19 mi 31 km 0 SE 1804 Fully navigableSt Columb Canal 13 mi 21 km Salisbury and Southampton Canal 13 mi 21 km 16 16 1802 1808Sankey Canal 15 2 mi 24 km 11 72 13 83 NW 1757 1963Selby Canal 6 mi 10 km 2 78 5 16 5 NE 1776Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation 17 28 mi 45 km 24 61 5 15 25 NE 1802Shrewsbury Canal 25 mi 40 km 34 81 7 W 1797 1944Shropshire Canal 10 5 mi 17 km 3 5 1791 1912Shropshire Union Canal 76 5 mi 123 km 51 72 18 7 19 NM 1835Sir John Glynne s Canal 1 mi 2 km 1768 1779Sir Nigel Gresley s Canal 3 mi 5 km 0 1776 1857Sleaford Navigation 12 5 mi 20 km 7 70 15 NE 1794 1940Somerset Coal Canal 18 mi 29 km SW 1802 1898 20 1986 part 21 Southwick Ship Canal 1 75 mi 2 8 km 1 240 40 SE 1855Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal 46 1 mi 74 km 43 70 7 NM 1772Stamford Canal 6 5 mi 10 km 10 1670 1863Stainforth and Keadby Canal 14 9 mi 24 km 3 61 67 17 NE 1802Stockport Branch Canal 4 9 mi 8 km 0 NW 1797 1962Stort Navigation 13 8 mi 22 km 15 86 13 25 SE 1769Stourbridge Canal 7 8 mi 13 km 21 70 7 M 1779Stover Canal 1 7 mi 3 km 5 1792 1943Stratford upon Avon Canal 25 5 mi 41 km 56 70 7 M 1802 1816Stroudwater Navigation 8 mi 13 km 13 70 15 5 SW 1779Tame Valley Canal 4 8 5 mi 14 km 13 72 7 M 1844Tavistock Canal 4 mi 6 km 2 5 1803 1873Thames and Medway Canal 22 6 5 mi 10 km 1 24 5 6 5 SE 1824 1935Thames and Severn Canal 28 8 mi 46 km 44 74 12 75 SW 1789 1933Titchfield CanalTremadoc Canal 1 5 mi 2 km 0 1815 1840Trent and Mersey Canal 93 4 mi 150 km 76 72 7 23 NE 1777Ulverston Canal 1 5 mi 2 km 1 112 65 24 NW 1796 1944Uttoxeter Canal 13 mi 21 km 19 NM 1811 1849 2005 part Walsall Canal 4 9 6 mi 15 km 16 72 7 M 1785 1841Wardle Canal 0 1 mi 0 2 km 1 NM 1829Warwick and Napton Canal 2 14 2 mi 23 km 25 72 7 25 M 1794Warwick and Birmingham Canal 2 24 3 mi 39 km 28 70 7 25 M 1794Wednesbury Old Canal 4 4 4 mi 7 km 3 70 7 M 1769 1955 part Westport Canal 3 3 mi 5 km 1 1840 1875Wey and Arun Junction Canal 26 23 mi 37 km 26 68 11 5 S 1816 1871 in progress 27 Wey and Godalming Navigations 19 5 mi 31 km 16 72 13 83 S 1651 1760Wilts and Berks Canal 52 5 mi 84 km 42 72 7 SW 1810 1914 1995 part Wombridge Canal 1 75 mi 3 km 1 5 1788 1921Worcester and Birmingham Canal 30 mi 48 km 58 71 5 7 M 1815Wyrley and Essington Canal 4 23 5 mi 38 km 39 70 7 M 1797 1900 part Canals in Northern Ireland edit nbsp Lagan Navigational Canal disused at Broadwater near Aghalee Canal Length miles Locks Year opened Year abandoned Year restoredBroharris Canal 2 1820Coalisland Canal 28 7 2 7 1787 1954Dukart s Canal 3 5 1777 1787Lagan Canal 27 27 1802 1958Newry Canal 21 12 1742 1938Shannon Erne Waterway 29 39 16 1780 1948 1994Strabane Canal 4 2 1792 1962Ulster Canal 46 26 1842 1931Canals in Scotland editCanal Length miles Locks Max boat length ft Width ft Year opened Year abandoned Year restoredAberdeenshire Canal 18 18 1805 1854Buchan CanalCaledonian Canal 62 29 150 35 1822Carlingwark Lane Canal 1 5 0 1765 1840Crinan Canal 9 15 86 75 19 65 1817Dingwall Canal 1 1 0 1816 1840Forth and Clyde Canal 35 38 68 58 19 75 1790 1963 2002Glasgow Paisley and Johnstone Canal 11 0 1811 1881Inchfad Canal 0 25 0 19th centuryInverarnan Canal 0 33 0 1844 c 1870Monkland Canal 12 25 18 30 71 14 1794 1942Stevenston Canal 2 25 0 13 1772 1830Union Canal 31 31 5 3 32 63 12 5 1822 1930 2000Canals in Wales editCanal Length miles Locks Max boat length ft Width ft Year opened Year abandoned Year restoredAberdare Canal 6 75 2 1812 1900Cyfarthfa Canal 2 1770s 1830sGlamorganshire Canal 25 52 1798 1898 1942Glan y wern Canal c 1 5 by 1790 c 1810Kidwelly and Llanelly Canal 18 8 33 1768 1837 1865Llangollen Canal 46 3 21 70 6 83 1808Monmouthshire Brecon and Abergavenny Canal 35 48 63 9 17 1796 1962 1970Montgomery Canal 33 24 70 6 83 1821 1944 1996 part Neath and Tennant Canal 21 5 21 60 9 1795 1824 1934 1990 part Swansea Canal 16 5 36 65 7 5 1798 1931Proposed canal routes editActive projects edit Bedford and Milton Keynes Waterway Connection from Grand Union Canal at Milton Keynes to the River Great Ouse near Bedford This link will finally enable broad beam boats to travel from the north to the south of the inland waterway network 34 Fens Waterways Link The Fens Waterways Link comprises several new waterways and improvements to current routes It will create new circular routes and in conjunction with the Milton Keynes and Bedford Waterway it will be connected to the rest of the country s waterways via the Great Ouse 35 Maidenhead Waterways Making the York Stream and other parts of the Maidenhead Waterways fully navigable for boats and linking to other nearby canals and navigable rivers 36 Proposals edit Grand Union Canal Slough Branch Extending Slough Arm of the Grand Union Canal south to join the River Thames 37 Rother Link Planned canal which would connect the Chesterfield Canal at Killamarsh via the River Rother through to the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation thus creating a new cruising ring and encouraging boats to visit the Chesterfield Canal Upper Avon Extension Warwick This proposed connection from River Avon to Grand Union Canal via Warwick is subject to some landowner opposition 38 Foxton Inclined Plane Restoration of the wide beam Foxton Inclined Plane accompanied by a solution to bypass Watford Locks would allow wide beam boats to traverse the Leicester Line of the Grand Union Canal 39 Former proposals edit Grand Contour Canal First proposed in 1943 was intended to connect the major industrial centres of London Bristol Southampton Coventry Birmingham Nottingham Derby Chester Manchester Blackburn Bradford Hartlepool and Newcastle 40 London to Portsmouth canal Also known as the Grand Southern Canal and proposed on several occasions this route would utilise existing canals and rivers with new links constructed to provide an overland route between the cities of London and Portsmouth removing the need to enter the English Channel 40 Berks amp Hants Canal a proposed link from the terminus of the Basingstoke Canal at Basingstoke to the Kennet and Avon Canal rejected twice by Parliament after landowner opposition 40 Polbrock Canal approved by Parliament in the 1790s this link between the north and south coasts of Cornwall would have joined the River Camel with the Fowey at Bodmin 40 See also edit nbsp United Kingdom portal nbsp Transport portalList of canal tunnels in the United Kingdom Waterway restoration in the United Kingdom List of rivers in the United KingdomReferences edit M midlands EA East Anglia NE North East etc a b c d e f g h i j now part of the Grand Union Canal Main line incl old main line and branches a b c d e f g h i part of Birmingham Canal Navigations a b c d e f g inclined planes South Yorkshire Total holdings 1929 never officially closed but unusable till reopened 72 from Liverpool to Wigan incl Leigh branch connection to Limehouse Basin 1968 but passage still possible only 1 1m remains open making 3 7m total including the Beeston cut includes Bow Back rivers Also known as the Torrington Canal included an inclined plane only part of this was built the river section from Bramwith to Rotherham takes boats 229 8 long and 20 wide The Middlewich branch is 70 The old Chester canal from Nantwich to Ellesmere Port is 9 The Radstock arm closed in 1898 About 0 5m only for moorings on the Kennet and Avon canal also known as the Gravesend and Rochester Canal Preston brook to Croxton Aqueduct is 9 wide Priestley Joseph 2 February 2024 Historical Account of the Navigable Rivers Canals and Railways of Great Britain a b Increased to 13 in 1933 includes Arun Navigation About the Wey and Arun Canal Wey and Arun Canal Trust also known as Tyrone Navigation Originally the Ballyconnell and Ballinamore Canals an inclined plane was later used originally known as Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal includes the Falkirk Wheel includes 3 inclined planes Bedford amp Milton Keynes Waterway Bedford amp Milton Keynes Waterway Trust Retrieved 23 September 2007 The Fens Waterways Link Environment Agency Waterways Team Retrieved 23 September 2007 The Maidenhead River Project Maidenhead Waterways Restoration Group Retrieved 23 September 2007 IWAAC Inland Waterway review 2006 PDF Inland Waterways Amenity Advisory Council Archived from the original pdf on 22 July 2007 Retrieved 23 September 2007 Upper Avon Extension Proposed Inland Waterways Association Archived from the original on 2 May 2007 Retrieved 23 September 2007 Ludgate Martin 9 April 2014 Far and wide Canal Boat Retrieved 3 February 2023 a b c d Waterfront Canal amp River Trust Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of canals in the United Kingdom amp oldid 1202499180, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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