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Name | County | Length | Locks | Max Size | Width | Where | Open | Abandoned | Restored |
Aire and Calder Navigation | 34 mi (55 km) | 12 | 200 | 20 | NE | 1704 | |||
Andover Canal | 22 mi (35 km) | 24 | 65 | 8.5 | S | 1794 | 1859 | ||
Andover Canal | Hampshire | 22 | 24 | 1794 | 1859 | ||||
Arbury Canals | Warwickshire | 6 | 13 | 1786 | 1819, 1973 | ||||
Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal | 22 mi (35 km) | 0 | 72 | 7 | M | 1804 | 1918, 1966 | ||
Ashton Canal | 6 mi (10 km) | 18 | 70 | 7 | NW | 1796 | 1961 | 1974 | |
Barnsley Canal | 14.5 mi (23 km) | 15 | 84 | 14 | NW | 1799 | 1893, 1946 | in process | |
Basingstoke Canal | 32 mi (51 km) | 29 | 68 | 13 | S | 1794 | 1910 | 1991 | |
Baybridge Canal | Sussex | 3.5 | 2 | 1826 | 1875 | ||||
Beaumont Cut | Essex | 0.6 | 0 | 1832 | 1932 | ||||
Bentley Canal | Warwickshire | 3.4 | 10 | 1845 | 1953 | ||||
Beverley Beck | 0.5 mi (1 km) | 1 | 65 | 17.5 | NE | 1744 | |||
Birmingham and Fazeley Canal[4] | 20.5 mi (33 km) | 44 | 70 | 7 | M | 1789 | |||
Birmingham and Warwick Junction Canal[2] | 2.5 mi (4 km) | 6 | 70 | 7 | M | 1844 | |||
Birmingham Canal Navigations[3] | 29.8 mi (48 km) | 34 | 70 | 7 | M | 1772–1794 | |||
Black Bear Canal | Cheshire | 8 | 1804 | 1965 | |||||
Blyth Navigation | 7 mi (11 km) | 6 | 50 | 14 | EA | 1761 | 1911 | ||
Bradford Canal | West Yorkshire | 3.5 | 10 | 1774 | 1922 | ||||
Bridgewater Canal | 40 mi (64 km) | 0 | 72 | 14.75 | NW | 1761 | |||
Bridgwater and Taunton Canal, Somerset | 14.5 mi (23 km) | 6 | 50 | 9.83 | SW | 1827 | 1907 | 1994 | |
Bude Canal | 35 mi (56 km) | 2 | 20 | 5.5 | SW | 1823 | 1891 | ||
Caistor Canal | 4 mi (6 km) | 6 | 61.5 | 15.25 | N | 1793 | 1855 | ||
Caistor Canal | Lincolnshire | 4 | 5 | 1800 | 1936 | ||||
Calder and Hebble Navigation | 21.5 mi (35 km) | 38 | 55 | 14 | NE | 1794 | |||
Caldon Canal | 18 mi (29 km) | 17 | 72 | 7 | NM | 1779 | |||
Cann Quarry Canal | Devon | 2 | 1825 | 1839 | |||||
Car Dyke | Lincolnshire | 85 | 0 | 120 (appr) | 1200 (appr) | ||||
Chard Canal | Somerset | 13.5 | 4 | 1842 | 1868 | ||||
Charnwood Forest Canal | Leicestershire | 6 | 1794 | 1808 | |||||
Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation | 13.8 mi (22 km) | 13 | 60 | 16 | EA | 1797 | |||
Chesterfield Canal | 45.5 mi (73 km), now 31.5 mi (51 km) | 62 | 72 | 7 | NE | 1777 | 1907 (part) | ||
Chichester Canal | 4.5 mi (7 km) | 3 | 85 | 18 | S | 1822 | 1906 | ||
Cinderford Canal | Gloucestershire | 1.25 | 0 | 1797 | 1810 ? | ||||
City Canal | London | 1 | 2 | 1805 | 1829 | ||||
Coombe Hill Canal | Gloucestershire | 2.75 | 1 | 1796 | 1876 | ||||
Coventry Canal | 32.7 mi (53 km) | 13 | 72 | 7 | M | 1769, 1788 | |||
Cromford Canal | Derbyshire | 14.5 | 14 | 1794 | 1900 | ||||
Croydon Canal | London | 9.25 | 28 | 1809 | 1836 | ||||
Dearne and Dove Canal[6] | 9.8 mi (16 km) | 19 | 58 | 14.83 | NE | 1804 | 1961 | ||
Derby and Sandiacre Canal | 14.5 mi (23 km) | 9 | 72 | 14 | NE | 1793 | 1964 | ||
Derby Canal | 14 mi (23 km) | 17 | 72 | 14 | NE | 1796 | |||
Digbeth Branch Canal[4] | 1.25 mi (2.0 km) | 6 | 72 | 7 | M | 1799 | |||
Donnington Wood Canal | Shropshire | 5.5 | 1767 | 1904 | |||||
Driffield Navigation, East Yorkshire | 11 mi (18 km) | 6 | 61 | 14.5 | NE | 1767 | 1955 (part) | ||
Droitwich Canal | 7.3 mi (12 km) | 15 | 71.5 | 7.08 | M | 1771, 1854 | 1939 | 2011 | |
Dudley Canal[4] | 10.3 mi (17 km) | M | 1770, 1792 | 1948 | 1973 (part) | ||||
Eardington Forge Canal | Shropshire | 0.5 | 1 | 1782 | 1889 | ||||
Erewash Canal[2] | 11.8 mi (19 km) | 14 | 78 | 12.5 | NE | 1779 | 1962 (part) | ||
Exeter Canal | 5.2 mi (8 km) | 2 | 122 | 26.25 | SW | 1563 | |||
Fairbottom Branch Canal | 1 mi (2 km) | 0 | NW | 1792 | 1932 | ||||
Fletcher's Canal | Gtr Manchester | 1.5 | 2 | 1800 | 1952 | ||||
Foss Dyke | 11.3 mi (18 km) | 1 | 74.5 | 15.17 | E | 1121 | |||
Galton's Canal | Somerset | 1.4 | 1 | 1822 | 1897 | ||||
Glastonbury Canal | Somerset | 14 | 2 | 1834 | 1854 | ||||
Gloucester and Sharpness Canal | 16.5 mi (27 km) | 2 | 240 | 30 | SW | 1826 | |||
Grand Junction Canal[2] | 129.4 mi (208 km) | 90 | 72 | 14.7 | M | 1800, 1805 | |||
Grand Surrey Canal | London | 4 | 1 | 1810 | 1940 | ||||
Grand Union Canal (old)[2] | 24.3 mi (39 km) | 17 | 72 | 7 | EM | 1814 | |||
Grand Union Canal[7] | 286.3 mi (461 km) | 236 | 72 | 14 | M | 1927 | |||
Grand Western Canal | 10.5 mi (17 km) | 0 | SW | 1838 | |||||
Grantham Canal | 33 mi (53 km) | 18 | 75 | 14 | EM | 1797 | 1936 | ||
Grosvenor Canal | London | 0.8 | 1 | 1825 | 1858, 1925 | ||||
Hackney Canal | Devon | 0.6 | 1 | 1843 | 1928 | ||||
Hatherton Canal[4] | 4 mi (6 km) | 8 | 70 | 7 | NM | 1860 | 1955 | ||
Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal | 34 mi (55 km) | 22 | 70 | 7 | W | 1798, 1845 | 1881 | ||
Hertford Union Canal[2] | 1.3 mi (2 km) | 3 | 78 | 14.5 | SE | 1830 | |||
Hollingwood Common Canal | Derbyshire | 2 | 0 | ? | ? | ||||
Hollinwood Branch Canal | 4.5 mi (7 km) | 4 | 70 | 7 | NW | 1792 | 1932 | ||
Horncastle Canal | Lincolnshire | 11 | 12 | 1802 | 1889 | ||||
Huddersfield Broad Canal | 3.8 mi (6 km) | 9 | 57.5 | 14.17 | NE | 1780 | |||
Huddersfield Narrow Canal | 19.9 mi (32 km) | 74 | 70 | 7 | NE | 1811 | |||
Ipswich and Stowmarket Navigation | 15.9 mi (26 km) | 15 | 55 | 14 | EA | 1793 | 1934 | ||
Islington Branch Canal | 0.6 mi (1 km) | 0 | NW | 1801 | 1952 | ||||
Itchen Navigation | Hampshire | 10 | 17 | 1710 | 1869 | ||||
Kennet and Avon Canal | 86.5 mi (139 km) | 105 | 70 | 12.5 | SW | 1727, 1810 | -1950 | 1990 | |
Kensington Canal | London | 1.75 | 1 | 1828 | 1859, 1967 | ||||
Ketley Canal | East Shropshire | 1.5 | 1 | 1788 | 1880 | ||||
Lancaster Canal | 60.9 mi (98 km) | 14 | 72 | 14.5 | NW | 1797, 1825 | 1955 | 2002 (part) | |
Leeds and Liverpool Canal | 142.6 mi (229 km) | 105 | 62 | 14 | NE, NW | 1816 | |||
Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal[2] | 48 mi (77 km) | 22 | 72 | 13 | EM | 1807 | |||
Leominster Canal | Herefordshire | 18 | 16 | 1794 | 1858 | ||||
Leven Canal | Yorkshire | 3.25 | 1 | 1805 | 1935 | ||||
Lichfield Canal[4] | 7 mi (11 km) | 30 | 70 | 7 | M | 1797 | 1955 | ||
Limehouse Cut | 2 mi (3 km) | 0 | 88 | 19 | SE | 1766 | |||
Liskeard and Looe Union Canal | Cornwall | 6 | 25 | 1828 | 1910 | ||||
Llangollen Canal | 46.3 mi (75 km) | 21 | 70’ | 6.83 | W | 1808 | |||
Louth Navigation | 11.8 mi (19 km) | 8 | 72 | 15 | NE | 1770 | 1924 | ||
Lydney Canal | 1 mi (2 km) | 1 | 100 | 24 | SW | 1821 | 1977 | 2005 (part) | |
Macclesfield Canal | 26.3 mi (42 km) | 13 | 70 | 7 | NW | 1831 | |||
Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal | 12.9 mi (21 km) | 17 | 68 | 14.17 | NW | 1797, 1808 | 1941, 1961 | ||
Manchester Ship Canal | 37.4 mi (60 km) | 5 | 600 | 65 | NW | 1894 | |||
Market Weighton Canal | 9.5 mi (15 km) | 1 | 70 | 14.83 | NE | 1782 | 1971 | ||
Melton Mowbray Navigation | 11 mi (18 km) | 12 | EM | 1797 | 1877 | ||||
Middle Level Navigations | 90 mi (145 km) | 7 | 80 | 11 | E | 1608–1832 | |||
Montgomery Canal | 33 mi (53 km) | 24 | 70 | 6.83 | W | 1821 | 1944 | 1996 (part) | |
New Junction Canal | 5.5 mi (9 km) | 1 | 215 | 22.5 | NE | 1905 | |||
Newcastle-under-Lyme Canal | Staffordshire | 3.75 | 0 | 1800 | 1935 | ||||
Newport Pagnell Canal | Buckinghamshire | 1.25 | 7 | 1817 | 1864 | ||||
North Walsham & Dilham Canal | 7.3 mi (12 km) | 4 | 50 | 12.33 | EA | 1826 | 1927 (part) | ||
Nottingham Canal | 14.7 mi (24 km) | 18 | 81 | 14.5 | NE | 1796 | 1937 (part) | ||
Nutbrook Canal | Derbyshire | 4.5 | 13 | 1796 | 1895 | ||||
Oakham Canal | Leicestershire | 15.5 | 18 | 1802 | 1847 | ||||
Ouse Navigation | Sussex | 22 | 19 | 1812 | 1950 | ||||
Oxford Canal | 78 mi (126 km) | 43 | 70 | 6.83 | M | 1774, 1790 | |||
Par Canal | Cornwall | 2.25 | 3 | 1847 | 1873 | ||||
Parnall's Canal | Cornwall | 0.5 | 0 | 1720 | 1732 | ||||
Peak Forest Canal | 14.8 mi (24 km) | 16 | 70 | 7 | NW | 1805 | 1960 | 1974 | |
Petworth Canal | Sussex | 1.25 | 2 | 1795 | 1826 | ||||
Pidcock's Canal | Gloucestershire | 1.5 | 3 | 1789 | 1845 | ||||
Pocklington Canal | 9.5 mi (15 km) | 9 | 57 | 14.25 | NE | 1818 | 1932 | ||
Portsmouth and Arundel Canal | Hampshire, Sussex | 28 | 6 | 1823 | 1926 | ||||
Regent's Canal[2] | 8.6 mi (14 km) | 13 | 72 | 14.5 | SE | 1820 | |||
Ribble Link | 3 mi (5 km) | 9 | 62 | 10.5 | NW | 2002 | |||
Ripon Canal | 2.5 mi (4 km) | 3 | 57 | 14.25 | NE | 1773 | 1906 | 1996 | |
River Lee Navigation[13] | 29.1 mi (47 km) | 22 | 85 | 16 | SE | 1577, 1769 | |||
River Soar Navigation[2] | 21.9 mi (35 km) | 18 | 72 | 13 | EM | 1794 | |||
Rochdale Canal | 32 mi (51 km) | 91 | 74 | 14.17 | NW | 1800 | |||
Rolle Canal[30] | Devon | 6 | 2 | 1827 | 1871 | ||||
Royal Military Canal | 19 mi (31 km) | 0 | SE | 1804 | |||||
Salisbury and Southampton Canal | Hampshire | 13 | 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[14] | 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 | Shropshire | 10.5 | 3 | 1791 | 1912 | ||||
Shropshire Union Canal | 76.5 mi (123 km) | 51 | 72 | 7 | NM | 1835 | |||
Sir John Glynne's Canal | Flintshire | 1 | 1768 | 1779 | |||||
Sir Nigel Gresley's Canal | Staffordshire | 3 | 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 | 1986 (part) | ||||
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 | |||
Stainforth and Keadby Canal | 14.9 mi (24 km) | 3 | 61.67 | 17 | NE | 1802 | |||
Stamford Canal | Lincolnshire | 6.5 | 10 | 1670 | 1863 | ||||
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 | Devon | 1.7 | 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 | Devon | 4 | 2 | 1803 | 1873 | ||||
Thames and Medway Canal[19] | 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 | Hampshire | ||||||||
Tremadoc Canal | Merionethshire | 1.5 | 0 | 1815 | 1840 | ||||
Trent and Mersey Canal | 93.4 mi (150 km) | 76 | 72 | 7 | NE | 1777 | |||
Ulverston Canal | Cumbria | 1.5 | 1 | 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 Birmingham Canal[2] | 24.3 mi (39 km) | 28 | 70 | 7 | M | 1794 | |||
Warwick and Napton Canal[2] | 14.2 mi (23 km) | 25 | 72 | 7 | M | 1794 | |||
Wednesbury Old Canal[4] | 4.4 mi (7 km) | 3 | 70 | 7 | M | 1769 | 1955 (part) | ||
Westport Canal | Somerset | 3.3 | 1 | 1840 | 1875 | ||||
Wey and Arun Junction Canal[22] | 23 mi (37 km) | 26 | 68 | 11.5 | S | 1816 | 1871 | in progress | |
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 | East Shropshire | 1.75 | 1 | 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) |
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