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All 161 Canal and Waterways of England If you go to this list on Wikipedia you can then click on Wikipedia page for all these Canals for more Information

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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