List of canal tunnels in the United Kingdom

This is a list of canal tunnels in the United Kingdom.

Listed by name Tunnel Canal Length Designer Coordinates Notes Image Ashford TunnelMonmouthshire and Brecon CanalThomas DadfordBrecknockshire/Powys Tunnel narrows considerably between northern and southern portals due to repairs to its fabric but is nevertheless navigable by a narrowboat with relative ease.Ashperton TunnelHerefordshire and Gloucestershire CanalAylestone TunnelHerefordshire and Gloucestershire CanalBerwick TunnelShrewsbury CanalJosiah ClowesClaimed to be the first canal tunnel with a towpath throughout.Blisworth TunnelGrand Union CanalNorthamptonshireBranwood TunnelStratford-upon-Avon CanalBraunston TunnelGrand Union CanalJessop & BarnesNorthamptonshireBruce TunnelKennet and Avon CanalButterley TunnelCromford CanalDerbyshireChirk TunnelLlangollen CanalNear ChirkCookley TunnelStaffordshire & Worcestershire CanalDrakeholes TunnelChesterfield CanalDudley TunnelBirmingham Canal NavigationsPart of Dudley Canal Line No 1Dunsley TunnelStaffordshire & Worcestershire CanalEdgbaston TunnelWorcester and Birmingham CanalFoulridge TunnelLeeds and Liverpool CanalRobert Whitworth/Samuel FletcherAlso known as the Mile TunnelGosty Hill TunnelBirmingham Canal NavigationsPart of Dudley Canal Line No 2Greywell TunnelBasingstoke CanalClosed to traffic following cave-in. Now home to Europe's largest bat colony. Hardham TunnelArun NavigationClosed since 1888; blocked in 1895 by LBSCR under Mid Sussex Line and Midhurst-Pulborough Line.Harecastle TunnelTrent & Mersey CanalJames Brindley/Thomas TelfordStaffordshire. Comprises parallel "Brindley" and "Telford" tunnels. (The length stated is for the Telford tunnel.) Hincaster TunnelLancaster CanalThomas FletcherOpened in 1819. Commercial traffic on the Lancaster Canal ceased north of Lancaster in 1944 and this part of the canal was officially closed following the Transport Act, 1955.Lapal TunnelBirmingham Canal NavigationsPart of Dudley Canal Line No 2 (disused—closed 1907)Lord Ward's TunnelBirmingham Canal NavigationsIn the Dudley Tunnel complexNetherton TunnelBirmingham Canal NavigationsNewbold TunnelOxford CanalNewnham TunnelLeominster CanalWorcestershireNorwood TunnelChesterfield CanalJames BrindleyDerbyshire to South Yorkshire. Closed with plans for partial restoration of eastern end.Oxenhall TunnelHerefordshire and Gloucestershire CanalPensax TunnelLeominster Canal Worcestershire Abandoned during construction.Putnall TunnelLeominster Canal HerefordshireSapperton Canal TunnelThames and Severn CanalJosiah ClowesGloucestershireScout TunnelHuddersfield Narrow CanalUnlined, rock tunnelShortwood TunnelWorcester and Birmingham CanalSouthnett TunnelLeominster Canal HerefordshireStandedge TunnelsHuddersfield Narrow CanalWest Yorkshire to Greater ManchesterStrood TunnelThames and Medway CanalRalph WalkerKentTardebigge TunnelWorcester and Birmingham CanalWast Hill TunnelWorcester and Birmingham CanalWest Midlands (county) to Worcestershire

Navigable adits and mine levels An adit is a horizontal entrance to a mine: Tunnel Canal Length Designer Coordinates Notes Image Hollingwood Common TunnelChesterfield CanalWorsley Navigable LevelsBridgewater CanalGreater Manchester

Listed by canal Grand Union Canal Blisworth Tunnel, Northamptonshire Braunston Tunnel, Northamptonshire Crick Tunnel, Northamptonshire Husbands Bosworth Tunnel, Leicestershire Saddington Tunnel, Leicestershire Shrewley Tunnel, Warwickshire

Peak Forest Canal Hyde Bank Tunnel Woodley Tunnel

Regent's Canal Islington Tunnel Lisson Grove Tunnel Maida Hill Tunnel

Union Canal (Scotland) Falkirk Tunnel, Falkirk Roughcastle Tunnel, Falkirk. Part of the Falkirk Wheel complex; leads to Locks 1 & 2 and South Basin

List of canal tunnels in the United Kingdom

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