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).

Canals in England Canal Length Locks Max boatlength (ft) Width (ft) WhereM=midlands, EA=East Anglia, NE=North-East etc. Year opened Year abandoned Navigable statusAire and Calder Navigation 12 200 20 NE 1704 Fully navigableAndover Canal 24 65 8.5 S 1794 1859 Abandoned - majority of the route now lost, some small sections in waterArbury Canals 13 1786 1819, 1973Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal 0 72 7 M 1804 Under restoration - part open, part under restorationAshton Canal 18 70 7 NW 1796 1961 Fully navigable - restored 1974Barnsley Canal 15 84 14 NW 1799 Abandoned - restoration plans on hiatusBasingstoke Canal 29 68 13 S 1794 1910 Part navigable - Restored 1991, remainder of route lostBaybridge Canal 2 1826 1875Beaumont Cut 0 1832 1932 Abandoned - line of canal in waterBentley Canal 10 1845 1953 Abandoned - majority of the route now lost, stub in Wednesfield used for mooringBeverley Beck 1 65 17.5 NE 1744 Fully navigableBirmingham and Warwick Junction Canal 6 70 7 M 1844 Fully navigableBirmingham Canal NavigationsMain line, incl old main line and branches 34 70 7 M Birmingham and Fazeley Canalpart of Birmingham Canal Navigations 44 70 7 M 1789 Fully navigableBlack Bear Canal 1804 1965 Abandoned - majority of the route now lost, some small sections in waterBlyth Navigation 6 50 14 EA 1761 1911 Abandoned - line of canal in waterBradford Canal 10 1774 1922 Abandoned - restoration being investigatedBridgewater Canal 0 72 14.75 NW 1761 Fully navigable bar short missing section at junction with Manchester Ship CanalBridgwater and Taunton Canal, Somerset 6 50 9.83 SW 1827 1907 Fully navigable - Restored 1994Bude Canal 2inclined planes 20 5.5 SW 1823 1891 Abandoned - majority of the route now lostCaistor Canal 6 61.5 15.25 N 1793 1855 Abandoned - line of canal in waterCalder and Hebble Navigation 38 55 14 NE 1794 Fully navigableCaldon Canal 17 72 7 NM 1779 Fully navigableCann Quarry Canal 1825 1839 Abandoned - majority of the route now lostCar Dyke 0 120 (appr) 1200 (appr) Abandoned - line of canal in waterChard Canal 4 1842 1868 Abandoned - some of the line still traceableCharnwood Forest Canal 1794 1808 Abandoned - majority of the route now lostChelmer and Blackwater Navigation 13 60 16 EA 1797 Fully navigableChesterfield Canal ,now 62 72 7 NE 1777 Under restoration - Less than 9 miles (14 km) of the original route remain to be restored to link the two navigable sectionsChichester Canal 3 85 18 S 1822 1906 Part navigable - remainder of route in water but unnavigableCinderford Canal 0 1797 1810 ? Abandoned - majority of the route now lostCity Canal 2 1805 1829 Abandoned - Route has been almost completely reconstructed to form the South Dock of the West India DocksCoombe Hill Canal 1 1796 1876 Abandoned - line of canal in waterCoventry Canal 13 72 7 M Fully navigableCromford Canal 14 1794 1900 Under restorationCroydon Canal 28 SE 1809 1836 Abandoned - majority of the route now lostDearne and Dove CanalSouth Yorkshire 19 58 14.83 NE 1804 1961 Abandoned - restoration being investigatedDerby Canal 17 72 14 NE 1796 Abandoned - restoration being investigatedDerby and Sandiacre Canal 9 72 14 NE 1793 1964 Under restorationDigbeth Branch Canal 6 72 7 M 1799 Fully navigableDonnington Wood Canal 1767 1904 Abandoned - majority of the route now lostDriffield Navigation, East Yorkshire 6 61 14.5 NE 1767 Fully navigableDroitwich Canal 15 71.5 7.08 M 1939 Fully navigable - restored 2011Dudley Canal M 1948 full restoration requires diversion to avoid unrepairable tunnelEardington Forge Canal 1 1782 1889 Erewash Canal 14 78 12.5 NE 1779 Fully navigable - restored 1973Exeter Ship Canal 2 122 26.25 SW 1563 Fully navigableFairbottom Branch Canal 0 NW 1792 1932 Abandoned - majority of the route now lost, some small sections in waterFletcher's Canal 2 1800 1952 Abandoned - majority of the route now lostFoss Dyke 1 74.5 15.17 E 1121 Fully navigableGalton's Canal 1 1822 1897 Abandoned - line of canal in waterGlastonbury Canal 2 1834 1854 Abandoned - majority of the route now lost, some small sections in waterGlastonbury Canal (medieval) 0 10th C 14-16th C Abandoned - majority of the route now lostGloucester and Sharpness Canal 2 240 30 SW 1826 Fully navigableGrand Junction Canal 90 72 14.7 M Fully navigableGrand Surrey Canal 1 1810 1940 Abandoned - majority of the route now lostGrand Union CanalTotal holdings 1929 236 72 14 M 1927 Fully navigable (bar Buckingham Arm)Grand Union Canal (old) 17 72 7 EM 1814 Fully navigableGrand Western Canal 0 SW 1838 Under restorationGrantham Canal 18 75 14 EM 1797 1936 Under restorationGrosvenor Canal 1 1825 1858, 1925 Abandoned - majority of the route now lostHackney Canal 1 1843 1928 Abandoned - majority of the route now lostHatherton Canal 8 70 7 NM 1860 1955 Under restoration, but part of original route unsuitable for reopening so will be diverted.Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal 22 70 7 W 1881 Under restorationHertford Union Canal 3 78 14.5 SE 1830 Fully navigableHollinwood Branch Canal 4 70 7 NW 1792 1932 Under restorationHollingwood Common Canal 0 ? ? AbandonedHorncastle Canal 12 1802 1889 Abandoned - line of canal in waterHuddersfield Broad Canal 9 57.5 14.17 NE 1780 Fully navigableHuddersfield Narrow Canal 74 70 7 NE 1811 Fully navigableIpswich and Stowmarket Navigation 15 55 14 EA 1793 1934 Under restorationIslington Branch Canal 0 NW 1801 1952 AbandonedItchen Navigation 17 1710 1869 Under restorationKennet and Avon Canal 105 70 12.5 SW Fully navigable - restored and reopened 1990Kensington Canal 1 1828 1859, 1967 Abandoned - route now lostKetley Canal 1 1788 1880 Abandoned - majority of the route now lost, some short sections in waterLancaster Canal 14 72 14.5 NW 1955 - Under ongoing restorationLeeds and Liverpool Canal 105 6272 from Liverpool to Wigan incl Leigh branch 14 NE, NW 1816 Fully navigableLeicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal 22 72 13 EM 1807 Fully navigable - part of Grand Union CanalLeominster Canal 16 1794 1858 Abandoned - majority of the route now lostLeven Canal 1 1805 1935 Abandoned - line of canal in waterLichfield Canal 30 70 7 M 1797 1955 Under restorationLimehouse Cut 0 88 19 SE Fully navigableLiskeard and Looe Union Canal 25 1828 1910 Abandoned - majority of the route now lost, some small sections in waterLlangollen Canal 21 70’ 6.83 W 1808 Fully navigableLouth Navigation 8 72 15 NE 1770 1924 Abandoned - line of canal in waterLydney Canal 1 100 24 SW 1821 1977 - Under restorationMacclesfield Canal 13 70 7 NW 1831 Fully navigableManchester, Bolton and Bury Canal 17 68 14.17 NW Under restorationManchester Ship Canal 5 600 65 NW 1894 Fully navigableMarket Weighton Canal 1 70 14.83 NE 1782 Part navigable - remainder of route a mix of in water but unnavigable, and route lostMelton Mowbray Navigation 12 EM 1797 1877 Under restorationMiddle Level Navigations 7 80 11 E Fully navigableMontgomery Canal 24 70 6.83 W 1821 1944 - Under restorationNewcastle-under-Lyme Canal 0 1800 1935 Abandoned - majority of the route now lostNewcastle-under-Lyme Junction Canal 0 Abandoned - majority of the route now lostNew Junction Canal 1 215 22.5 NE 1905 Fully navigableNewport Pagnell Canal 7 1817 1864 Abandoned - majority of the route now lostNorth Walsham and Dilham Canal 6 50 12.33 EA 1826 Part navigable - remainder of route in water but unnavigableNottingham Canal only 1.1m remains open making 3.7m total including the Beeston cut 18 81 14.5 NE 1796 Part navigable - remainder of route partly in water but unnavigable, partly lostNutbrook Canal 13 1796 1895 Abandoned - majority of the route now lost, some small sections in waterOakham Canal 18 1802 1847 Abandoned - majority of the route now lost, some small sections in waterOuse Navigation 19 1812 1950 Fully navigableOxford Canal 43 70 6.83 M Fully navigablePar Canal 3 1847 1873Parnall's Canal 0 1720 1732Peak Forest Canal 16 70 7 NW 1805 1960 Fully navigable - restored 1974Petworth Canal 2 1795 1826 Abandoned - majority of the route now lost, some small sections in waterPidcock's Canal 3 1789 1845 Abandoned - line of canal in waterPocklington Canal 9 57 14.25 NE 1818 1932 Under restoration - largely navigablePortsmouth and Arundel Canal 6 1823 1847/1926 Abandoned - majority of the route now lostRegent's Canalnow part of the Grand Union Canal 13 72 14.5 SE 1820 Fully navigableRibble Link 9 62 10.5 NW 2002 Fully navigableRipon Canal 3 57 14.25 NE 1773 1906 Fully navigable - restored 1996River Soar Navigation 18 72 13 EM 1794 Fully navigableRiver Lee Navigationincludes Bow Back rivers 22 85 16 SE Fully navigableRiver Weaver Navigation (incl. Weston Canal) 5 196 35 NW 1732 Fully navigableRochdale Canal 91 74 14.17 NW 1800 Fully navigable (bar some branches)Rolle CanalAlso known as the Torrington Canal 2included an inclined plane 1827 1871 Under restorationRoyal Military Canal 0 SE 1804 Fully navigableRuncorn and Weston Canal 2 72 18.4 NW 1859 1939 St Columb Canal Salisbury and Southampton Canal only part of this was built 16 1802 1808Sankey Canal 11 72 13.83 NW 1757 1963 Selby Canal 2 78.5 16.5 NE 1776 Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigationthe river section from Bramwith to Rotherham takes boats 229’8" long and 20’ wide 24 61.5 15.25 NE 1802 Shrewsbury Canal 34 81 7 W 1797 1944 Shropshire Canal 3 1791 1912Shropshire Union Canal 51 72The Middlewich branch is 70’ 7The old Chester canal from Nantwich to Ellesmere Port is 9’ NM 1835 Sir John Glynne's Canal 1768 1779Sir Nigel Gresley's Canal 0 1776 1857Sleaford Navigation 7 70 15 NE 1794 1940 Somerset Coal Canal SW 1802 Southwick Ship Canal 1 240 40 SE 1855 Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal 43 70 7 NM 1772 Stamford Canal 10 1670 1863Stainforth and Keadby Canal 3 61.67 17 NE 1802 Stockport Branch Canal 0 NW 1797 1962 Stort Navigation 15 86 13.25 SE 1769 Stourbridge Canal 21 70 7 M 1779 Stover Canal 5 1792 1943Stratford-upon-Avon Canal 56 70 7 M Stroudwater Navigation 13 70 15.5 SW 1779 Tame Valley Canal 13 72 7 M 1844 Tavistock Canal 2 1803 1873Thames and Medway Canalalso known as the Gravesend and Rochester Canal 1 24.5 6.5 SE 1824 1935 Thames and Severn Canal 44 74 12.75 SW 1789 1933 Titchfield Canal Tremadoc Canal 0 1815 1840Trent and Mersey Canal 76 72 7Preston brook to Croxton Aqueduct is 9’ wide NE 1777 Ulverston Canal 1 112 65 NW 1796 1944Uttoxeter Canal 19 NM 1811 1849 Walsall Canal 16 72 7 M Wardle Canal 1 NM 1829 Warwick and Napton Canal 25 72 7Increased to 13' in 1933 M 1794 Warwick and Birmingham Canal 28 70 7 M 1794 Wednesbury Old Canal 3 70 7 M 1769 Westport Canal 1 1840 1875Wey and Arun Junction Canalincludes Arun Navigation 26 68 11.5 S 1816 1871 in progressWey and Godalming Navigations 16 72 13.83 S Wilts and Berks Canal 42 72 7 SW 1810 1914 Wombridge Canal 1 1788 1921Worcester and Birmingham Canal 58 71.5 7 M 1815 Fully navigableWyrley and Essington Canal 39 70 7 M 1797

Canals in Northern Ireland

Canal Length (miles) Locks Year opened Year abandoned Year restoredBroharris Canal2 1820 Coalisland Canalalso known as Tyrone Navigation7.2717871954Dukart's Canal 317771787Lagan Canal272718021958Newry Canal 21 12 1742 1938Shannon–Erne WaterwayOriginally the Ballyconnell and Ballinamore Canals3916178019481994Strabane Canal4 2 1792 1962Ulster Canal46 26 1842 1931

Canals in Scotland