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Canals in United Kingdom and Ireland

Canals of England

Canal Length Locks Max length (ft) Width (ft) Where Year opened Year abandoned Year restored
Aire and Calder Navigation 34 mi (55 km) 12 200 20 NE 1704
Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal 22 mi (35 km) 0 72 7 M 1804 1918, 1966 part open, part under restoration
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
Beverley Beck 0.5 mi (1 km) 1 65 17.5 NE 1744
Birmingham and Warwick Junction Canal 2.5 mi (4 km) 6 70 7 M 1844
Birmingham Canal Navigations 29.8 mi (48 km) 34 70 7 M 1772–1794
Birmingham and Fazeley Canal 20.5 mi (33 km) 44 70 7 M 1789
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
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
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)
Coventry Canal 32.7 mi (53 km) 13 72 7 M 1769, 1788
Derby Canal 14 mi (23 km) 17 72 14 NE 1796
Digbeth Branch Canal 1.25 mi (2.0 km) 6 72 7 M 1799
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 10.3 mi (17 km) M 1770, 1792 1948 1973 (part)
Erewash Canal 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
Foss Dyke 11.3 mi (18 km) 1 74.5 15.17 E 1121
Gloucester and Sharpness Canal 16.5 mi (27 km) 2 240 30 SW 1826
Grand Junction Canal 129.4 mi (208 km) 90 72 14.7 M 1800, 1805
Grand Union Canal 286.3 mi (461 km) 236 72 14 M 1927
Grand Union Canal (old) 24.3 mi (39 km) 17 72 7 EM 1814
Grand Western Canal 10.5 mi (17 km) 0 SW 1838
Hertford Union Canal 1.3 mi (2 km) 3 78 14.5 SE 1830
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
Kennet and Avon Canal 86.5 mi (139 km) 105 70 12.5 SW 1727, 1810 (1950) 1990
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 48 mi (77 km) 22 72 13 EM 1807
Limehouse Cut 2 mi (3 km) 0 88 19 SE 1766
Llangollen Canal 46.3 mi (75 km) 21 70’ 6.83 W 1808
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 Ship Canal 37.4 mi (60 km) 5 600 65 NW 1894
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
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)
Oxford Canal 78 mi (126 km) 43 70 6.83 M 1774, 1790
Peak Forest Canal 14.8 mi (24 km) 16 70 7 NW 1805 1960 1974
Regent's Canal 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 Soar Navigation 21.9 mi (35 km) 18 72 13 EM 1794
River Lee Navigation 29.1 mi (47 km) 22 85 16 SE 1577, 1769
Rochdale Canal 32 mi (51 km) 91 74 14.17 NW 1800
Royal Military Canal 19 mi (31 km) 0 SE 1804
Selby Canal 6 mi (10 km) 2 78.5 16.5 NE 1776
Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation 28 mi (45 km) 24 61.5 15.25 NE 1802
Shropshire Union Canal 76.5 mi (123 km) 51 72 7 NM 1835
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
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
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 8.5 mi (14 km) 13 72 7 M 1844
Trent and Mersey Canal 93.4 mi (150 km) 76 72 7 NE 1777
Uttoxeter Canal 13 mi (21 km) 19 NM 1811 1849 2005 (part)
Walsall Canal 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 14.2 mi (23 km) 25 72 7 M 1794
Warwick and Birmingham Canal 24.3 mi (39 km) 28 70 7 M 1794
Wednesbury Old Canal 4.4 mi (7 km) 3 70 7 M 1769 1955 (part)
Wey and Arun Junction Canal 23 mi (37 km) 26 68 11.5 S 1816 1871
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)
Worcester and Birmingham Canal 30 mi (48 km) 58 71.5 7 M 1815
Wyrley and Essington Canal 23.5 mi (38 km) 39 70 7 M 1797 1900 (part)

Canals in Wales

Canal Length (miles) Locks Max length (ft) Width (ft) Year opened Year abandoned Year restored
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)

Canals in Scotland

Canal Length (miles) Locks Max length (ft) Width (ft) Year opened Year abandoned Year restored
Caledonian Canal 62 29 150 35 1822
Crinan Canal 9 15 86.75 19.65 1817
Forth and Clyde Canal 35 38 68.58 19.75 1790 1963 2002
Inchfad Canal 0.25 0 19th century
Union Canal 31.5 3 63 12.5 1822 1930 2000

Canals of Northern Ireland

Canal Length (miles) Locks Year opened Year abandoned Year restored
Broharris Canal 2 1820
Shannon–Erne Waterway 39 16 1780 1948 1994

Canals of Republic of Ireland