Canals - Navigable
From Graces Guide
UK Canals that are listed as navigable in 2020. Does not include river navigations.
- Ashby Canal - 22 miles
- Ashton Canal - 6.7 miles and 18 locks (also two derelict branches)
- Basingstoke Canal - 32.1 and 29 locks (further parts derelict)
- Birmingham Canal - 15.4 miles with 24 locks (additional Old Main Line - 6.6 miles and 3 locks)
- Birmingham and Fazeley Canal - 15 miles with 38 locks
- Brecon and Abergavenny Canal - 33.3 miles with 6 locks
- Bridgewater Canal - 28.1 miles
- Bridgwater and Taunton Canal – 13.5 miles with 7 locks
- Caldon Canal - 17 miles with 17 locks, 3 lift bridges and 1 tunnel
- Caledonian Canal - 60 miles with 29 locks
- Chesterfield Canal - 45.5 miles and 65 locks
- Coventry Canal - 38 miles with 13 locks
- Crinan Canal - 9 miles with 15 locks and 6 swing bridges
- Droitwich Canal - 7.3 miles with 14 locks (comprises the Droitwich Junction Canal and the Droitwich Barge Canal)
- Dudley Canal - 14.1 miles with 12 locks (comprises lines 1 and 2. - further parts under restoration)
- Erewash Canal - 11.5 miles and 14 locks
- Exeter Ship Canal - 5 miles with 2 locks
- Forth and Clyde Canal – 36 miles with 35 locks
- Gloucester and Sharpness Canal – 16.5 miles with 2 locks
- Grand Union Canal - Brentford to Braunston. 98.5 miles with 70 locks. 7 additional arms totalling 46.1 miles with 38 locks (parts under restoration).
- Grand Union Canal - Braunston to Birmingham. 43.5 miles with 63 locks.
- Grand Union Canal - Leicester Line. 41.2 miles with 41 locks. 2 additional arms totalling 7.1 miles with 1 lock.
- Grand Western Canal – 11 miles
- Hertford Union Canal - 1.3 miles and 3 locks
- Huddersfield Broad Canal - 3.3 miles with 9 locks
- Huddersfield Narrow Canal - 19.3 miles and 76 locks
- Kennet and Avon Canal - 87 miles with 107 locks
- Lancaster Canal - 57 miles with 8 locks (and additional branches). (Part under restoration)
- Leeds and Liverpool Canal – 127 miles with 91 locks
- Llangollen Canal – 46 miles with 21 locks
- Macclesfield Canal – 26 miles and 13 locks
- Manchester Ship Canal – 37 miles with 5 locks
- Monmouthshire Canal - Under restoration
- Montgomery Canal – 35 miles with 25 locks (under restoration)
- New Junction Canal (now part of the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation)
- Nottingham Canal - 2.5 miles (remainder filled in)
- Oxford Canal – 75 miles with 46 locks (and additional branches)
- Peak Forest Canal – 15 miles with 16 locks (and additional branch)
- Pocklington Canal – 10 miles with 5 locks (under restoration)
- Regents Canal - 8.6 miles and 13 locks
- Ribble Link - 4 miles and 9 locks (Opened in 2002)
- Ripon Canal - 2.3 miles and 3 locks
- Rochdale Canal - 32 miles and 91 locks
- Rushall Canal - 3 miles with 9 locks
- Selby Canal – 11.75 miles and 4 locks
- Sheffield and Tinsley Canal - 3.9 miles and 11 locks (now part of the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation)
- Shropshire Union Canal – 66.5 miles with 47 locks (and additional branches)
- Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal – 46 miles with 43 locks
- Stainforth and Keady Canal - 14.9 miles with 3 locks (now part of the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation)
- Stourbridge Canal – 5.8 miles with 20 locks (and additional branch)
- Stratford-upon-Avon Canal – 25.5 with 55 locks (and additional branch)
- Tame Valley Canal – 8.5 miles with 13 locks
- Trent and Mersey Canal – 93 miles with 76 locks
- Union Canal – 32 miles with 2 locks and the Falkirk Boat Lift
- Walsall Canal – 8 miles with 16 locks
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal – 30 miles and 58 locks
- Wyrley and Essington Canal – 16.5 miles
Total above is ca.1,675 miles with ca.1,323 locks
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