Canals by Length

Length of canals in the UK. (Miles).

286.30 Grand Union Canal - (This is after the merger and includes a number of the canals listed below)
142.60 Leeds and Liverpool Canal
129.40 Grand Junction Canal
93.40 Trent and Mersey Canal
90.00 Middle Level Navigations
86.50 Kennet and Avon Canal
78.00 Oxford Canal
76.50 Shropshire Union Canal
62.00 Caledonian Canal
60.90 Lancaster Canal
52.50 Wilts and Berks Canal
48.00 Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal
46.30 Llangollen Canal
46.10 Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal
46.00 Ulster Canal
40.00 Bridgewater Canal
39.00 Shannon-Erne Waterway
37.40 Manchester Ship Canal
35.00 Bude Canal
35.00 Forth and Clyde Canal
35.00 Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
34.00 Aire and Calder Navigation
34.00 Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal
33.00 Grantham Canal
33.00 Montgomery Canal
33.00 Montgomery Canal
32.70 Coventry Canal
32.00 Basingstoke Canal
32.00 Rochdale Canal
31.50 Chesterfield Canal
31.50 Union Canal
30.00 Worcester and Birmingham Canal
29.80 Birmingham Canal Navigations
29.10 River Lee Navigation
28.80 Thames and Severn Canal
28.00 Portsmouth and Arundel Canal
28.00 Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation
27.00 Lagan Canal
26.30 Macclesfield Canal
25.50 Stratford-upon-Avon Canal
25.00 Shrewsbury Canal
25.00 Glamorganshire Canal
24.30 Old Grand Union Canal
24.30 Warwick and Birmingham Canal
23.50 Wyrley and Essington Canal
23.00 Wey and Arun Junction Canal
22.00 Andover Canal
22.00 Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal
22.00 Ouse Navigation
21.90 River Soar Navigation
21.50 Calder and Hebble Navigation
21.50 Neath and Tennant Canal
21.00 Newry Canal
20.50 Birmingham and Fazeley Canal
19.90 Huddersfield Narrow Canal
19.50 Wey and Godalming Navigations
19.00 Royal Military Canal
18.00 Caldon Canal
18.00 Leominster Canal
18.00 Somerset Coal Canal
18.00 Aberdeenshire Canal
18.00 Kidwelly and Llanelly Canal
16.50 Gloucester and Sharpness Canal
16.50 Swansea Canal
15.90 Ipswich and Stowmarket Navigation
15.50 Oakham Canal
15.20 Sankey Canal
14.90 Stainforth and Keadby Canal
14.80 Peak Forest Canal
14.70 Nottingham Canal
14.50 Barnsley Canal
14.50 Bridgwater and Taunton Canal
14.50 Cromford Canal
14.50 Derby and Sandiacre Canal
14.20 Warwick and Napton Canal
14.00 Derby Canal
14.00 Glastonbury Canal
13.80 Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation
13.80 Stort Navigation
13.50 Chard Canal
13.00 Salisbury and Southampton Canal
13.00 Uttoxeter Canal
12.90 Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal
12.50 Sleaford Navigation
12.25 Monkland Canal
11.80 Erewash Canal
11.80 Louth Navigation
11.30 Foss Dyke
11.00 Driffield Navigation
11.00 Horncastle Canal
11.00 Melton Mowbray Navigation
11.00 Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal
10.50 Grand Western Canal
10.50 Shropshire Canal
10.30 Dudley Canal
10.00 Itchen Navigation
9.80 Dearne and Dove Canal
9.60 Walsall Canal
9.50 Market Weighton Canal
9.50 Pocklington Canal
9.25 Croydon Canal
9.00 Crinan Canal
8.80 Regents Canal
8.50 Tame Valley Canal
8.00 Black Bear Canal
8.00 Stroudwater Navigation
7.80 Stourbridge Canal
7.30 Droitwich Canal
7.30 North Walsham and Dilham Canal
7.20 Coalisland Canal
7.00 Blyth Navigation
7.00 Lichfield Canal
6.75 Aberdare Canal
6.50 Stamford Canal
6.50 Thames and Medway Canal
6.00 Arbury Canals
6.00 Ashton Canal
6.00 Charnwood Forest Canal
6.00 Liskeard and Looe Union Canal
6.00 Rolle Canal
6.00 Selby Canal
5.50 Donnington Wood Canal
5.50 New Junction Canal
5.20 Exeter Ship Canal
4.90 Stockport Branch Canal
4.50 Chichester Canal
4.50 Hollinwood Branch Canal
4.50 Nutbrook Canal
4.40 Wednesbury Old Canal
4.00 Caistor Canal
4.00 Grand Surrey Canal
4.00 Hatherton Canal
4.00 Tavistock Canal
4.00 Strabane Canal
3.80 Huddersfield Broad Canal
3.75 Newcastle-under-Lyme Canal
3.50 Baybridge Canal
3.50 Bradford Canal
3.40 Bentley Canal
3.30 Westport Canal
3.25 Leven Canal
3.00 Ribble Link
3.00 Sir Nigel Gresley's Canal
2.75 Coombe Hill Canal
2.50 Birmingham and Warwick Junction Canal
2.50 Ripon Canal
2.25 Par Canal
2.25 Stevenston Canal
2.00 Cann Quarry Canal
2.00 Hollingwood Common Canal
2.00 Limehouse Cut
2.00 Broharris Canal
2.00 Cyfarthfa Canal
2.00 Titchfield Canal
1.75 Kensington Canal
1.75 Wombridge Canal
1.75 Southwick Ship Canal
1.70 Stover Canal
1.50 Fletcher's Canal
1.50 Ketley Canal
1.50 Pidcock's Canal
1.50 Tremadoc Canal
1.50 Ulverston Canal
1.50 Carlingwark Lane Canal
1.50 Glan-y-wern Canal
1.40 Galton's Canal
1.30 Hertford Union Canal
1.25 Digbeth Branch Canal
1.25 Cinderford Canal
1.25 Newport Pagnell Canal
1.25 Petworth Canal
1.10 Dingwall Canal
1.00 City Canal
1.00 Fairbottom Branch Canal
1.00 Lydney Canal
1.00 Sir John Glynne's Canal
0.80 Grosvenor Canal
0.60 Beaumont Cut
0.60 Hackney Canal
0.60 Islington Branch Canal
0.50 Beverley Beck
0.50 Eardington Forge Canal
0.50 Parnall's Canal
0.33 Inverarnan Canal
0.25 Inchfad Canal
0.10 Wardle Canal

Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

Canals by Length

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