|
Canal Feature |
Canal/Near |
County |
NGR |
Website
Link
 |
Notes |
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Almond Aqueduct |
Union
Canal
nr Burnside |
West Lothian |
NT104707 |
Wikipedia
Geograph |
Aqueduct over the River Almond |
|
Anderton Boat Lift
|
Trent & Mersey
Canal |
Cheshire |
SJ647753 |
Wikipedia |
|
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Avon Aqueduct |
Union
Canal,
Linlithgow |
West Lothian |
NS970764 |
Wikipedia
Geograph |
Scotland's
longest and tallest aqueduct |
|
Avoncliff Aqueduct |
Kennet and
Avon
Canal |
Wiltshire |
ST803601 |
Wikipedia
Geograph |
|
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Barton Swing Aqueduct |
Bridgewater
Canal |
Lancashire |
SJ767976 |
Wikipedia
Geograph |
Carries one canal over another; swings to let large vessels pass below. |
|
Bath
Locks |
Kennet and
Avon
Canal |
Somerset |
ST756643 |
Wikipedia |
A flight of six locks, in a quite ornate setting and including the UK's
second deepest lock two pumping stations and several Grade II listed
buildings. |
|
Bingley Five Rise Locks |
Leeds and Liverpool Canal |
Yorkshire |
SE107399 |
Wikipedia |
These staircase locks are the steepest flight of locks in the UK, with a
gradient of about 1:5 |
|
Bingley Three Rise Locks |
Leeds and Liverpool Canal |
Yorkshire |
|
Wikipedia |
|
|
Bonnington Aqueduct |
Union
Canal |
Midlothian |
NT116710 |
Wikipedia
Geograph |
|
|
Bow Locks |
River Lee Navigation |
Middlesex |
TQ383824 |
Wikipedia |
These locks are bidirectional to connect to the tidal
Bow Creek. |
|
Caen Hill Locks
Devizes Locks Gallery
 |
Kennet and
Avon
Canal
Devizes |
Wiltshire |
ST978614 |
Wikipedia |
A flight of 29 locks, 16 of which form an impressively steep flight in a
straight line up the hillside |
|
Chirk Aqueduct |
Llangollen
Canal |
Denbighshire |
SJ286373 |
Wikipedia
Geograph |
Aqueduct leads to tunnel |
|
Clifton
Aqueduct |
Manchester,
Bolton and Bury Canal |
Lancashire |
SD790034 |
Wikipedia
Geograph |
Grade II |
|
Combe Hay Caisson Lock |
|
Somerset |
|
Wikipedia |
Boat lift |
|
Cosgrove Aqueduct |
Grand
Union
Canal |
Northamptonshire |
SP799418 |
Wikipedia
Geograph |
Built to replace an earlier aqueduct which collapsed |
|
Dundas
Aqueduct |
Kennet and
Avon
Canal |
Wiltshire |
ST784625 |
Wikipedia
Geograph |
Designed in a classical style, this is now a Scheduled Ancient Monument |
|
Engine Arm |
Birmingham
Canal Navigations |
Staffordshire |
SP022889 |
Wikipedia
Geograph |
Cast by Horseley Ironworks |
|
Ewood Aqueduct |
Leeds and Liverpool Canal |
Lancashire |
SD675264 |
Wikipedia
Geograph |
|
|
Falkirk Helix |
Forth & Clyde
Canal |
Stirlingshire |
|
Wikipedia |
Boat lift |
|
Falkirk
Wheel
Falkirk Wheel Gallery
|
Union
Canal |
Stirlingshire |
NS852801 |
Wikipedia |
Boat lift |
|
Fourteen Locks |
Monmouthshire
Canal near Newport |
Monmouthshire |
ST282885 |
Own
Wikipedia |
A dramatic flight of narrow and very deep locks featuring a unique and
complex series of interdependent pounds. |
|
Foxton Inclined Plane
|
Grand
Union
Canal |
Leicestershire |
SP691896 |
Wikipedia |
|
|
Foxton Locks
|
Grand
Union
Canal
Market Harborough |
Leicestershire |
SP691896 |
Wikipedia |
Two "staircases", each of five locks. |
|
Greenbank Aqueduct |
Union
Canal |
Stirlingshire |
NS860790 |
Geograph |
near Falkirk Wheel |
|
Hay
Inclined Plane
Hay Inclined Plane Gallery
|
Shropshire
Canal at Ironbridge |
Shropshire |
SJ694027 |
Wikipedia |
|
|
King's Norton Stop Lock |
Stratford-upon-Avon
Canal |
Worcestershire |
SP055794 |
Wikipedia |
A stop lock with two guillotine gates. |
|
Lichfield
Canal Aqueduct |
Lichfield
Canal |
Staffordshire |
SK066064 |
Wikipedia
Geograph |
A modern construction for a canal under restoration. |
|
Lune Aqueduct |
Lancaster
Canal |
Lancashire |
SD483639 |
Wikipedia
Geograph |
Grade II |
|
Marple Aqueduct |
Peak
Forest
Canal |
Cheshire |
SJ954900 |
Wikipedia
Geograph |
A Scheduled
Ancient
Monument |
|
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct Gallery
|
Llangollen
Canal |
Denbighshire |
SJ269420 |
Wikipedia
Geograph |
A cast iron trough 1,007 feet long supported 126 feet above the river by
19 masonry piers. |
|
Prestolee Aqueduct |
Manchester,
Bolton and Bury Canal |
Lancashire |
SD750063 |
Wikipedia
Geograph |
Grade II |
|
Scott Russell Aqueduct |
Union
Canal |
West Lothian |
NT183706 |
Wikipedia
Geograph |
Passes over the A720
Edinburgh
Bypass |
|
Semington Aqueduct |
Kennet and
Avon
Canal |
Wiltshire |
ST899609 |
Wikipedia
Geograph |
Older version
over a brook |
|
Semington Aqueduct (New) |
Kennet and
Avon
Canal |
Wiltshire |
ST899609 |
Wikipedia
Geograph |
Modern aqueduct opened in 2004 |
|
Slateford Aqueduct |
Union
Canal |
Edinburgh |
NT218700 |
Wikipedia
Geograph |
|
|
Stanley
Ferry Aqueduct |
Aire and Calder Navigation |
Yorkshire |
SE354230 |
Wikipedia
Geograph |
One of the earliest
compression arch suspended-deck bridges in the world |
|
Store Street Aqueduct |
Ashton
Canal |
Lancashire |
SJ849981 |
Wikipedia
Geograph |
Built on a skew of 45 degrees across the highway, and believed to be the
first of its kind in
Great Britain. |
|
Tardebigge Locks |
Worcester and
Birmingham
Canal Bromsgrove |
Worcestershire |
SO973681 |
Wikipedia |
Longest flight in the
UK.
30 locks rising 67m. |
|
The Underground Incline |
|
Lancashire |
|
Wikipedia |
|
|
Tuel Lane Lock |
Rochdale
Canal |
Yorkshire |
|
Wikipedia |
Deepest lock in the
United Kingdom,
with a fall of 19' 8½" |
|
Watford Locks
|
Grand
Union
Canal |
Northamptonshire |
SP592688 |
Wikipedia |
A staircase of four locks, within an overall flight of seven |
