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<center><big>Welcome to the '''[[Waterways in the United Kingdom|Waterways of the United Kingdom]] WikiProject'''</big><br>
''...on Wikipedia, the '''free encyclopedia''' that '''[[Wikipedia:Introduction|anyone can edit]].'''''</center>
*'''''Mother projects:''''' [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Transport|WikiProject Transport]] • [[Wikipedia:WikiProject UK geography|WikiProject UK geography]]
*'''''Portal:''''' [[Portal:United Kingdom]]
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; Goals 
: Improve Wikipedia's coverage of [[canal]]s, navigable [[river]]s in the [[United Kingdom|UK]].

; Scope
: The project covers all articles about [[canal]]s, navigable [[river]]s and related features (locks, reservoirs, bridges, aqueducts, boats, people, etc.) located in the United Kingdom.
: To add coordinates and microformats as appropriate

==Participants==
You don't need to be [[Britons|British]] to help with this WikiProject.  We welcome all registered editors good with layout and prose, and non-British editors who can point out when we've wrongly assumed we don't need to explain or define something for the reader, or failed to properly establish the context of an article.

To add a UK Waterways userbox to your user page, please add '''<nowiki>{{User UKW}}</nowiki>''' to your talk page to generate... <noinclude>{{User UKW}}</noinclude>
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:''To add your name to the table, please visit [[Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Waterways/Participants|the participants page]].''

{{WPUKW Participants}}
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''You may also wish to add the UK Waterways userbox to your profile: {{tl|user UKW}}''

* [[User:Adambro|Adambro]] - '''Founding member'''.
* [[User:Pigsonthewing|Andy Mabbett]] - '''Founder'''. Interested in Birmingham/ Black Country canals, and the application of coordinates using the [[WP:GEOUF|Geo]] and [[HCard|hCard]] [[microformat]]s.
* [[User:BeeTea|BeeTea]] as a Canadian who has never set foot in the UK, I cannot help much with individual articles, but I am mightily interested in the templates for this and for [[WP:TRAIL]] as well because I want to see them ready for roll-out in application to Canadian railways, canals and trails.
* [[User:Catwhoorg|Catwhoorg]] an expat right now, but with a lot of background in the UK waterways, deeper knowledge of the Northern network than the other regions.
* [[User:dcm6000|David Morris]] - active member of [[Chesterfield Canal Trust]], tripboat skipper on [[Chesterfield Canal]] at Retford, living close to path of canal once restored, interested in keeping local sites current
* [[User:ddstretch|DDStretch]] Canal-related matters in [[Cheshire]] and contact for [[WP:CHES|Cheshire Project]].
* [[User:Derek Andrews|Derek Andrews]] expat now in Canada, formerly restoration volunteer and boater (c1973-c1985), interested in anything canal related, but especially the built heritage.
* [[User:Erebus555|Erebus555]] - '''Founding member'''.
* [[User:Geni|Geni]] abandoned canals and canals under restoration mostly.
* [[User:jmbatchelor|jmbatchelor]] - Lives next to the [[Basingstoke Canal]].
* [[User:lewisskinner|L.J.Skinner]] interested in [[Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation]] and the [[Grand Union Canal]], particularly around [[Tring]], [[Pitstone]], [[Aylesbury]], [[Marsworth]] etc.
* [[User:Lynbarn|Lynbarn]] - '''Founding member'''. Interested in, rather than expert in waterways, but keen to learn! Also doing some work with the ''stripmap'' templates for rail and waterways.
* [[User:Martin Cordon|Martin Cordon]] - '''Founding member'''. Originator of articles on [[Butterley Tunnel|Butterley]] and [[Norwood Tunnel|Norwood]] Canal Tunnels and [[Worsley Navigable Levels]]. Mainly interested in canal tunnels and the canals in my area. These are the [[Erewash Canal|Erewash]], [[Cromford Canal|Cromford]], [[Derby Canal|Derby]], [[Nottingham Canal|Nottingham]] and [[Nutbrook Canal|Nutbrook]] Canals.
* [[User:mayalld|Dave Mayall]] Narrowboat Mr Jinks, moored on the [[Peak Forest Canal]], interested in expanding articles in the local area, and in improving image and map content.
* [[User:Oosoom|Oosoom]] - currently interested in local history of Birmingham and an old interest in canals. 
* [[User:Pyrotec|Pyrotec]] canals around Birmingham / Black Country, plus a few others, such as the [[Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal]].
* [[User:Rafmarham|Rafmarham]] - Been on hire boat holidays for much of my life.
* [[User:Renata|Renata]] - Back again after a long absence. Moved from Derbyshire to Edinburgh last Sept. Interests: active canal boater (mainly Union Canal); history etc. of Scottish and other UK canals; UK rivers/waterways; Edinburgh and the Lothians; and more.
* [[User:Ronhjones|Ron Jones]] Narrowboat "Betsey Trotwood", moored at Whixall Marina on [[Llangollen Canal]], previously at Hallingbury Marina on [[River Stort]] - general interest.
* [[User:Simply south|Simply south]] - some general stuff
* [[User:Smurrayinchester|Smurrayinchester]] - interested in boat lifts/locks etc. and technical stuff (esp. templates)
*[[User:Traveler100|Traveler100]] - photos

==Guidelines==
[[/How to write about UK Waterways]]

== Open tasks == 
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*Fix [[#Articles in need of attention]]
*Write [[#Requested articles]]
*For any articles without images, update the {{tl|UKW}} project banner template call on the article talk page to include <code>imageneeded=yes</code> which will add the article to [[:Category:UK waterways articles needing images]].
*Try to find suitable images where possible for pages listed in [[:Category:UK waterways articles needing images]]  ({{PAGESINCATEGORY:Category:UK waterways articles needing images}}).
*For any articles without a route map where one is appropriate, update the {{tl|UKW}} project banner template call on the article talk page to include <code>mapneeded=yes</code> which will add the article to [[:Category:UK waterways articles needing routemaps]]({{PAGESINCATEGORY:UK waterways articles needing routemaps}}).
*Create route maps where possible for pages listed in [[:Category:UK waterways articles needing routemaps]] ({{PAGESINCATEGORY:UK waterways articles needing routemaps}}).
*<s>Recategorise articles from [[:Category:Canals in the United Kingdom]] to categories for constituent nations.</s>
*Assessment basics is now possible on class and importance. Please assess any unassessed pages. 
**On a related note, the assessment page is at its basics and would welcome improvement.
*Articles that need re-assessing, as a result of significant additions.
**<s>[[Barnsley Canal]]</s> reassessed stub -> C class
*Add geographical coordinates to all articles on canals; buildings, canal features, etc. listed in [http://toolserver.org/%7Edaniel/WikiSense/CategoryIntersect.php?wikilang=en&wikifam=.wikipedia.org&basecat=Canals+in+the+United+Kingdom&basedeep=3&mode=cs&tagcat=United+Kingdom+articles+missing+geocoordinate+data&tagdeep=3&go=Scan&userlang=en this CatScan search]. Alternatively, if CatScan is down or very slow, in [[:Category:United Kingdom articles missing geocoordinate data]]. Find out how to do this at the [[Wikipedia:Geocoding how-to for WikiProject members]].

==Assessment==
For the assessment page see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Waterways/Assessment]]. 

== Categories == 
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===Article categories===
*[[:Category:Canals in the United Kingdom]] - {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Canals in the United Kingdom}}
** [[:Category:Aqueducts in the United Kingdom]] - {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Aqueducts in the United Kingdom}}
*** [[:Category:Aqueducts in England]]
**** [[:Category:Navigable aqueducts in England]]
*** [[:Category:Aqueducts in Scotland]]
**** [[:Category:Navigable aqueducts in Scotland]]
*** [[:Category:Aqueducts in Wales]]
**** [[:Category:Navigable aqueducts in Wales]]
** [[:Category:Canals in England]]
*** [[:Category:Birmingham Canal Navigations]] - {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Birmingham Canal Navigations}}
*** [[:Category:Canals in Berkshire]]
*** [[:Category:Canals in Cheshire]]
*** [[:Category:Canals in Gloucestershire]]
*** [[:Category:Canals in Greater Manchester]]
*** [[:Category:Canals in Hertfordshire]]
*** [[:Category:Canals in London]]
*** [[:Category:Kennet and Avon Canal]]
*** [[:Category:Canal reservoirs in England]]
*** [[:Category:Canals linked to the River Severn]]
*** [[:Category:Canals in Somerset]]
*** [[:Category:Canals in South Yorkshire]]
*** [[:Category:Canal junctions in England]] - {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Canal junctions in England}}
*** [[:Category:Canal tunnels in England]] - {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Canal tunnels in England}}
** [[:Category:Canals in Northern Ireland]]
** [[:Category:Canals in Scotland]]
** [[:Category:Canals in Wales]]
** [[:Category:Canal tunnels in the United Kingdom]]
*** [[:Category:Canal tunnels in England]] - {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Canal tunnels in England}}
** [[:Category:Locks of the United Kingdom]] - {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Locks of the United Kingdom}}
*** [[:Category:Locks of Berkshire]]
*** [[:Category:Locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal]]
*** [[:Category:Locks of Oxfordshire]]
*** [[:Category:Locks on the River Thames]]
** [[:Category:River navigations in the United Kingdom]]
* [[:Category:United Kingdom canal stubs]] - {{PAGESINCATEGORY:United Kingdom canal stubs}}
* [[:Category:Inland waterways under restoration]]

===Meta categories===
*[[:Category:WikiProject UK Waterways]] - {{PAGESINCATEGORY:WikiProject UK Waterways}}
*[[:Commons:Category:Icons for canal descriptions]] - 598
*[[:Category:UK waterways articles needing images]] - {{PAGESINCATEGORY:UK waterways articles needing images}}
*[[:Category:Waterway routemap templates]] - {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Waterway routemap templates}}
*[[:Category:UK waterways articles needing routemaps]] - {{PAGESINCATEGORY:UK waterways articles needing routemaps}}

==Templates==
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*{{tl|LocateMeLong}}
[[File:Geographylogo.svg|30px]] ''This article about a linear feature lacks [[Geographic coordinate system|geographic coordinates]]. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates|You can help]] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title={{BASEPAGENAMEE}}&action=edit adding them], for each end, and perhaps the middle and any other significant points. Please don't be [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Geographical_coordinates#Precision|overly precise]].

*{{tl|GeoGroup}}
for articles with multiple sets of coordinates; allows users to export them as [[Keyhole Markup Language|KML files]] or see them on [[Google maps]]. (other services to be added).

===additional tags to the project template===
*<code>imageneeded=yes</code> adds image requested text, and adds to [[:Category:UK waterways articles needing images]]
*<code>mapneeded=yes</code> adds routemap requested text, and adds to [[:Category:UK waterways articles needing routemaps]]
*<code>class=FA|A|GA|B|Start|Stub|Cat|List|NA</code> classify the article quality
*<code>importance=Top|High|Mid|Low</code> classify the article importance

==Maps==
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Waterways/Waterways legend|legend]]

==Parentage==
The parents of this WikiProject are
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Transport|WikiProject Transport]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject UK geography|WikiProject UK geography]].

== Related projects ==
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Railways|UK Railways]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Bridges|Bridges]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Transport in Scotland|Transport in Scotland]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Rivers|WikiProject Rivers]]

==Requested articles==
===Canals + places===
*[[Bury and Sladen Canal]]
*Canals of the BCN:
*** [[Soho Branch]] (see [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=handsworth,+Birmingham&ie=UTF8&ll=52.492201,-1.926695&spn=0.00356,0.009559&t=h&z=17 Google Maps aerial photo])
**[[Walsall Branch Canal]] (currently redirects to Walsall Canal, which article doesn't distinguish between them)
** Canals mentioned in [[Baskerville House]] (being excavated {{as of|2009}})
*[[Chetney Canal]] (River Medway)
*[[Leicestershire Ring]]
*[[Stanley Aqueduct]] ([[Wilts and Berks Canal]])
*[[Wasthill Tunnel]] on the [[Worcester and Birmingham Canal]]

===Organisations===
*[[Cotswold Canals Trust]] [http://www.cotswoldcanals.com/]
*[[Kennet and Avon Canal Trust]] [http://www.katrust.org/]
*[[Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust]] [http://www.lhcrt.org.uk/]
*[[Wilts & Berks Canal Trust]]

*[[Fellows Morton and Clayton]] <ref>[[Fellows Morton & Clayton]], canal carriers: mentioned in at least 7 articles <s>(and red-linked, as of 14 Oct 09, although some are from [[Fellows Morton and Clayton]] instead<!--sorry!-->)</s>. (Alternative article name [[Fellows, Morton & Clayton]] was previously created by a descendant as an 'advert' to connect with relatives! Since deleted) [http://www.flickr.com/photos/thegrinch/3642862285/ This flickr page], of ''President'' in 1975, contains some useful info. Article created 28 Nov 09, redirects created: [[Fellows Morton & Clayton]], [[Fellows, Morton & Clayton]].</ref>

===People===
* [[William Bennet (engineer)]] - article created 2010-05-30
* [[John Hodgkinson (engineer)]]
* [[John Priddy]]
* [[Thomas Yeoman]] (1709/10-1781)
* [[Robert Weldon]] (?1754-1810)
* <s>[[Robert Whitworth]] (d.1799)</s>

===Technical===
*[[Backpumps]] or [[Back pumping]]
*[[Newbury barges]] (wider than usual)
*[[Puddle clay]]
**Redirected to: [[Puddling (engineering)]]
*[[Sea lock]]
**Redirected to: [[Lock (water transport)#Sea Locks]], expanding this within its article would be a good start.
*[[Split bridge]] as described in the [[towpath]] article. For the time being, redirected to [[roving bridge]].
*[[Stop planks]]

===Misc===
*<s>[[Nicholson Guides]]</s>

==Articles in need of attention==
===Miscellaneous Improvements needed===
*[[:Category:United Kingdom canal stubs]]
*[[:Category:Water transport stubs]]
*[[:Category:UK waterways articles needing images]]
*[[History of the British canal system]] needs citation.
*<s>[[Trentlock]] is a stub</s> - now start class
*<s>[[Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company]]</s> only mentions the railway line they owned!
*Railway companies:
:*[[Great Western Railway]]
::*"GWR took over K&A", and "GWR owned 213 miles of canal". (Entire coverage in article!)
:*[[London Midland and Scottish Railway]]
::*doesn't properly mention canals, despite them closing many of them! (Doesn't actually cover railways that well, either!!!)
*<s>[[Dorset and Somerset Canal]]</s> v short
*[[British Transport Commission]]
:*an unreference article, but I have put a ''hint'' of what happened to the canals in it and it is linked to [[British Waterways Board]].
*[[Charles Hadfield]] - needs Bibliography
*<s>Trent and Mersey Canal]] - copy edit; remove bulletted lists</s>
*<s>[[Manchester Dock]]</s> - Badly needs expanding, especially bearing in mind it has recently been unearthed.
*<s>[[Westport Canal]]</s> little sub about a [[Somerset]] canal but I'm having problems finding any info about it.
* <s>[[Fens Waterways Link]] Overall map a bit like the one [[Somerset Coal Canal|here]] (not diagram) showing route options.</s>
* [[Hugh Henshall]] - newly created, any help would be appreciated.
*<s>[[Louth Navigation]] - needs more detail</s>
* [[Humber]] - has hardly anything about shipping, or inland commercial working
* '''Illustrations''' - most pictures seem to come from ''Geograph'', which is good, but there is a contemporary bias.  Historic illustrations add depth & interest.

===Images needed===
*See [[:Category:UK waterways articles needing images]]) for a list of articles needing images
*Add the <code>imageneeded=yes</code> tag to the project template to add a page into this category

===Route-map needed===
*See [[Template:Waterways legend]] for details of how to construct route maps
*See [[:Category:UK waterways articles needing routemaps]] for a list of articles needing routemaps
*Add the <code>mapneeded=yes</code> tag to the project template to add a page into this category where appropriate

===Coordinates needed===
See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates/Linear]] for advice
*<s>[[Bude Canal]]</s>
*[[Shropshire Union Canal]]
*[[Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal]]
*[[Stourbridge Canal]] (work in progress)
*[[Stourport Ring]]
*[[Trent and Mersey Canal]]

==References==
The following may be useful; the indented lines are included here for ease of cut & pasting. Add a "pages=" attribute, if appropriate:

*{{cite book |last=Allsop |first=Niall |title=The Kennet & Avon Canal |year=1987 |publisher=Millstream Book |location=Bath |isbn= 0-948975-15-6 }}
**<nowiki>{{cite book |last=Allsop |first=Niall |title=The Kennet & Avon Canal |year=1987 |publisher=Millstream Book |location=Bath |ISBN= 0-948975-15-6 }}</nowiki>
*{{cite book|author=Hadfield, Charles|title=Canals of the West Midlands|publisher=[[David & Charles]]|location=Newton Abbott|year=1969|isbn=0-7153-4660-1}}
**<nowiki>*{{cite book|author=Hadfield, Charles|title=Canals of the West Midlands|publisher=[[David & Charles]]|location=Newton Abbott|year=1969|isbn=0-7153-4660-1}}</nowiki>
*{{cite book |last=Pearson |first=Michael |title=Kennet & Avon Middle Thames:Pearson's Canal Companion |year=2003 |publisher=Central Waterways Supplies|location=Rugby |isbn= 0-907864-97-X}}
**<nowiki>{{cite book |last=Pearson |first=Michael |authorlink= |title=Kennet & Avon Middle Thames:Pearson's Canal Companion |year=2003 |publisher=Central Waterways Supplies|location=Rugby |ISBN= 0-907864-97-X}}</nowiki>
*{{cite book|author=Perrott, David|author2=Mosse, Jonathan|title=Nicholson Waterways Guide 1 - Grand Union, Oxford & the South East|publisher=[[HarperCollins|Collins]]|year=2006|isbn=978-0-00-721109-8}}
**<nowiki>*{{cite book|author=Perrott, David|author2=Mosse, Jonathan|title=Nicholson Waterways Guide 1 - Grand Union, Oxford & the South East|publisher=[[HarperCollins|Collins]]|year=2006|isbn=978-0-00-721109-8}}</nowiki>
*{{cite book|author=Perrott, David|author2=Mosse, Jonathan|title=Nicholson Waterways Guide 2 - Severn, Avon & Birmingham|publisher=[[HarperCollins|Collins]]|year=2006|isbn=978-0-00-721110-4}}
**<nowiki>*{{cite book|author=Perrott, David|author2=Mosse, Jonathan|title=Nicholson Waterways Guide 2 - Severn, Avon & Birmingham|publisher=[[HarperCollins|Collins]]|year=2006|isbn=978-0-00-721110-4}}</nowiki>
*{{cite book|author=Perrott, David|author2=Mosse, Jonathan|title=Nicholson Waterways Guide 3 - Birmingham & the Heart of England|publisher=[[HarperCollins|Collins]]|year=2006|isbn=978-0-00-721111-1}}
**<nowiki>*{{cite book|author=Perrott, David|author2=Mosse, Jonathan|title=Nicholson Waterways Guide 3 - Birmingham & the Heart of England|publisher=[[HarperCollins|Collins]]|year=2006|isbn=978-0-00-721111-1}}</nowiki>
*{{cite book|author=Perrott, David|author2=Mosse, Jonathan|title=Nicholson Waterways Guide 4 - Four Counties & the Welsh Canals|publisher=[[HarperCollins|Collins]]|year=2006|isbn=978-0-00-745259-0}}
**<nowiki>*{{cite book|author=Perrott, David|author2=Mosse, Jonathan|title=Nicholson Waterways Guide 4 - Four Counties & the Welsh Canals|publisher=[[HarperCollins|Collins]]|year=2006|isbn=978-0-00-745259-0}}</nowiki>
*{{cite book|author=Priestly,Joseph |title=Historical Account of the Navigable Rivers, Canals, and Railways, Throughout Great Britain|publisher=Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green|year=1831}}
**<nowiki>*{{cite book|last=Priestly|first=Joseph|authorlink=Joseph Priestly|title=Historical Account of the Navigable Rivers, Canals, and Railways, Throughout Great Britain|publisher=Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green|year=1831}}</nowiki>
*{{cite book|author=Shill, Ray|title=Birmingham's Canals|publisher=Sutton|year=1999|isbn=0-7509-2077-7}}
**<nowiki>*{{cite book|author=Shill, Ray|title= Birmingham's Canals|publisher=Sutton|year=1999|isbn=0-7509-2077-7}}</nowiki>
*{{Cite book|publisher = Sutton|isbn = 0750906081|last = Quinlan|first = Ray|title = Canal walks of England and Wales|date = 1994}}
**<nowiki>*{{Cite book|publisher = Sutton|isbn = 0750906081|last = Quinlan|first = Ray|title = Canal walks of England and Wales|date = 1994}}</nowiki>

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