List of canal tunnels in the United Kingdom
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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English This is a list of canal tunnels in the United Kingdom.
Listed by name
| Tunnel | Canal | Length | Designer | Coordinates | Notes | Image |
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| Ashford Tunnel | Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal | Script error: No such module "convert".Template:Sfn | Thomas Dadford | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Brecknockshire/Powys Tunnel narrows considerably between northern and southern portals due to repairs to its fabric but is nevertheless navigable by a narrowboat with relative ease. | |
| Ashperton Tunnel | Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal | Script error: No such module "convert". | ||||
| Aylestone Tunnel | Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal | Script error: No such module "convert". | ||||
| Berwick Tunnel | Shrewsbury Canal | Script error: No such module "convert". | Josiah Clowes | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Claimed to be the first canal tunnel with a towpath throughout. | |
| Blisworth Tunnel | Grand Union Canal | Script error: No such module "convert".Template:Sfn | Northamptonshire | |||
| Branwood Tunnel | Stratford-upon-Avon Canal | Script error: No such module "convert".Template:Sfn | ||||
| Braunston Tunnel | Grand Union Canal | Script error: No such module "convert".Template:Sfn | Jessop & Barnes | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Northamptonshire | |
| Bruce Tunnel | Kennet and Avon Canal | Script error: No such module "convert".Template:Sfn | ||||
| Butterley Tunnel | Cromford Canal | Script error: No such module "convert".Template:Sfn | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Derbyshire | ||
| Chirk Tunnel | Llangollen Canal | Script error: No such module "convert".Template:Sfn | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Near Chirk | ||
| Cookley Tunnel | Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal | Script error: No such module "convert".Template:Sfn | ||||
| Drakeholes Tunnel | Chesterfield Canal | Script error: No such module "convert".Template:Sfn | ||||
| Dudley Tunnel | Birmingham Canal Navigations | Script error: No such module "convert".Template:Sfn | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Part of Dudley Canal Line No 1 | ||
| Dunsley Tunnel | Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal | Script error: No such module "convert".Template:Sfn | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||
| Edgbaston Tunnel | Worcester and Birmingham Canal | Script error: No such module "convert". | ||||
| Foulridge Tunnel | Leeds and Liverpool Canal | Script error: No such module "convert".[1] | Robert Whitworth/Samuel Fletcher | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Also known as the Mile Tunnel[2] | |
| Gosty Hill Tunnel | Birmingham Canal Navigations | Script error: No such module "convert".Template:Sfn | Part of Dudley Canal Line No 2 | |||
| Greywell Tunnel | Basingstoke Canal | Script error: No such module "convert".Template:Sfn | Closed to traffic following cave-in. Now home to Europe's largest bat colony. | |||
| Hardham Tunnel | Arun Navigation | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Closed since 1888; blocked in 1895 by LBSCR under Mid Sussex Line and Midhurst-Pulborough Line. | ||
| Harecastle Tunnel | Trent & Mersey Canal | Script error: No such module "convert".Template:Sfn | James Brindley/Thomas Telford | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Staffordshire. Comprises parallel "Brindley" and "Telford" tunnels. (The length stated is for the Telford tunnel.) | |
| Hincaster Tunnel | Lancaster Canal | Script error: No such module "convert". | Thomas Fletcher | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Opened in 1819. Commercial traffic on the Lancaster Canal ceased north of Lancaster in 1944 and this part of the canal was officially closed following the Transport Act, 1955. | |
| Lapal Tunnel | Birmingham Canal Navigations | Script error: No such module "convert".Template:Sfn | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Part of Dudley Canal Line No 2 (disused—closed 1907) | ||
| Lord Ward's Tunnel | Birmingham Canal Navigations | Script error: No such module "convert".Template:Sfn | In the Dudley Tunnel complex | |||
| Netherton Tunnel | Birmingham Canal Navigations | Script error: No such module "convert".Template:Sfn | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||
| Newbold Tunnel | Oxford Canal | Script error: No such module "convert".Template:Sfn | ||||
| Newnham Tunnel | Leominster Canal | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Worcestershire | ||
| Norwood Tunnel | Chesterfield Canal | Script error: No such module "convert".Template:Sfn | James Brindley | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Derbyshire to South Yorkshire. Closed with plans for partial restoration of eastern end. | |
| Oxenhall Tunnel | Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal | Script error: No such module "convert". | ||||
| Pensax Tunnel | Leominster Canal | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Worcestershire
Abandoned during construction. |
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| Putnall Tunnel | Leominster Canal | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Herefordshire | ||
| Sapperton Canal Tunnel | Thames and Severn Canal | Script error: No such module "convert".Template:Sfn | Josiah Clowes | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Gloucestershire | |
| Scout Tunnel | Huddersfield Narrow Canal | Script error: No such module "convert".Template:Sfn | Unlined, rock tunnel | |||
| Shortwood Tunnel | Worcester and Birmingham Canal | Script error: No such module "convert". | ||||
| Southnett Tunnel | Leominster Canal | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Herefordshire | ||
| Standedge Tunnels | Huddersfield Narrow Canal | Script error: No such module "convert".Template:Sfn | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | West Yorkshire to Greater Manchester | ||
| Strood Tunnel | Thames and Medway Canal | Script error: No such module "convert". | Ralph Walker | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Kent | |
| Tardebigge Tunnel | Worcester and Birmingham Canal | Script error: No such module "convert". | ||||
| Wast Hill Tunnel | Worcester and Birmingham Canal | Script error: No such module "convert".Template:Sfn | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | West Midlands (county) to Worcestershire |
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| Tunnel | Canal | Length | Designer | Coordinates | Notes | Image |
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| Hollingwood Common Tunnel | Chesterfield Canal | |||||
| Worsley Navigable Levels | Bridgewater Canal | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Greater Manchester |
Listed by canal
Grand Union Canal
- Blisworth Tunnel, Northamptonshire
- Braunston Tunnel, Northamptonshire
- Crick Tunnel, Northamptonshire
- Husbands Bosworth Tunnel, Leicestershire
- Saddington Tunnel, Leicestershire
- Shrewley Tunnel, Warwickshire
Peak Forest Canal
Regent's Canal
Union Canal (Scotland)
- Falkirk Tunnel, Falkirk
- Roughcastle Tunnel, Falkirk. Part of the Falkirk Wheel complex; leads to Locks 1 & 2 and South Basin
See also
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- Canals of Ireland
- Canals of the United Kingdom
- History of the British canal system
- Legging (canals)
- List of canals
- List of canal aqueducts in the United Kingdom
- List of canal basins in Great Britain
- List of canal junctions in the United Kingdom
- List of canal locks in the United Kingdom
- List of tunnels
- List of tunnels in the United Kingdom
References
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Bibliography
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External links
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