Category
Canals
The 2,000-mile canal network — narrow boats, lock flights, aqueducts and Telford's industrial poetry in cast iron.
210 places in this category.
Canals by region
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All canals
Canals · South Wales
Aberdare Canal
Aberdare Canal is a canal in the United Kingdom.
Canals · Scottish Highlands
Aberdeenshire Canal
Aberdeenshire Canal — canal in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.
Canals · Scottish Highlands
Aberdeenshire Canal, remains of, NW of Brae of Kintore
Aberdeenshire Canal, remains of, NW of Brae of Kintore — architectural structure in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.
Canals · Yorkshire & the Humber
Aire and Calder Navigation
Aire and Calder Navigation — canal in Leeds, United Kingdom.
Canals · South East England
Andover Canal
Andover Canal — canal in Hampshire, England, UK.
Canals · West Midlands
Anson Branch
Anson Branch — canal in West Midlands, England.
Canals · West Midlands
Ashton Canal
Ashton Canal — canal in north west England.
Canals · West Midlands
Aylesbury Canal Arm
Aylesbury Canal Arm — canal in the United Kingdom.
Canals · Yorkshire & the Humber
Barnsley Canal
Barnsley Canal — canal in the United Kingdom.
Canals · South East England
Basingstoke Canal
Basingstoke Canal is a canal in the United Kingdom.
Canals · South East England
Baybridge Canal
Baybridge Canal is a canal in the United Kingdom.
Canals · West Midlands
BCN Main Line
BCN Main Line — Canal in and around Birmingham , England.
Canals · East of England
Beaumont Cut
Beaumont Cut — canal closed in the 1930s.
Canals · West Midlands
Bentley Canal
Bentley Canal — Canal located in Birmingham, U.K.
Canals · Yorkshire & the Humber
Beverley Beck
Beverley Beck — Canal in East Riding, England.
Canals · West Midlands
Birmingham and Fazeley Canal
Birmingham and Fazeley Canal — canal in England, UK.
Canals · West Midlands
Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal
Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal is a canal in the United Kingdom.
Canals · West Midlands
Birmingham and Warwick Junction Canal
Birmingham and Warwick Junction Canal is a canal in the United Kingdom.
Canals · West Midlands
Birmingham Canal Navigations
Birmingham Canal Navigations — network of the English canal system in Birmingham, Wolverhampton.
Canals · East Midlands
Black Sluice
Black Sluice is a canal in the United Kingdom.
Canals · East of England
Blyth Navigation
Blyth Navigation is a canal in the United Kingdom.
Canals · East Midlands
Bond End Canal
Bond End Canal — canal in Staffordshire, England, 1775–1874.
Canals · London
Bottisham Lode
Bottisham Lode is a canal in the United Kingdom.
Canals · South West England
Braunton Canal
Braunton Canal — cut of the River Caen.
Canals · West Midlands
Bridgewater Canal
Bridgewater Canal — canal in North West England.
Canals · South West England
Bridgwater and Taunton Canal
Bridgwater and Taunton Canal — Canal in south-west England.
Canals · South West England
Bristol Feeder Canal
Bristol Feeder Canal is a canal in the United Kingdom.
Canals · Northern Ireland
Broharris Canal
Broharris Canal is a canal in the United Kingdom.
Canals · South West England
Bude Canal
Bude Canal — Canal in Cornwall, England.
Canals · West Midlands
Bumble Hole Branch Canal
Bumble Hole Branch Canal is a canal in the United Kingdom.
Canals · London
Burwell Lode
Burwell Lode is a canal in the United Kingdom.
Canals · South Wales
Bute Docks Feeder
Bute Docks Feeder — canal in Cardiff, Wales, UK.
Canals · Yorkshire & the Humber
Calder and Hebble Navigation
Calder and Hebble Navigation — inland waterway in West Yorkshire, England.
Canals · West Midlands
Caldon Canal
Caldon Canal is a canal in the United Kingdom.
Canals · Scottish Highlands
Caledonian Canal
Caledonian Canal — canal in Scotland, UK.
Canals · London
Cambridgeshire Lodes
Cambridgeshire Lodes — series of man-made waterways in the county of Cambridgeshire, England.
Canals · Yorkshire & the Humber
Canal Approximately 500 Metres Long, With The Drum Falls And Weir Inlet
Canal Approximately 500 Metres Long, With The Drum Falls And Weir Inlet — Grade I listed building in Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK.
Canals · South West England
Cann Quarry Canal
Cann Quarry Canal — former canal in Devon, England.
Canals · West Midlands
Cannock Extension Canal
Cannock Extension Canal is a canal in the United Kingdom.
Canals · Scottish Lowlands
Carlisle Canal
Carlisle Canal is a canal in the United Kingdom.
Canals · West Midlands
Cassington Canal
Cassington Canal — canal in Oxfordshire.
Canals · East Midlands
Catchwater Drain
Catchwater Drain — artificial watercourse in Lincolnshire, England.
Canals · East Midlands
Charnwood Forest Canal
Charnwood Forest Canal is a canal in the United Kingdom.
Canals · East of England
Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation
Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation — canalised river in Essex, United Kingdom.
Canals · West Midlands
Cheshire Ring
Cheshire Ring — canal ring in North West England.
Canals · East Midlands
Chesterfield Canal
Chesterfield Canal — Canal in the East Midlands of England.
Canals · South East England
Chichester Canal
Chichester Canal — Canal in Chichester, England.
Canals · West Midlands
Cinderford Canal
Cinderford Canal — private canal in Gloucestershire, England.
Canals · London
City Canal
City Canal — former canal in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Canals · West Midlands
Clifton Cut
Clifton Cut — canal by the Thames in Oxfordshire, England, UK.
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Canals · Northern Ireland
Coalisland Canal
Coalisland Canal — canal in County Tyrone.
Canals · West Midlands
Coombe Hill Canal
Coombe Hill Canal — canal in the United Kingdom.
Canals · London
Cottenham Lode
Cottenham Lode is a canal in the United Kingdom.
Canals · East Midlands
Coventry Canal
Coventry Canal — canal in Staffordshire, United Kingdom.
Canals · Scottish Highlands
Crinan Canal
Crinan Canal — canal in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK.
Canals · East Midlands
Cromford Canal
Cromford Canal — canal in Derbyshire Dales, England, UK.
Canals · London
Croydon Canal
Croydon Canal — former canal in Surrey.
Canals · South Wales
Crumlin Arm
Crumlin Arm — branch of the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal.
Canals · West Midlands
Culham Cut
Culham Cut — canal in Oxfordshire, England, UK.
Canals · East Midlands
Derby Canal
Derby Canal — Defunct canal in Derbyshire.
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Frequently asked questions
- How many canals are in this guide?
- We currently list 210 canals across the United Kingdom — every entry sourced from Wikipedia, Wikidata or OpenStreetMap and validated against our schema.
- Are these places free to visit?
- Many places in the guide are free to enter — almost every national museum, every public park and garden, every parish church and cathedral. Castles, historic houses and theme parks usually charge admission; National Trust and English Heritage members visit those properties free.
- Where does the data come from?
- Every entry is built from open data: OpenStreetMap (locations, tags, opening hours), Wikipedia (descriptions), Wikidata (structured facts and operator information), Wikimedia Commons (images), ONS open data (population). The site never makes runtime API calls — everything is fetched at build time and committed.
- How often is this updated?
- A weekly automated job re-fetches the upstream sources and rebuilds the site. Manual editorial corrections are applied as overlays on top of the open data.