List of canal tunnels in the United Kingdom
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 | Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal | 375 yards (343 m)[1] | Thomas Dadford | 51°53.195′N 3°16.525′W / 51.886583°N 3.275417°W | 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. | ![]() Ashford Tunnel, northern portal |
Blisworth Tunnel | Grand Union Canal | 3,056 yards (2,794 m)[2] | Northamptonshire | ![]() Blisworth Tunnel, southern portal | ||
Braunston Tunnel | Grand Union Canal | 2,042 yards (1,867 m)[2] | Jessop & Barnes | 52°16.976′N 1°10.041′W / 52.282933°N 1.167350°W | Northamptonshire | ![]() Narrowboat leaving Braunston Tunnel |
Bruce Tunnel | Kennet and Avon Canal | 502 yards (459 m)[3] | ![]() Bruce Tunnel's Eastern Portal (in 1992) | |||
Butterley Tunnel | Cromford Canal | 3,063 yards (2,801 m)[4] | 53°3.3841′N 1°22.3994′W / 53.0564017°N 1.3733233°W | Derbyshire | The Butterley Reservoir Adit where it enters the Butterley Tunnel, in 2006 | |
Chirk Tunnel | Llangollen Canal | 459 yards (420 m)[5] | 52°55′46.91″N 3°3′46.77″W / 52.9296972°N 3.0629917°W | Near Chirk | ![]() View taken from the Chirk Aqueduct | |
Drakeholes Tunnel | Chesterfield Canal | 154 yards (141 m)[6] | ![]() | |||
Dudley Tunnel | Birmingham Canal Navigations | 3,172 yards (2,900 m)[7] | 52°31′18″N 2°04′42″W / 52.52173°N 2.07840°W | Part of Dudley Canal Line No 1 | ![]() The southern portal of the Dudley Tunnel | |
Greywell Tunnel | Basingstoke Canal | 1,200 yards (1,100 m)[8] | Closed to traffic following cave-in. Now home to Europe's largest bat colony. | ![]() The eastern portal of Greywell Tunnel on the Basingstoke Canal | ||
Hardham Tunnel | Arun Navigation | 375 yards (343 m) | 50°56′56″N 0°31′23″W / 50.94889°N 0.52306°W | Closed since 1888; blocked in 1895 by LBSCR under Mid Sussex Line and Midhurst-Pulborough Line. | ||
Harecastle Tunnel | Trent & Mersey Canal | 2,926 yards (2,676 m)[9] | James Brindley/Thomas Telford | 53°4′27″N 2°14′11″W / 53.07417°N 2.23639°W | Staffordshire. Comprises parallel "Brindley" and "Telford" tunnels. (The length stated is for the Telford tunnel.) | Northern end of Harecastle Tunnel. Telford's tunnel on the left, Brindley's the right. |
Hollingwood Common Tunnel | Chesterfield Canal | |||||
Lapal Tunnel | Birmingham Canal Navigations | 52°26′42″N 2°00′06″W / 52.4450°N 2.0017°W | Part of Dudley Canal Line No 2 | ![]() 1955 Ordnance Survey map of the east portal of Lapal Tunnel | ||
Lord Ward's Tunnel | Birmingham Canal Navigations | |||||
Newbold Tunnel | Oxford Canal | 250 yards (230 m)[10] | ||||
Norwood Tunnel | Chesterfield Canal | 2,884 yards (2,637 m)[11] | 53°20′06″N 1°16′11″W / 53.33501°N 1.26971°W | Derbyshire | ||
Netherton Tunnel | Birmingham Canal Navigations | 3,027 yards (2,768 m)[7] | 52°30′25″N 2°03′25″W / 52.50697°N 2.05708°W | ![]() Netherton Tunnel | ||
Sapperton Canal Tunnel | Thames and Severn Canal | 3,817 yards (3,490 m)[12] | 53°35′29″N 1°57′36″W / 53.591283°N 1.95996°W | Gloucestershire | ![]() The Coates Portal at the south-eastern end of the Sapperton Canal Tunnel. | |
Scout Tunnel | Huddersfield Narrow Canal | 220 yards (200 m)[13] | ||||
Standedge Tunnels | Huddersfield Narrow Canal | 5,698 yards (5,210 m)[13] | 53°35′29″N 1°57′36″W / 53.591283°N 1.95996°W | West Yorkshire to Greater Manchester | ![]() Standedge Tunnel entrance at Marsden | |
Wast Hills Tunnel | Worcester and Birmingham Canal | 2,726 yards (2,493 m)[14] | 52°23′25″N 1°56′24″W / 52.3902°N 1.9400°W | West Midlands (county) to Worcestershire | ![]() Wast Hills Tunnel, southern portal | |
Worsley Navigable Levels | Bridgewater Canal | 53°30′2.2″N 2°22′52.2″W / 53.500611°N 2.381167°W | Greater Manchester | ![]() Starvationer at Ellesmere Port Canal Museum with a demonstration of the process of legging to push the boat through the tunnels |
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
- Hyde Bank Tunnel
- Woodley Tunnel
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
- 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
- ↑ Cumberlidge 2009, p. 366.
- 1 2 Cumberlidge 2009, p. 128.
- ↑ Cumberlidge 2009, p. 161.
- ↑ Cumberlidge 2009, p. 105.
- ↑ Cumberlidge 2009, p. 363.
- ↑ Cumberlidge 2009, p. 99.
- 1 2 Cumberlidge 2009, p. 76.
- ↑ Cumberlidge 2009, p. 72.
- ↑ Cumberlidge 2009, p. 319.
- ↑ Cumberlidge 2009, p. 246.
- ↑ Skempton 2002, p. 736.
- ↑ Cumberlidge 2009, p. 310.
- 1 2 Cumberlidge 2009, p. 152.
- ↑ Cumberlidge 2009, p. 339.
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