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This is a list of canal tunnels in the United Kingdom.

Tunnel	Canal	Designer	Coordinates	Notes	Image
Blisworth Tunnel	Grand Union Canal			Northamptonshire	Blisworth Tunnel, southern portal
Bruce Tunnel	Kennet and Avon Canal				Bruce Tunnel's Eastern Portal (in 1992)
Butterley Tunnel	Cromford Canal		53°3.3841′N 1°22.3994′W / 53.0564017°N 1.3733233°W / 53.0564017; -1.3733233	Derbyshire	The Butterley Reservoir Adit where it enters the Butterley Tunnel, in 2006
Chirk Tunnel	Llangollen Canal		52°55′46.91″N 3°3′46.77″W / 52.9296972°N 3.0629917°W / 52.9296972; -3.0629917		View taken from the Chirk Aqueduct
Dudley Tunnel	Birmingham Canal Navigations		52°31′18″N 2°04′42″W / 52.52173°N 2.07840°W / 52.52173; -2.07840	Part of Dudley Canal Line No 1
Drakeholes Tunnel	Chesterfield Canal
Greywell Tunnel	Basingstoke Canal				The eastern portal of Greywell Tunnel on the Basingstoke Canal
Harecastle Tunnels	Trent & Mersey Canal	James Brindley/ Thomas Telford	53°4′27″N 2°14′11″W / 53.07417°N 2.23639°W / 53.07417; -2.23639	Staffordshire	North ends of both Harecastle Tunnels, 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 / 52.4450; -2.0017	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
Norwood Tunnel	Chesterfield Canal		53°20′06″N 1°16′11″W / 53.33501°N 1.26971°W / 53.33501; -1.26971	Derbyshire
Netherton Tunnel	Birmingham Canal Navigations		52°30′25″N 2°03′25″W / 52.50697°N 2.05708°W / 52.50697; -2.05708		Netherton Tunnel
Sapperton Canal Tunnel	Thames and Severn Canal		53°35′29″N 1°57′36″W / 53.591283°N 1.95996°W / 53.591283; -1.95996	Gloucestershire	The Coates Portal at the south-eastern end of the Sapperton Canal Tunnel.
Standedge Tunnels	Huddersfield Narrow Canal		53°35′29″N 1°57′36″W / 53.591283°N 1.95996°W / 53.591283; -1.95996	West Yorkshire	Standedge Tunnel entrance at Marsden
Worsley Navigable Levels	Bridgewater Canal		53°30′2.2″N 2°22′52.2″W / 53.500611°N 2.381167°W / 53.500611; -2.381167	Greater Manchester	Starvationer at Ellesmere Port Canal Museum with a demonstration of the process of legging to push the boat through the tunnels

1 Grand Union Canal
2 Peak Forest Canal
3 Regent's Canal
4 Union Canal (Scotland)
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

Grand Union Canal

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

Islington Tunnel
Lisson Grove Tunnel
Maida Hill Tunnel

Union Canal (Scotland)

Falkirk Tunnel, Falkirk
Roughcastle Tunnel, Falkirk. Part of the Falkirk Wheel complex; leads to Locks 1 & 2 and South Basin

References

External links

Canal tunnels of London

Navigable canals of the United Kingdom

England	Aire and Calder¹ · Ashby-de-la-Zouch² · Ashton · Beverley Beck · Birmingham Canal Navigations³ · Bridgewater · Bridgwater and Taunton · Bude² · Calder and Hebble¹ · Chelmer and Blackwater¹ · Chesterfield² · Chichester² · Coventry · Driffield · Droitwich² · Erewash · Foss Dyke · Gloucester and Sharpness · Grand Union³ · Grand Western² · Grantham² · Herefordshire and Gloucestershire² · Hertford Union Canal · Hollinwood Branch² · Huddersfield Broad · Huddersfield Narrow · Ipswich and Stowmarket¹² · Kennet and Avon · Lancaster² · Leeds and Liverpool³ · Limehouse · Llangollen · Lydney · Macclesfield · Manchester Bolton & Bury² · Manchester Ship Canal · Market Weighton² · Middle Level Navigations³ · Montgomery² · North Walsham & Dilham¹² · Nottingham² · Oxford¹ · Peak Forest · Pocklington² · Regent's Canal · Ribble Link¹ · Ripon · River Lee Navigation¹ · Rochdale · Royal Military Canal · Sankey² · Selby · Sheffield and South Yorkshire¹³ · Shropshire Union³ · Sleaford¹² · Staffordshire and Worcestershire · Stort¹ · Stourbridge · Stratford-upon-Avon · Stroudwater² · Thames and Medway² · Trent and Mersey³ · Weaver¹ · Wey and Arun² · Wey and Godalming¹ · Wilts & Berks² · Worcester and Birmingham

Northern Ireland	Broharris Canal · Coalisland Canal · Dukart's Canal · Lagan Canal · Newry Canal · Shannon-Erne Waterway · Strabane Canal · Ulster Canal

Scotland	Caledonian Canal¹ · Crinan Canal · Forth and Clyde · Union Canal

Wales	Llangollen Canal · Monmouthshire & Brecon² · Montgomery Canal² · Neath and Tennant² · Swansea Canal²

Features	Aqueducts (list) · Basins · Locks · Rings · Tunnels (list) · Winding holes

Related topics	British Waterways Board · UK canal history · Narrowboats · National Waterways Museum · Navigable aqueduct

Notes: ¹ Contains canalised river. ² Partly or mostly navigable, and/or under restoration (as of 2008). ³ A system of canals. Canals which form part of this system are not listed here individually.

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