Specific Canals and Waterways of the British Isles

Note: Other information on specific canals and waterways of the UK will be found at:

• Canal-Related Organisations: U.K.: Local
• Wikipedia's List of canals of the United Kingdom
• Brett Laniosh's Travelling the Inland Waterways. Last updated 2003.
• Tim Lewis' British Waterway Web Page References By Waterway
• John Russell's UK Inland Waterway Size Restrictions
• Jim Shead's Waterways
• Martin Reed's guide to the waterways of the UK

England

• Martin Clark on the Aire and Calder Navigation
• Anglian Waterways - including rivers Ancholme, Glen, Welland, Nene, Great Ouse, Stour - from the Environment Agency
• Martin Clark on the Ashton Canal - virtual trip and history
• David Kitching on the history of the Ashton, Macclesfield, and Peak Forest Canals.
• Ashton Canal - Stockport Branch - infilled in 1962
• Martin Clark on the Barnsley Canal
• Basingstoke Canal, from the Rushmoor Borough Council
• The Surrey & Hampshire Canal Society's pages on the Basingstoke Canal (by Arthur Dungate)
• Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway Trust - 28 Feb 03: Route chosen!
• Beverley Beck Canal - Web site defunct - - flows from the River Hull near to the centre of the historic town of Beverley.
• Up The Cut - Web site defunct - - Birmingham, Black Country & other Midland Canals
• Tony Clayton's Journeys on the Birmingham Canal Navigations 1973-75
• Rod Beavon's Birmingham Canal Navigations
• Canals in Birmingham, part of the Birmingham City Council web site.
• Bond End Canal - a short history
• Bradford Waterways - "dedicated to the re-opening of Bradford's Canal"
• Martin Clark on the Bradford Canal
• Peter Andrews' pages on the Braunston area of the Grand Union Canal
• John Swayne on the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal
• Martin Clark on the Bridgewater Canal
• Bridgewater Canal - official site
• Canal Archive: Bridging the Years explores the creation of the Bridgewater Canal and the Manchester Ship canal
• Bristol City Docks - official site
• Martin Clark on the Calder and Hebble Navigation
• Leisure and Pleasure on the Chelmer and Blackwater Canal - from the Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation Company (Essex)
• Chelmsford Boats - info on waterways of Essex
• Cotswold Canals - A Photographic Survey
• Cotswold Canals (Thames & Severn, and Stroudwater)
• Martin Clark on the Dearne and Dove Canal
• The Dorset and Somerset Canal
• Driffield Navigation Gallery
• Canals of Dudley, part of the Dudley web site.
• The Fens Waterways Guide
• The Foxton Canal Museum
• Foxton Locks (Leics.)
• Martin Purbrook on the River Gipping (Stowmarket Navigation)
• Gloucester Docks and the Sharpness Canal
• Gloucester - Sharpness Canal Page
• Gloucester & Sharpness Canal - see also "Severn" below
• Grand Western Canal Country Park
• Owen Rushby on the Grantham Canal
• Grantham Canal, from the Grantham Navigation Association and the Grantham Canal Partnership
• Martin Clark on the Hollinwood Branch Canal
• Martin Clark on the Huddersfield Broad Canal
• Martin Clark on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal
• The Kennet & Avon Canal Museum from Interactive Presentations.
• Kennet & Avon Trade Association
• A short history of the Lancaster Canal 1772-1997
• Lancaster Canal
• History of the Locks on the Lee and Stort Navigations
• The Leeds and Liverpool Canal, part of Martin Clark's great series
• Leeds and Liverpool Canal photo tour - 1,835 photos!
• Leominster Canal - derelict
• Leven Canal - E. Yorks, off of R. Hull
• Liverpool Canal Link - opened 2009
• London's Inland Waterways - A Towpath & Cruising Guide by Michael Lennox
• Mike Stevens' London's Waterways - Mike is gone, and sorely missed
• Port of London
• Tim Boddington's pages on the Macclesfield Canal
• Martin Clark on the Macclesfield Canal
• The Macclesfield Canal
• Manchester Bolton and Bury Canal
• Martin Clark on the Manchester Bolton and Bury Canal
• Martin Clark on the Manchester Ship Canal
• Manchester Ship Canal
• Canal Archive: Bridging the Years explores the creation of the Bridgewater Canal and the Manchester Ship canal
• Marple Canals and Waterways (Peak Forest Canal)
• Steve Rodgers' pages on the River Medway
• Peter Kelly's River Medway Boater's Guide - Web site defunct
• River Medway - from the Environment Agency
• Medway Canoe Trail - "canoeing guide for the River Medway in Kent"
• Medway-Cruiser - information on tidal and non-tidal portions of the River Medway
• Pete's Montgomery Canal Website
• River Nene guide - from nb "No Problem"
• Newport Branch 1977 - black and white photos
• Lock92: Canals of Northern England
• David Greer's walking tour of the Paddington Arm, Grand Union (London)
• Martin Clark on the Peak Forest Canal
• David Greer's walking tour of the Regents Canal
• Martin Clark on the Rochdale Canal
• Derek Parsons' page on the Rochdale Canal
• Rolle Canal - restoration of the abandoned canal in North Devon; also called the "Torrington Canal"
• Martin Clark on the Sankey (or St Helens) Canal
• Charles Lyne's pages on the Sapperton Tunnel (on Thames and Severn Canal)
• Martin Clark on the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation - including the Sheffield and Tinsley, Stainforth and Keadby and New Junction Canals
• Motor boat cruising on the River Severn, Sharpness Canal, and Bristol Channel
• Chris Witts' Severn Tales - lots about the River Severn
• The Severn Bore page - about the tidal surge waves that occur regularly on the R. Severn
• Shrewsbury Canal - photos
• Richard Hill on the Slough Arm of the Grand Union Canal  Note: pdf file - requires Adobe or Foxit Reader
• River Stort - Stort Navigation
• Stourport - Leominster Canal - black and white photos of the abandonned canal
• Waterways of Sussex
• Swansea Waterlinks - "to promote the creation of a 35 mile regional waterway based on the historic Swansea, Neath & Tennant Canals" (S. Wales)
• Canals in Tameside (Peak Forest, Ashton, and Huddersfield Narrow) - from the Tameside Metropolitan Borough
• David Greer's walking tour of the Thames, Hammersmith to Chiswick
• John Kennett's pages on The Tideway - London's River
• Ian and Dorothy Hart's Floating Down the River (Thames)
• The River Thames Guide
• Thames Path National Trail - 180 miles long
• Visit Thames - from the Environment Agency
• Cruising the River Thames - (1997)
• Where Thames Smooth Waters Glide
• A 1776 Map of the Trent and Mersey Canal (307KB!) from Oxford's Bodleian Library Map Room.
• Mileposts on the Trent & Mersey Canal
• Ulverston Canal - Cumbria; derelict
• Wessex Waterways Network, by Doug Small
• Rivers Wye and Lugg Navigation
• River Wey & Godalming Navigations and Dapdune Wharf - National Trust
• River Wey & Navigations
• Peter Smith's Wilts & Berks Canal Page
• Doug Small's Wilts & Berks Canal pages
• Canalside Pubs in the Heart of Warwickshire, from Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). Covers parts of Grand Union and Oxford Canals.

Ireland

• The Shannon-Erne Waterway (N. Ireland).
• A Guide to Cruising on the Shannon. Last update 1996!
• Newry Canal (N. Ireland).

Scotland

• Falkirk Wheel and Millennium Link Resource (1999-2002)
• Monkland Canal
• Scottish Lowland Canals, by James Perry. Last updated 2002.
• British Waterways Scottish Canals

Wales

• Glamorganshire Canal - old postcards and modern photos
• The Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal in Pictures
• Monmouthshire Canal