List of canal tunnels in the United Kingdom facts for kids

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

Listed by name

Tunnel	Canal	Length	Designer	Coordinates	Notes	Image
Ashford Tunnel	Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal	375 yards (343 m)	Thomas Dadford	51°53.195′N 3°16.525′W / 51.886583°N 3.275417°W / 51.886583; -3.275417	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)			Northamptonshire	Blisworth Tunnel, southern portal
Branwood Tunnel	Stratford-upon-Avon Canal	352 yards (322 m)				Brandwood Tunnel, eastern portal
Braunston Tunnel	Grand Union Canal	2,042 yards (1,867 m)	Jessop & Barnes	52°16.976′N 1°10.041′W / 52.282933°N 1.167350°W / 52.282933; -1.167350	Northamptonshire	Narrowboat leaving Braunston Tunnel
Bruce Tunnel	Kennet and Avon Canal	502 yards (459 m)				Bruce Tunnel's Eastern Portal (in 1992)
Butterley Tunnel	Cromford Canal	3,063 yards (2,801 m)		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	459 yards (420 m)		52°55′46.91″N 3°3′46.77″W / 52.9296972°N 3.0629917°W / 52.9296972; -3.0629917	Near Chirk	View taken from the Chirk Aqueduct
Cookley Tunnel	Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal	65 yards (59 m)				Cookly Tunnel, western portal
Drakeholes Tunnel	Chesterfield Canal	154 yards (141 m)
Dudley Tunnel	Birmingham Canal Navigations	3,172 yards (2,900 m)		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	The southern portal of the Dudley Tunnel
Dunsley Tunnel	Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal	25 yards (23 m)		52°27′25″N 2°12′34″W / 52.4568191°N 2.2093904°W / 52.4568191; -2.2093904		Dunsley Tunnel, west portal, near Kinver
Gosty Hill Tunnel	Birmingham Canal Navigations	557 yards (509 m)			Part of Dudley Canal Line No 2	Gosty Hill Tunnel, northern portal
Greywell Tunnel	Basingstoke Canal	1,200 yards (1,100 m)			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 / 50.94889; -0.52306	Closed since 1888; blocked in 1895 by LBSCR under Mid Sussex Line and Midhurst-Pulborough Line.	Southern Portal, Hardham Tunnel.
Harecastle Tunnel	Trent & Mersey Canal	2,926 yards (2,676 m)	James Brindley/Thomas Telford	53°4′27″N 2°14′11″W / 53.07417°N 2.23639°W / 53.07417; -2.23639	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.
Hincaster Tunnel	Lancaster Canal	378 yards (346 m)	Thomas Fletcher	54°15′33″N 2°45′18″W / 54.25917°N 2.75500°W / 54.25917; -2.75500	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	3,795 yards (3,470 m)		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 (disused—closed 1907)	1955 Ordnance Survey map of the east portal of Lapal Tunnel
Lord Ward's Tunnel	Birmingham Canal Navigations	196 yards (179 m)			In the Dudley Tunnel complex
Netherton Tunnel	Birmingham Canal Navigations	3,027 yards (2,768 m)		52°30′25″N 2°03′25″W / 52.50697°N 2.05708°W / 52.50697; -2.05708		The dual towpaths inside the northan portal of Netherton Tunnel
Newbold Tunnel	Oxford Canal	250 yards (230 m)				Illuminated Newbold Tunnel
Norwood Tunnel	Chesterfield Canal	2,884 yards (2,637 m)		53°20′06″N 1°16′11″W / 53.33501°N 1.26971°W / 53.33501; -1.26971	Located in Derbyshire. Closed with plans for restoration.	Norwood Tunnel western portal
Sapperton Canal Tunnel	Thames and Severn Canal	3,817 yards (3,490 m)		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.
Scout Tunnel	Huddersfield Narrow Canal	220 yards (200 m)			Unlined, rock tunnel	Scout Tunnel
Standedge Tunnels	Huddersfield Narrow Canal	5,698 yards (5,210 m)		53°35′29″N 1°57′36″W / 53.591283°N 1.95996°W / 53.591283; -1.95996	West Yorkshire to Greater Manchester	Standedge Tunnel entrance at Marsden
Wast Hills Tunnel	Worcester and Birmingham Canal	2,726 yards (2,493 m)		52°23′25″N 1°56′24″W / 52.3902°N 1.9400°W / 52.3902; -1.9400	West Midlands (county) to Worcestershire	Wast Hills Tunnel, southern portal

Navigatable adits and mine levels

An adits is a horizontal entrance to a mine:

Tunnel	Canal	Length	Designer	Coordinates	Notes	Image
Hollingwood Common Tunnel	Chesterfield Canal
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

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

• 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