| Tunnel |
Canal |
Length |
Designer |
Coordinates |
Notes |
Image |
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| 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
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| Blisworth Tunnel |
Grand Union Canal |
3,056 yards (2,794 m) |
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Northamptonshire |
Blisworth Tunnel, southern portal
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| Branwood Tunnel |
Stratford-upon-Avon Canal |
352 yards (322 m) |
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Brandwood Tunnel, eastern portal
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| 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
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| Bruce Tunnel |
Kennet and Avon Canal |
502 yards (459 m) |
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Bruce Tunnel's Eastern Portal (in 1992)
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| Butterley Tunnel |
Cromford Canal |
3,063 yards (2,801 m) |
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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
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| Chirk Tunnel |
Llangollen Canal |
459 yards (420 m) |
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52°55′46.91″N 3°3′46.77″W / 52.9296972°N 3.0629917°W / 52.9296972; -3.0629917 |
Near Chirk |
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| Cookley Tunnel |
Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal |
65 yards (59 m) |
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Cookly Tunnel, western portal
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| Drakeholes Tunnel |
Chesterfield Canal |
154 yards (141 m) |
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| Dudley Tunnel |
Birmingham Canal Navigations |
3,172 yards (2,900 m) |
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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
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| Dunsley Tunnel |
Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal |
25 yards (23 m) |
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52°27′25″N 2°12′34″W / 52.4568191°N 2.2093904°W / 52.4568191; -2.2093904 |
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Dunsley Tunnel, west portal, near Kinver
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| Gosty Hill Tunnel |
Birmingham Canal Navigations |
557 yards (509 m) |
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Part of Dudley Canal Line No 2 |
Gosty Hill Tunnel, northern portal
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| Greywell Tunnel |
Basingstoke Canal |
1,200 yards (1,100 m) |
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Closed to traffic following cave-in. Now home to Europe's largest bat colony. |
The eastern portal of Greywell Tunnel on the Basingstoke Canal
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| Hardham Tunnel |
Arun Navigation |
375 yards (343 m) |
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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.
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| 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.
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| 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. |
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| Lapal Tunnel |
Birmingham Canal Navigations |
3,795 yards (3,470 m) |
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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
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| Lord Ward's Tunnel |
Birmingham Canal Navigations |
196 yards (179 m) |
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In the Dudley Tunnel complex |
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| Netherton Tunnel |
Birmingham Canal Navigations |
3,027 yards (2,768 m) |
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52°30′25″N 2°03′25″W / 52.50697°N 2.05708°W / 52.50697; -2.05708 |
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The dual towpaths inside the northan portal of Netherton Tunnel
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| Newbold Tunnel |
Oxford Canal |
250 yards (230 m) |
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Illuminated Newbold Tunnel
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| Norwood Tunnel |
Chesterfield Canal |
2,884 yards (2,637 m) |
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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
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| Sapperton Canal Tunnel |
Thames and Severn Canal |
3,817 yards (3,490 m) |
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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.
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| Scout Tunnel |
Huddersfield Narrow Canal |
220 yards (200 m) |
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Unlined, rock tunnel |
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| Standedge Tunnels |
Huddersfield Narrow Canal |
5,698 yards (5,210 m) |
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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
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| Wast Hills Tunnel |
Worcester and Birmingham Canal |
2,726 yards (2,493 m) |
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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
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