Who Built the Navigable Waterways in Britain and When
Which Engineers and When the Waterway Opened.
Built by John Hadley & Opened 1704. There are 10 Locks
34 miles long
Max Boat Length: 200 feet
Max Boat Width: 20 feet
Built by John Hadley & Thomas Telford & Opened 1704. There are 5 Locks
7.5 miles long
Max Boat Length: 70 feet 2 in
Max Boat Width: 17 feet 8 in
Built by Robert Whitworth & Opened 1804. There are zero Locks
22 miles long
Max Boat Length: 72 feet
Max Boat Width: 6 feet 10 in
Built by Benjamin Outram & Opened 1796. There are 18 Locks
6.8 miles long
Max Boat Length: 71 feet 5 in
Max Boat Width: 6 feet 10 in
Built by John Smeaton & Opened 1794. There are 29 Locks
30.3 miles long
Max Boat Length: 72 feet 6 in
Max Boat Width: 13 feet 6 in
Built by John Smeaton & Opened 1789. There are 44 Locks
15 miles long
Max Boat Length: 70 feet
Max Boat Width: 6 feet 10 in
Built by William Felkin & Opened 1799. There are 5 Locks
2.5 miles long
Max Boat Length: 72 feet
Max Boat Width: 6 feet 10 in
Built by Thomas Telford & Opened 1838. There are 3 Locks
8.4 miles long
Max Boat Length: 70 feet
Max Boat Width: 6 feet 10 in
Built by James Brindley & Opened 1772. There are 24 Locks
13.6 miles long
Max Boat Length: 70 feet
Max Boat Width: 6 feet 10 in
4 miles long
Max Boat Length: 70 feet
Max Boat Width: 12 feet
Built by John Gilbert & James Brindley & Opened 1761. There are zero Locks
39.1 miles long
Max Boat Length: No Limit
Max Boat Width: 14 feet 9 in
Built by James Hollinsworth & Opened 1827. There are 6 Locks
14.5 miles long
Max Boat Length: 50 feet
Max Boat Width: 10 feet 6 in
Built by John Smeaton & Opened 1770. There are 30 Locks
21.5 miles long
Max Boat Length: 57 feet 6 in
Max Boat Width: 14 feet 2 in
Built by James Brindley & Opened 1779. There are 17 Locks
18 miles long
Max Boat Length: 72 feet
Max Boat Width: 6 feet 10 in
Built by Birmingham Canal Navigations & Opened 1840. There are zero Locks
1.8 miles long
Max Boat Length: 70 feet
Max Boat Width: 7 feet
Built by James Brindley & Opened 1777. There are 47 Locks
33 miles long
Max Boat Length: 72 feet
Max Boat Width: 6 feet 10 in
Built by James Brindley & Opened 1769. There are 13 Locks
38 miles long
Max Boat Length: 70 feet
Max Boat Width: 6 feet 10 in
Built by James Walker & Opened 1804. There are zero Locks
5.4 miles long
Max Boat Length: 70 feet
Max Boat Width: 7 feet
Built by James Brindley & Opened 1771. There are 16 Locks
7.4 miles long
Max Boat Length: 71 feet 6 in
Max Boat Width: 6 feet 10 in
Built by Thomas Dadford Snr & Opened 1779. There are 12 Locks
10.1 miles long
Max Boat Length: 70 feet
Max Boat Width: 6 feet 10 in
Built by John Varley & Opened 1778. There are 15 Locks
11.5 miles long
Max Boat Length: 80 feet 4 in
Max Boat Width: 13 feet 5 in
Built by The Romans approx 120 AD & Opened AD 120. There are 1 Locks
11.3 miles long
Max Boat Length: 70 feet
Max Boat Width: 15 feet 2 in
Built by Robert Mylne and later James Dadford & Opened 1827. There are 2 Locks
16 miles long
Max Boat Length: 210 feet
Max Boat Width: 31 feet 5 in
Built by James Barnes (mostly) & Opened 1800. There are 162 Locks
137 miles long
Max Boat Length: 72 feet
Max Boat Width: 12 feet 6 in
Built by John Rennie & Opened 1814. There are 16 Locks
6.25 miles long
Max Boat Length: 72 feet
Max Boat Width: 6 feet 10 in
Built by Benjamin Bevan & Opened 1799. There are 41 Locks
41.2 miles long
Max Boat Length: 72 feet
Max Boat Width: 6 feet 10 in
Built by Benjamin Bevan & Opened 1809. There are zero Locks
6 miles long
Max Boat Length: 72 feet
Max Boat Width: 9 ft 6 in
Built by Benjamin Bevan & Opened 1815. There are 17 Locks
4.8 miles long
Max Boat Length: 74 feet
Max Boat Width: 7 feet
Built by Benjamin Outram & Opened 1801. There are zero Locks
13.6 miles long
Max Boat Length: 73 feet 4 in
Max Boat Width: 14 feet
Built by the Grand Junction Canal Company & Opened 1883. There are zero Locks
4.9 miles long
Max Boat Length: 72 feet
Max Boat Width: 14 feet
Built by Benjamin Bevan & Opened 1814. There are 1 Locks
1.6 miles long
Max Boat Length: 72 feet
Max Boat Width: 6 feet 10 in
Built by Grand Junction Canal Company & Opened 1799. There are zero Locks
1.5 miles long
Max Boat Length: 72 feet
Max Boat Width: 6 feet 10 in
Built by Francis Giles & Opened 1830. There are 3 Locks
1.1 miles long
Max Boat Length: 85 ft 3 in
Max Boat Width: 14 feet 7 in
Built by Benjamin Outram & Opened 1776. There are 9 Locks
3.75 miles long
Max Boat Length: 57 feet 6 in
Max Boat Width: 14 feet 2 in
Built by Benjamin Outram & Opened 1811. There are 74 Locks
19.3 miles long
Max Boat Length: 70 feet
Max Boat Width: 6 feet 10 in
Built by John Rennie the Elder and William Jessop & Opened 1723. There are 105 Locks
87 miles long
Max Boat Length: 72 feet
Max Boat Width: 13 feet 1 in
Built by John Rennie & Opened 1797. There are zero Locks
41 miles long
Max Boat Length: 72 feet 2 in
Max Boat Width: 14 feet
Built by John Rennie & Opened 1826. There are 7 Locks
2.5 miles long
Max Boat Length: 73 feet 1 in
Max Boat Width: 14 feet 1 in
Built by Thomas Yeoman & Opened 1771. There are 19 Locks
27.5 miles long
Max Boat Length: 84 feet 7 in
Max Boat Width: 15 ft 5 in
Built by John Longbotham, James Brindley and Robert Whitworth & Opened 1816. There are 98 Locks
127 miles long
Max Boat Length: 62 feet
Max Boat Width: 14 feet 1 in
Built by James Fletcher & Opened 1820. There are 2 Locks
7.5 miles long
Max Boat Length: 72 feet
Max Boat Width: 15 feet 1 in
Built by the Douglas Navigation Company & Opened 1781. There are 8 Locks
7.25 miles long
Max Boat Length: 62 feet
Max Boat Width: 14 feet 1 in
Built by William Jessop and Thomas Telford assisted by John Duncombe, Thomas Denson and William Turner & Opened 1808. There are 21 Locks
46 miles long
Max Boat Length: 72 feet
Max Boat Width: 6 feet 10 in
Built by Thomas Telford and William Jessop & Opened 1805. There are zero Locks
1.4 miles long
Max Boat Length: 6 feet 10 in
Max Boat Width: 6 feet 10 in
Built by Thomas Telford & Opened 1831. There are 13 Locks
26.25 miles long
Max Boat Length: 72 feet
Max Boat Width: 6 feet 10 in
Built by Edward Leader Williams & Opened 1894. There are 6 Locks
36 miles long
Max Boat Length: 600 feet
Max Boat Width: 63 feet 6 in
Built by Thomas Dadford Jr & Opened 1812. There are 5 Locks
35 miles long
Max Boat Length: 55 feet
Max Boat Width: 6 feet 10 in
Built by John Dadford and Thomas Dadford Jnr. & Opened 1821. There are 8 Locks
1.7 miles long
Max Boat Length: 72 feet
Max Boat Width: 6 feet 10 in
Built by James Brindley & Opened 1837. There are zero Locks
1.9 miles long
Max Boat Length: 70 feet
Max Boat Width: 6 feet 10 in
Built by James Brindley and Samuel Simcock & Opened 1790. There are 44 Locks
78 miles long
Max Boat Length: 72 feet
Max Boat Width: 6 feet 10 in
Built by Benjamin Outram & Opened 1796. There are 16 Locks
15 miles long
Max Boat Length: 72 feet
Max Boat Width: 6 feet 10 in
Built by James Morgan & Opened 1820. There are 13 Locks
8.6 miles long
Max Boat Length: 73 feet 4 in
Max Boat Width: 13 feet 10 in
Built by Civil Engineers Gleeson & Opened 2002. There are 9 Locks
4 miles long
Max Boat Length: 62 feet
Max Boat Width: 10 feet 6 in
Built by John Smeaton & Opened 1773. There are 3 Locks
2.3 miles long
Max Boat Length: 56 feet 11 in
Max Boat Width: 14 feet 1 in
Built by John Rennie & Opened 1844. There are 91 Locks
32 miles long
Max Boat Length: 72 feet
Max Boat Width: 9 ft 6 in
Built by James Walker & Opened 1847. There are 9 Locks
3 miles long
Max Boat Length: 70 feet
Max Boat Width: 6 feet 10 in
Built by William Jessop & Opened 1779. There are 2 Locks
6 miles long
Max Boat Length: 78 feet 8 in
Max Boat Width: 16 feet 5 in
Built by James Watt and William Jessop & Opened 1819. There are 25 Locks
43 miles long
Max Boat Length: 68 feet 7 in
Max Boat Width: 19 ft
Built by Thomas Telford & Opened 1835. There are 47 Locks
66.5 miles long
Max Boat Length: 72 feet
Max Boat Width: 6 feet 10 in
Built by the Chester Canal Company & Opened 1829. There are 4 Locks
10 miles long
Max Boat Length: 72 feet
Max Boat Width: 7 feet
Built by James Brindley & Opened 1772. There are 43 Locks
46 miles long
Max Boat Length: 70 feet
Max Boat Width: 6 feet 10 in
Built by John Thompson and Daniel Servant & Opened 1802. There are 3 Locks
14.9 miles long
Max Boat Length: 61 feet 8 in
Max Boat Width: 17 feet 1 in
Built by Thomas Dadford & Opened 1779. There are 20 Locks
5.8 miles long
Max Boat Length: 72 feet
Max Boat Width: 6 feet 10 in
Built by Thomas Dadford & Opened 1779. There are zero Locks
1.3 miles long
Max Boat Length: 72 feet
Max Boat Width: 12 feet
Built by William Clowes & Opened 1816. There are 56 Locks
25.5 miles long
Max Boat Length: 72 feet
Max Boat Width: 6 feet 10 in
Built by James Walker & Opened 1844. There are 13 Locks
8.5 miles long
Max Boat Length: 70 feet
Max Boat Width: 6 feet 10 in
Built by John Smeaton & Opened 1837. There are 6 Locks
1.2 miles long
Max Boat Length: 70 feet
Max Boat Width: 6 feet 10 in
Built by James Brindley and Hugh Henshall & Opened 1777. There are 76 Locks
93.5 miles long
Max Boat Length: 72 feet
Max Boat Width: 6 feet 10 in
Built by James Brindley & Opened 1800. There are 16 Locks
8 miles long
Max Boat Length: 70 feet
Max Boat Width: 6 feet 10 in
Built by Edward Leader Williams & Opened 1732. There are 5 Locks
20 miles long
Max Boat Length: 196 feet 10 in
Max Boat Width: 35 feet 1 in
Built by Sir Richard Weston & Opened 1653. There are 16 Locks
20 miles long
Max Boat Length: 73 feet 6 in
Max Boat Width: 13 feet 10 in
Built by several canal engineers including Thomas Cartwright, John Woodhouse and William Crosley & Opened 1815. There are 58 Locks
30 miles long
Max Boat Length: 72 feet
Max Boat Width: 6 feet 10 in
Built by William Pitt & Opened 1797. There are zero Locks
16.5 miles long
Max Boat Length: 70 feet
Max Boat Width: 6 feet 10 in
Built by the Aire and Calder Navigation Company & Opened 1704. There are 2 Locks
6.5 miles long
Max Boat Length: 78 feet
Max Boat Width: 16 feet 6 in
Built by John Rennie. There are 2 Locks
19 miles long
Max Boat Length: 69 feet
Max Boat Width: 16 feet
Built by Ralph Allen and John Padmore, William Sandys & Samuel Fortrey & Opened 1727. There are 16 Locks
85 miles long
Max Boat Length: 70 feet
Max Boat Width: 13 feet 6 in
Built by William Sandys & Opened 1639. There are 2 Locks
9 miles long
Max Boat Length: 87
Max Boat Width: 13 feet 1 in
Built by The Romans Conservators of the River Cam & Opened 1702. There are 3 Locks
12 miles long
Max Boat Length: 75+ feet
Max Boat Width: Unknown
Built by Francis Russell (4th Earl of Bedford). There are zero Locks
20.8 miles long
Max Boat Length: 85 feet 4 in
Max Boat Width: 10 feet 11 in
Built by Arnold Spencer and Thomas Girton & Opened 17th Century. There are 18 Locks
72 miles long
Max Boat Length: 85 feet 4 in
Max Boat Width: 10 feet 11 in
Built by The Romans. There are 1 Locks
16.6 miles long
Max Boat Length: 75 feet
Max Boat Width: 12 feet 6 in
Built by James Rendall and John Rennie & Opened 1761. There are 39 Locks
88 miles long
Max Boat Length: 85 ft
Max Boat Width: 15 feet 1 in
79.5 miles long
Max Boat Length: 72 feet
Max Boat Width: 13 feet
42.6 miles long
Max Boat Length: 89 feet 11 in
Max Boat Width: 18 feet 8 in
24.1 miles long
Max Boat Length: 70 feet
Max Boat Width: 14 feet 4 in
Built by Thomas Yeoman & Opened 1769. There are 15 Locks
13.8 miles long
Max Boat Length: 88 feet
Max Boat Width: 13 feet 4 in
215 miles long
Max Boat Length: 109 feet 10 in
Max Boat Width: 14 feet 8 in
Built by The Dadfords & Opened 1801. There are 14 Locks
94.8 miles long
Max Boat Length: 168 feet 4 in
Max Boat Width: 19 feet
8 miles long
Max Boat Length: 57 feet
Max Boat Width: 14 feet 3 in
Built by William Jessop and John Smeaton. There are 4 Locks
36.5 miles long
Max Boat Length: 70 feet 3 in
Max Boat Width: 17 feet 4 in
