British Canals and Rivers

▶ Northern Waterways

  • Lancaster Canal

  • Leeds Liverpool Canal

  • Manchester Ship Canal

  • Bridgewater Canal

  • Trent and Mersey Canal

  • Aire and Calder Canal

▶ West Midlands Waterways

  • Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal

  • Worcestershire and Birmingham Canal

  • Birmingham to Fazeley Canal

  • Gloucester to Sharpness Canal

  • Hereford and Gloucester Canal

  • Shropshire Union Canal

  • Stratford upon Avon Canal

▶ East Midlands Waterways

  • Chesterfield Canal

  • Leicestershire and Northampton Canal

  • Middle Level Navigations

▶ Southern Waterways

  • Grand Junction Canal – Brentford to Braunston

  • Grand Union Canal

  • River Lea / Lee Navigation

  • Thames and Severn Canal

  • Oxford Canal

  • Kennet and Avon Canal

  • Wiltshire and Berkshire Canal

  • Bude Canal

▶ Welsh Waterways

  • Llangollen Canal

  • Montgomery Canal

▶ Scottish Waterways

  • Caledonian Canal

  • Forth and Clyde Canal

  • Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal

▶ Irish Waterways

  • Lagan Canal

  • Shannon and Erne Canal

  • Ulster Canal

▶ The Seven Wonders of the British Waterways

  1. Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

  2. Standedge Tunnel

  3. Caen Hill Lock Flight

  4. Barton Swing Aqueduct

  5. Anderson Boat Lift

  6. Bingley Five Lock Rise

  7. Burnley Embankment

▶ Cruising Rings of the British Waterways

The Avon Ring

  • Waterways – Worcester and Birmingham canal, Stratford upon Avon canal, River Avon, River Severn

The Birmingham Ring

  • Waterways – Birmingham Canal Old Main Line, Wyrley and Essington, Tame Valley and Birmingham

    and Fazeley

The Black Country Ring, also known as the Staffordshire Ring

  • Waterways – Birmingham Old Mainline Canal, Staffordshire and Worcestershire, Trent and Mersey Coventry, Birmingham and Fazeley.

The Cheshire Ring

  • Waterways – the Ashton Canal, the Macclesfield Canal, the Peak Forest Canal, the Rochdale Canal, the Trent and Mersey Canal and the Bridgewater Canal.

The Four Counties Ring

  • Waterways – the Shropshire Union Canal, the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, the Trent and Mersey Canal.

The Leicester Ring

  • Waterways – the Trent and Mersey Canal, the Grand Union Leicester Branch, the North Oxford Canal, the Coventry Canal and the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal

The Mid Worcestershire Ring

  • Waterways – River Severn, the Droitwich Barge Canal, the Droitwich Junction Canal, the Worcestershire and Birmingham Canal

The South Pennines Ring

  • Waterways – the Ashton Canal, the Calder and Hebble Navigation, the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, the Rochdale Canal

The Stourport Ring

  • Waterways – the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, the Birmingham Canal Main Line, the Birmingham Canal Old Main Line, the River Severn and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal.

The Thames Ring

  • Waterways – the Grand Union Canal, the Oxford Canal and the River Thames

The Two Roses Ring

  • Waterways –  The Bridgewater Canal, the Leeds Liverpool Canal, the Calder and Hebble Navigation, the Aire and Calder Navigation, the Rochdale Canal

The Warwickshire Ring

  • Waterways – the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, the Coventry Canal, the Grand Union Canal and the Oxford Canal

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