# List of canal tunnels in the United Kingdom

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

## Listed by name

| Tunnel | Canal | Length | Designer | Coordinates | Notes | Image |
| Ashford Tunnel | Monmouthshire and Brecon 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 (Ashford) | 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 |
| Ashperton Tunnel | Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal | 400 yards (370 m) | | | | |
| Aylestone Tunnel | Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal | 440 yards (400 m) | | | | |
| Berwick Tunnel | Shrewsbury Canal | 970 yards (890 m) | Josiah Clowes | 52°42′4.97″N 2°41′22.22″W﻿ / ﻿52.7013806°N 2.6895056°W﻿ / 52.7013806; -2.6895056﻿ (Berwick) | Claimed to be the first canal tunnel with a towpath throughout. | Berwick 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 (Braunston) | 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 (Butterley) | 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 (Chirk) | Near Chirk | View taken from the Chirk Aqueduct |
| Cookley Tunnel | Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal | 65 yards (59 m) | | | | Cookley 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 (Dudley) | 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) | | Dunsley Tunnel, west portal, near Kinver |
| Edgbaston Tunnel | Worcester and Birmingham Canal | 105 yards (96 m) | | | |
| Foulridge Tunnel | Leeds and Liverpool Canal | 1,630 yards (1,490 m) | Robert Whitworth/Samuel Fletcher | 53°52′28″N 2°10′56″W﻿ / ﻿53.8745°N 2.1821°W﻿ / 53.8745; -2.1821﻿ (Foulridge) | Also known as the Mile Tunnel | Southern portal, Foulridge Tunnel |
| 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 (Hardham) | 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 (Harecastle) | 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 (Hincaster) | 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 (Lapal) | 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 (Netherton) | | The dual towpaths inside the northern portal of Netherton Tunnel |
| Newbold Tunnel | Oxford Canal | 250 yards (230 m) | | | | Illuminated Newbold Tunnel |
| Newnham Tunnel | Leominster Canal | 100 yards (91 m) | | 52°19′37″N 2°31′20″W﻿ / ﻿52.32685°N 2.52223°W﻿ / 52.32685; -2.52223﻿ (Newnham) | Worcestershire | |
| Norwood Tunnel | Chesterfield Canal | 2,884 yards (2,637 m) | James Brindley | 53°20′06″N 1°16′11″W﻿ / ﻿53.33501°N 1.26971°W﻿ / 53.33501; -1.26971﻿ (Norwood) | Derbyshire to South Yorkshire. Closed with plans for partial restoration of eastern end. | Norwood Tunnel western portal |
| Oxenhall Tunnel | Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal | 2,192 yards (2,004 m) | | | | |
| Pensax Tunnel | Leominster Canal | 3,850 yards (3,520 m) | | 52°19′22″N 2°23′27″W﻿ / ﻿52.32265°N 2.39083°W﻿ / 52.32265; -2.39083﻿ (Pensax) | Worcestershire Abandoned during construction. | |
| Putnall Tunnel | Leominster Canal | 330 yards (300 m) | | 52°17′38″N 2°43′58″W﻿ / ﻿52.29398°N 2.73266°W﻿ / 52.29398; -2.73266﻿ (Putnall) | Herefordshire | |
| Sapperton Canal Tunnel | Thames and Severn Canal | 3,817 yards (3,490 m) | Josiah Clowes | 51°42′45″N 2°03′42″W﻿ / ﻿51.7126°N 2.0618°W﻿ / 51.7126; -2.0618﻿ (Sapperton) | 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 |
| Shortwood Tunnel | Worcester and Birmingham Canal | 613 yards (561 m) | | | | |
| Southnett Tunnel | Leominster Canal | 1,250 yards (1,140 m) | | 52°19′43″N 2°28′37″W﻿ / ﻿52.32874°N 2.47691°W﻿ / 52.32874; -2.47691﻿ (Southnett) | Herefordshire | |
| 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 (Standedge) | West Yorkshire to Greater Manchester | Standedge Tunnel entrance at Marsden |
| Strood Tunnel | Thames and Medway Canal | 3,946 yards (3,608 m) | Ralph Walker | 51°24′54″N 0°28′52″E﻿ / ﻿51.4149°N 0.4812°E﻿ / 51.4149; 0.4812﻿ (Strood) | Kent | |
| Tardebigge Tunnel | Worcester and Birmingham Canal | 580 yards (530 m) | | | | |
| 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 (Wast Hills) | West Midlands (county) to Worcestershire | Wast Hills Tunnel, southern portal |

## Navigable adits and mine levels

An adit 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 (Worsley Navigable Levels) | 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