# Historical Account of the Navigable Rivers, Canals, and Railways, of Great Britain/Index

INDEX.
| NAME OF CANAL, &c. | WHERE SITUATE. | No. on Index Map. | No. of Sheet on Large & Index Map. | Page in Refer- ence Book. |
| ABERDARE CANAL | Glamorganshire | 1 | V. | 1 |
| Aberdeenshire Canal | Aberdeenshire | 2 | II. | 2 |
| Adur River | Sussex | 4 | VI. | 4 |
| Aire and Calder Navigation | Yorkshire | 5 | IV. | 5 |
| Alford Canal | Lincolnshire | 7 | IV. | 18 |
| Ancholme River Navigation | Lincolnshire | 8 | IV. | 20 |
| Andover Canal | Hampshire | 9 | VI. | 23 |
| Arun River Navigation | Sussex | 10 | VI. | 25 |
| Arun River | Sussex | 11 | VI. | 28 |
| Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal | Warwickshire & Leicestershire | 12 | IV. | 30 |
| Ashton-under-Lyne Canal | Lancashire | 13 | III. IV. | 32 |
| Avon River | Hampshire | 14 | VI. | 37 |
| Avon River | Warwickshire and Worcestershire | 15 | IV. | 38 |
| Avon and Frome Rivers | Gloucestershire and Somersetshire | 16 | V. | 41 |
| Avon River | Gloucestershire and Somersetshire | 17 | V. | 45 |
| Avon and Gloucestershire Railway | Gloucestershire | 106 | V. | 48 |
| Axe River | Somersetshire | 18 | V. | 49 |
| BALLOCHNEY RAILWAY. | Lanarkshire | 6 | I. | 51 |
| Barnsley Canal | Yorkshire | 19 | IV. | 52 |
| Basingstoke Canal | Hampshire and Surrey | 20 | VI. | 55 |
| Baybridge Canal | Sussex | 21 | VI. | 58 |
| Bedford Level | Lincolnshire. Cambridge, &c. | | IV. | 59 |
| Berwick and Kelso Railway | Durham, Berwickshire and Roxburgshire | 22 | I. II. | 59 |
| Beverley Beck | Yorkshire | 23 | IV. | 60 |
| Birmingham Canal Navigations | Staffordshire and Warwickshire | 24 | IV. | 63 |
| Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal | Staffordshire, Shropshire & Cheshire | 25 | III. IV. | 74 |
| Blyth River | Suffolk | 26 | IV. | 78 |
| Blyth River | Northumberland | 27 | II. | 78 |
| Bolton and Leigh Railway | Lancashire | 28 | III. | 79 |
| Borrowstowness Canal | Linlithgow and Sterling | 29 | I. | 81 |
| Bourn Eau River | Lincolnshire | 30 | IV. | 83 |
| Bradford Canal | Yorkshire | 31 | IV. | 84 |
| Brandling’s Railroad | Yorkshire | 32 | IV. | 86 |
| Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal | Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire | 33 | V. | 86 |
| Bridgewater’s (Duke of) Canal | Lancashire and Cheshire | 34 | III. | 88 |
| Bridgewater and Taunton Canal | Somersetshire | 35 | V. | 93 |
| Bridgend Railway | Glamorgan | 36 | V. | 97 |
| Bristol & Gloucestershire Railway | Gloucestershire | 37 | V. | 98 ​ |
| Britton Canal | Glamorganshire | 38 | V. | 100 |
| Bude Harbour and Canal | Cornwall and Devonshire. . . . | 39 | V. | 101 |
| Bullo Pill or Forest of Dean Railway | Gloucestershire | 40 | V. | 105 |
| Bure or North River | Norfolk | 41 | IV. | 105 |
| Bure, Yare, and Waveney Rivers and Yarmouth Haven | Norfolk | 42 | IV. | 109 |
| Bury. Loughor and Lliedi Rivers | Glamorganshire & Carmarthenshire | 43 | V. | 113 |
| Bute Ship Canal | Glamorgan | 270 | V. | 115 |
| CAISTOR CANAL | Lincoln | 44 | IV. | 118 |
| Calder and Hebble Navigation. . . . | Yorkshire | 45 | IV. | 120 |
| Caledonian Canal | Invemessshire | 46 | II. | 125 |
| Cam or Grant River | Cambridge | 47 | IV. | 129 |
| Camel River | Cornwall | 48 | V. | 130 |
| Canterbury Navigation or River Stour | Kent | 49 | VI. | 131 |
| Canterbury and Whitstable Railway | Kent | 50 | VI. | 137 |
| Carlisle Canal | Cumberland | 51 | I. | 139 |
| Cardiff Canal (see Glamorganahire Canal | Glamorganshire | 102 | V. | 142, 282 |
| Carmarthenshire Railway | Carmarthenshire | 52 | V. | 142 |
| Carron River | Stirlingshire | 53 | I. | 144 |
| Cart River | Renfrewshire | 54 | I. | 144 |
| Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation | Essex | 55 | VI. | 146 |
| Chester Canal (see Ellesmere and Chester Canal Navigation ) | Cheshire, Shropshire and Denbighshire | 91 | III. | 148, 233 |
| Chesterfleld Canal | Nottingham, Yorkshire and Derbyshir | 56 | IV. | 148 |
| Clarence Railway | Durham | 57 | II. | 151 |
| Clyde River | Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire and Dumbartonshire | 58 | I. | 156 |
| Colne River | Essex | 59 | VI. | 161 |
| Conway River | Denbigh and Carnarvonshire | 60 | III. | 164 |
| Coombe Hill Canal | Gloucestershire | 61 | V. | 164 |
| Coventry Canal | Warwickshire | 63 | IV. | 165 |
| Cree River or Water of Cree | Kirkcudbright & Wigtonshire | 64 | I. | 169 |
| Crinan Canal | Argyleshire | 65 | I. | 169 |
| Cromford Canal | Nottinghamshire & Derbyahire | 66 | IV. | 172 |
| Cromford and High Peak Railway | Derbyshire | 67 | IV. | 173 |
| Crouch River | Essex | 68 | VI. | 178 |
| Croydon Canal | Kent and Surrey | 69 | VI. | 178 |
| Croydon, Merstham and Godstone Railway | Surrey | 70 | VI. | 181 |
| DANE RIVER (not navigable) | Cheshire | | III. | 183 |
| Darent River | Kent | 72 | VI. | 184 |
| Dart Rlver | Devonshire | 73 | V. | 184 |
| Dearne and Dove Canal | Yorkshire | 74 | IV. | 185 |
| Deben River | Suffolk | 75 | IV. | 186 |
| Dee River | Cheshire and Flintshire ... | 76 | III. | 188 |
| Darby Canal | Derbyshire | 77 | IV. | 193 |
| Derwent River | Derbyshire | 78 | IV. | 197 |
| Derwent River | Yorkshire | 79 | II. IV. | 197 |
| Devon River | Perthshire & Clackmannanshire | 80 | I. | 199 |
| Dorset and Somerset Canal | Wilts, Somerset and Dorset | 81 | V. | 199 ​ |
| Douglas Navigation (see Leeds and Liverpool Canal) | Lancashire, | 146 | III. | 201, 385 |
| Driffield Navigation | Yorkshire | 82 | IV. | 201, 385 |
| Droitwich Canal | Worcestershire | 83 | III. IV. | 204 |
| Dudley Canal | Staffordshire & Worcestershire | 84 | IV. | 205 |
| Duffryn Llynvi, and Forth Cawl Railway | Glamorganshire | 85 | V. | 210 |
| Dulais Railway | Glamorganshire | 3 | V. | 213 |
| Dundee and Newtyle Railway | Forfarshire | 86 | II. | 214 |
| Dun River Navigation , | Yorkshire , | 87 | IV. | 216 |
| EDEN RIVER | Cumberland , | 88 | I. | 224 |
| Edlnburgh and Dalkeith Railway | Edinburghshire | 89 | I. | 225 |
| Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal | Stirlingshire, Linlithgow & Edinburghshire | 90 | I. | 230 |
| Ellesmere and Chester Canal | Cheshire, Denbighshire and Shropshire | 91 | III. | 233 |
| English and Bristol Channels Ship Canal | Devon, Dorset & Somersetshire | 92 | V. | 246 |
| Erewash Canal | Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire | 93 | IV. | 251 |
| Exe River and Exeter Canal. | Devonshire | 94 | V. | 253 |
| FAL OR VALE RIVER. | Cornwall | 95 | V. | 262 |
| Forth River | Perth, Stirling, Clackmannon, Fife, Linlithgow & Edinburgh Shires | 96 | I. | 263 |
| Forth and Clyde Canal | Dumbartonshire, Lanarkshire and Stirlingshir | 97 | I. | 265 |
| Foss Navigation | Yorkshire | 98 | IV. | 273 |
| Fossdike Navigation | Lincolnshire | 99 | IV. | 276 |
| GARNKIRK AND GLASGOW RAILWAY | Lanarkshire | 100 | I. | 278 |
| Garturk Railway (see Wishaw and Coltness Railway) | Lanarkshire | 264 | I. | 280, 683 |
| Gippen or Gipping River | Suffolk | 101 | IV. | 280, 683 |
| Glamorganshire Canal | Glamorganshire | 102 | V. | 282 |
| Glasgow, Paisley and Ardrossan Canal and Railway | Ayr, Renfrew & Lanarkshire. | 103 | I. | 284 |
| Glastonbury Navigation | Somersetshire | 104 | V. | 287 |
| Glenkenns Canal | Kirkcudbrightshire | 105 | I. | 289 |
| Gloucester and Berkeley Canal | Gloucester | 107 | V. | 291 |
| Gloucester & Cheltenham Railway | Gloucestershire | 108 | V. VI. | 295 |
| Grand Junction Canal | Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Middlesex | 109 | IV. VI. | 297 |
| Grand Surrey Canal | Surrey | 110 | VI. | 312 |
| Grand Union Canal | Leicestershire & Northamptonshire | 111 | IV. | 318 |
| Grand Western Canal | Somersetshire & Devonshire | 112 | V. | 320 |
| Grantham Canal | Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire | 113 | IV. | 322 |
| Gresley Canal | Staffordshire | 114 | III. | 324 |
| Grimsby Port or Haven | Lincolnshire | 115 | IV. | 325 |
| Grosmont Railway | Monmouthshire and Herefordshire | 116 | V. | 326 ​ |
| HAMOAZE RIVER OR ESTUARY | Cornwall and Devonshire | 117 | V. | 327 |
| Hartlepool Canal | Durham | 118 | II. | 327 |
| Hay Railway | Brecknockshire and Herefordshi | 119 | II. V. | 328 |
| Heck and Wentbridge Railway | Yorkshire | 120 | IV. | 330 |
| Hedon Haven | Yorkshire | 121 | IV. | 332 |
| Hereford Railway | Herefordshire | 122 | III. V. | 333 |
| Hereford and Gloucester Canal | Herefordshire & Gloucestershire | 123 | | 334 |
| Hertford Union Canal | Middlesex | 124 | VI. | 336 |
| Horncastle Navigation | Lincolnshire | 125 | IV. | 338 |
| Huddersfield Canal | Yorkshire and Cheshire | 126 | IV. | 340 |
| Hull, Port of (see Kingston-upon-Hull) | Yorkshire | | IV. | 345 |
| Hull River (see Driffield Navigation) | Yorkshire | 140 | IV. | 345, 201 |
| Humber and Ouze | Yorkshire | | IV. | 345 |
| Humber River (see Louth Navigation) | Lincolnshire | 157 | IV. | 345 |
| Hythe River (see Colne River) | Essex | 59 | VI. | 345 |
| IDLE RIVER | Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire | 129 | IV. | 345 |
| Inverness and Fort William Canal (see Caledonian Canal) | Invernessshire | 46 | IV. | 346 |
| Isle of Dogs Canal | Middlesex | 130 | VI. | 346 |
| Itchin Navigation | Hampshire | 131 | VI. | 347 |
| Ivel River | Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 132 | IV. VI. | 350 |
| Ivelchester and Langport Canal | Somersetshire | 133 | V. | 352 |
| KENNET AND AVON CANAL | Wiltshire and Berkshire | 134 | V. VI. | 353 |
| Kennet River | Berkshire | 135 | VI. | 360 |
| Kensington Canal | Middlesex | 136 | VI. | 361 |
| Kenyon and Leigh Railway | Lincolnshire | 137 | III. | 363 |
| Ketley Canal (see Shropshire Canal | Shropshire | 222 | III. | 365 |
| Kidwelly Canal | Carmarthenshire | 138 | V. | 365 |
| Kilmarnock Railway | Ayrshire | 139 | I. | 367 |
| Kingston-Upon-Hull | Yorkshire | 140 | IV. | 369 |
| Kington Canal (see Leominster Canal) | Herefordshire and Worcestershire | 149 | III. | 369 |
| Kington Railway | Herefordshire and Radnorshire | 141 | III. | 370 |
| Kirkintilloch, or Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway | Lanarkshire & Dumbartonshire | 142 | I. | 371 |
| LANCASTER CANAL | Westmoreland & Lancashire | 143 | I. III. | 372 |
| Lapworth and Ringwood Canal (see Stratford-upon-Avon Canal) | Warwickshire | 238 | IV. | 377 |
| Larke River | Suffolk and Cambridge | 144 | IV. | 377 |
| Lea River | Middlesex, Hertfordshire & Essex | 145 | VI. | 379 |
| Leeds and Liverpool Canal and Douglas Navigation | Yorkshire and Lancashire | 146 | IV. | 385 |
| Leeds and Selby Railway | Yorkshire | 271 | IV. | 397 |
| Leicester Navigation | Leicestershire | 147 | IV. | 400 |
| Leicester and Melton Mowbray Navigation (see Wreak and Eye Navigation) | Leicestershire | 267 | IV. | 403 |
| Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal | Leicetershire & Northamptonshire | 148 | IV. | 403 |
| Leicester and Swannington Railway | Leicestershire | 272 | IV. | 405 ​ |
| Leominster, or Kington and Leominster Canal | Herefordshire & Worcestershire | 149 | III. | 409 |
| Leven Canal | Yorkshire | 150 | IV. | 412 |
| Lewes Navigation (see Ouze River, Sussex) | Sussex | 189 | VI. | 414 |
| Lidbrook and Lydney Railway (see Severn and Wye Railway) | Gloucestershire | 219 | V. | 414 |
| Liskeard and Looe Canal | Cornwall | 151 | V. | 414 |
| Liverpool and Manchester Railway | Lancashire | 152 | III. | 415 |
| Liverpool Docks and Harbour | Lancashire | 153 | III. | 420 |
| Llanelly Railway and Dock | Carmarthenshire | 154 | V. | 421 |
| Llanllyfin and Carnarvon Railway (see Nantille Railway) | Carnavonshire | 172 | III. | 422 |
| Llanfihangel Railway | Monmouthshire | 155 | V. | 423 |
| London and Cambridge Junction Canal | Essex and Cambridgeshire | 156 | IV. VI. | 424 |
| Louth Canal | Lincolnshire | 157 | IV. | 427 |
| Loyne or Lune River | Lancashire | 158 | III. | 430 |
| MACCLESFIELD CANAL | Cheshire | 159 | III. IV. | 432 |
| Mamhilad Railway (see also Usk Tramroad) | Monmouthshire | 160 | V. | 434 |
| Manchester, Ashton and Oldham Canal (see Ashton-under-Lyne Canal) | Lancashire | 13 | III. IV. | 435 |
| Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal | Lancashire | 161 | III. | 435 |
| Manchester and Oldham Railway | Lancashire | 162 | III. IV. | 437 |
| Mansfield and Pinxton Railway | Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire | 163 | IV. | 439 |
| Market Weighton Canal | Yorkshire | 164 | IV. | 441 |
| Medway River | Kent | 165 | VI. | 443 |
| Mersey River | Lancashire and Cheshire | 166 | III. | 447 |
| Mersey and Irwell Navigation | Lancashire and Cheshire | 167 | III. | 448 |
| Monkland Canal | Lanarkshire | 168 | I. | 449 |
| Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway (see Kirkintilloch or Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway) | Lanarkshire & Dumbartonshire | 142 | I. | 450 |
| Monmouth Railway | Monmouthshire & Gloucestershire | 169 | V. | 451 |
| Monmouthshire Canal | Monmouthshire | 170 | V. | 453 |
| Montgomeryshire Canal | Montgomeryshire | 171 | III. | 455 |
| NANTILLE RAILWAY | Carnarvonshire | 172 | III. | 458 |
| Narr River | Norfolk | 173 | IV. | 459 |
| Neath Canal Navigation | Glamorganshire | 174 | V. | 460 |
| Nyne or Nen River | Northamptonshire | 175 | IV. | 463 |
| Nyne or Nen River, Bedford Level | Cambridgeshire | 176 | IV. | 466 |
| Nene and Wisbech Rivers | Cambridgeshire, Norfolk & Lincolnshire | 177 | IV. | 467 |
| Newcastle-Under-Lyne Canal | Staffordshire | 178 | III. | 470 |
| Newcastle-Under-Lyne Junction Canal | Staffordshire | 179 | III. | 470 |
| Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway | Cumberland, Northumberland and Durham | 180 | I. II. | 471 |
| Newport Pagnell Canal | Buckinghamshire | 181 | IV. | 474 |
| Nith or Nidd River Navigation | Kirkcudbright and Dumfriesshire | 182 | I. | 476 ​ |
| North Walsham and Dilham Canal | Norfolk | 183 | IV. | 477 |
| North Wilts Canal | Wiltshire | 184 | VI. | 478 |
| Norwich and Lowestoft Navigation | Norfolk and Suffolk | 185 | IV. | 479 |
| Nottingham Canal | Nottinghamshire | 186 | IV. | 482 |
| Nutbrook or Shipley Canal | Derbyshire | 187 | IV. | 484 |
| OAKHAM CANAL | Leicestershire & Rutlandshire | 188 | IV. | 485 |
| Ouse River (Sussex) | Sussex | 189 | VI. | 487 |
| Ouse River (York) | Yorkshire | 190 | IV. | 491 |
| Ouse River (Bedford Level) | Norfolk and Suffolk | 191 | IV. | 495 |
| Little Ouse or Brandon and Waveney River | | 191 | IV. | 495 |
| Ouse and Larke | Cambridgeshire, Suffolk & Norfolk | 191 | IV. | 497 |
| Ouse (Great) River | Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire | 192 | IV. | 499 |
| Oxford Canal | Oxfordshire & Warwickshire | 193 | IV. VI. | 501 |
| Oystermouth Railway | Glamorganshire | 194 | V. | 510 |
| PEAK FOREST CANAL | Derbyshire and Cheshire | 195 | IV. | 511 |
| Peak Forest, Beard and Woodlands Railways | Derbyshire | 196 | IV. | 514 |
| Pembrey Harbour, Canal and Railway | Carmarthenshire | 197 | V. | 514 |
| Penclawdd Canal | Glamorganshire | 198 | V. | 516 |
| Penrhynmaur Railway | Anglesea | 199 | III. | 517 |
| Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway | Devonshire | 200 | V. | 518 |
| Pocklington Canal | Yorkshire | 201 | IV. | 521 |
| Polbrock Canal | Cornwall | 202 | V. | 524 |
| Polloc and Govan Railway | Lanarkshire | 274 | I. | 525 |
| Portland Railway | Dorsetshire | 203 | V. | 526 |
| Portsmouth and Arundel Canal | Sussex and Hampshire | 204 | VI. | 527 |
| RAMSDEN'S (SIR JOHN) CANAL | Yorkshire | 205 | IV. | 531 |
| Redruth and Chasewater Railway | Cornwall | 206 | V. | 532 |
| Regent's Canal | Middlesex | 207 | VI. | 534 |
| Ribble River | Lancashire | 208 | III. | 541 |
| Rochdale Canal | Yorkshire and Lancashire | 209 | III. IV. | 542 |
| Rodon River | Essex | 210 | VI. | 547 |
| Rother River | Sussex | 211 | VI. | 547 |
| Royal Military or Shorncliff and Rye Canal | Kent and Sussex | 212 | VI. | 549 |
| Rumney Railway | Monmouthshire | 213 | V. | 550 |
| ST. COLUMB CANAL | Cornwall | 214 | V. | 552 |
| Saint Helen's and Runcorn Gap Railway | Lancashire | 275 | III. | 553 |
| Salisbury and Southampton Canal | Pembrokeshire | 215 | VI. | 557 |
| Sankey Brook Navigation | Lanarkshire | 216, 276 | III. | 558 |
| Saundersfoot Railway | Pembrokeshire | 217 | V. | 562 |
| Severn River | Montgomeryshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire | 218 | III. V. | 562 |
| Severn and Wye Railway and Canal | Gloucestershire | 219 | VI. | 565 |
| Sheffield Canal | Yorkshire | 220 | IV. | 570 |
| Shipley Collieries Canal (see Nutbrook and Shipley Canal) | Derbyshire | 187 | IV. | 572 |
| Shrewsbury Canal | Shropshire | 221 | III. | 573 |
| Shropshire Canal | Shropshire | 222 | III. | 574 |
| Sirhowey Tramroad | Monmouthshire | 223 | V. | 575 |
| Sleaford Navigation | Lincolnshire | 224 | IV. | 576 ​ |
| Soar River or Loughborough Navigation | Leicestershire | 225 | IV. | 578 |
| Somersetshire Coal Canal & Lock Fund | Somersetshire | 226 | V. | 580 |
| Spittal and Kelso Railway (see Berwick and Kelso Railway) | Roxburgh, Berwick and detached part of Durham | 227 | I. II. | 582 |
| Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal | Staffordshire & Worcestershire | 228 | III. | 583 |
| Stainforth and Keadby Canal | Yorkshire and Lincolnhire | 229 | IV. | 585 |
| Stockton and Darlington Railway | Yorkshire and Durham | 230 | II. | 588 |
| Stort River | Hertfordshire and Essex | 231 | VI. | 593 |
| Stourbridge Canal | Staffordshire & Worcestershire | 232 | IV. | 594 |
| Stour and Salwerp Rivers | Staffordshire & Worcestershire | | IV. | 596 |
| Stour River | Hertfordshire and Essex | 234 | VI. | 597 |
| Stratford-Upon-Avon Canal | Warwickshire & Worcestershire | 235 | IV. | 598 |
| Stratford and Moreton Railway | Warwickshire & Gloucestershire | 236 | IV. VI. | 603 |
| Stroudwater Navigation | Gloucestershire | 237 | V. | 606 |
| Surrey (Grand) Canal (see Grand Surrey Canal) | Surrey | 110 | VI. | 608 |
| Surrey Iron Railway | Surrey | 238 | VI. | 609 |
| Swale River | Yorkshire | 190 | IV. | 610 |
| Swansea Canal | Brecknockshire & Glamorgan | 239 | V. | 611 |
| TAMAR MANURE NAVIGATION | Devonshire and Cornwal | 240 | V. | 612 |
| Tavistock Canal | Devonshire | 241 | V. | 613 |
| Tay River and Perth Navigation | Perthshire, Fifeshire & Forfar | 277 | II. | 615 |
| Tees Navigation | Durham and Yorkshire | 242 | II. | 617 |
| Thames River | Oxford, Berks, Bucks, Surrey, Middlesex, Essex and Kent | 243 | VI. | 619 |
| Thames and Medway Canal | Kent | 244 | VI. | 630 |
| Thames and Severn Canal | Gloucester and Wiltshire | 245 | V. VI. | 633 |
| Thanet Canal | Yorkshire | 246 | IV. | 637 |
| Tone River or Tone and Parrett Navigation | Somersetshire | 247 | V. | 637 |
| Trent River | Leicester, Derby, Nottingham and Lincoln Shires | 248 | IV. | 638 |
| Trent and Mersey Canal | Cheshire, Staffordshire and Derbyshire | 249 | III. IV. | 643 |
| ULVERSTON CANAL | Lancashire | 250 | I. | 647 |
| Ure River | Yorkshire | 251 | IV. | 648 |
| Usk Tramroad (see also Mamhilad Railway) | Monmouthshire | 180 | V. | 650 |
| WARRINGTON & NEWTON RAILWAY | Lancashire | 253 | III. | 651 |
| Warwick and Birmingham Canal | Warwickshire | 254 | IV. | 655 |
| Warwick and Napton Canal | Warwickshire | 255 | IV. | 660 |
| Weald of Kent Canal | Kent | 256 | VI. | 661 |
| Wear River | Durham | 257 | II. | 666 |
| Weaver Navigation | Cheshire | 258 | III. | 669 |
| Welland River | Lincoln | 259 | IV. | 670 |
| West Lothian Railway | Lanarkshire and Linlithgowshire | 260 | I. | 672 ​ |
| Western Ship Canal (see Grand Western Canal) | Devon and Somersetshire | 112 | | 672, 320 |
| Wey River | Surrey | 261 | VI. | 672 |
| Wey and Arun Junction Canal | Surrey and Sussex | 261a | VI. | 673 |
| Wigan Branch Railway | Lancashire | 278 | III. | 674 |
| Wilts and Berks Canal | Wiltshire and Berkshire | 262 | | 678 |
| Wisbech Canal | Cambridge | 263 | IV. | 682 |
| Wishaw and Coltness Railway | Lanarkshire | 264 | I. | 683 |
| Witham River | Lincolnshire | 265 | IV. | 684 |
| Worcester and Birmingham Canal | Worcestershire | 266 | | 690 |
| Worsley Brook (see Bridgewater's Canal) | Lancashire | 34 | III. | 695 |
| Wreak and Eye Rivers or Leicester and Melton Mowbray Navigation | Leicestershire | 267 | IV. | 695 |
| Wye and Lugg Rivers | Radnor, Hereford, Monmouth and Gloucester Shires | 268 | III. V. | 697 |
| Wyrley and Essington Canal | Staffordshire | 269 | IV. | 700 |