List of canal aqueducts in the United Kingdom

This list of canal aqueducts in the United Kingdom covers aqueducts that have articles in Wikipedia. The actual number of canal aqueducts is much greater.

Aqueduct	Canal	Designer	Coordinates	Notes	Image
Almond Aqueduct	Union Canal		55°55′16″N 3°26′01″W / 55.9212°N 3.4337°W / 55.9212; -3.4337	Aqueduct over the River Almond	Almond Aqueduct, Scotland
Avon Aqueduct	Union Canal		55°58′12″N 3°38′59″W / 55.9701°N 3.6496°W / 55.9701; -3.6496	Scotland's longest and tallest aqueduct, crosses the River Avon (Falkirk)	Avon Aqueduct, Scotland
Avoncliff Aqueduct	Kennet and Avon Canal	John Rennie	51°20′22″N 2°16′58″W / 51.33935°N 2.28275°W / 51.33935; -2.28275	Crosses the River Avon (Bristol)	Avoncliff Aqueduct
Barton Swing Aqueduct	Bridgewater Canal	Sir Edward Leader Williams	53°28′29″N 2°21′01″W / 53.474813°N 2.350334°W / 53.474813; -2.350334	Crosses the Manchester Ship Canal. Swings to let large vessels pass below.	Barton Swing Aqueduct
Bonnington Aqueduct	Union Canal		55°55′28″N 3°24′52″W / 55.9244°N 3.4144°W / 55.9244; -3.4144	Crosses the B7030 Cliftonhall Road	Bonnington Aqueduct near the M8
Bullbridge Aqueduct	Cromford Canal		53°03′51″N 1°27′51″W / 53.06404°N 1.46424°W / 53.06404; -1.46424	Demolished 1968. Originally crossed the Ambergate to Nottingham road.	Old engraving of the demolished Bull Bridge Aqueduct
Chirk Aqueduct	Llangollen Canal		52°55′43″N 3°03′42″W / 52.9287°N 3.0616°W / 52.9287; -3.0616	Crosses the Ceiriog Valley	Chirk Aqueduct
Clifton Aqueduct	Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal		53°31′38″N 2°19′01″W / 53.527344°N 2.316814°W / 53.527344; -2.316814	Grade II listed building, crosses the River Irwell	Clifton Aqueduct from Clifton Viaduct
Cosgrove Aqueduct	Grand Union Canal	Benjamin Bevan	52°04′08″N 0°50′01″W / 52.068798°N 0.833641°W / 52.068798; -0.833641	Crosses the River Great Ouse. Built to replace an earlier aqueduct which collapsed.	Cosgrove Aqueduct
Dundas Aqueduct	Kennet and Avon Canal	John Rennie	51°21′40″N 02°18′36″W / 51.36111°N 2.31°W / 51.36111; -2.31	Crosses the River Avon (Bristol) and the Wessex Main Line railway. Designed in a classical style, this is now a Scheduled Ancient Monument	Dundas Aqueduct
Edstone Aqueduct	Stratford-upon-Avon Canal			The longest aqueduct in England, crosses a minor road, the Birmingham and North Warwickshire railway, and also the trackbed of the former Alcester Railway.	Edstone Aqueduct
Engine Arm Aqueduct	Birmingham Canal Navigations		52°29′52″N 1°57′59″W / 52.4979°N 1.9665°W / 52.4979; -1.9665	Cast by Horseley Ironworks. Carries the Engine Arm over the BCN Main Line	The Engine Arm Aqueduct
Ewood Aqueduct	Leeds and Liverpool Canal		53°44′01″N 2°29′33″W / 53.7335°N 2.4926°W / 53.7335; -2.4926	Grade II listed building, crosses the River Darwen & B6447	Ewood Aqueduct
Lichfield Canal Aqueduct	Lichfield Canal		52°39′19″N 1°54′06″W / 52.655164°N 1.901584°W / 52.655164; -1.901584	A modern construction for a canal under restoration; not yet in water. Crosses the M6 Toll.	View of the open ended aqueduct over the M6 Toll
Lune Aqueduct	Lancaster Canal	John Rennie	54°4′5.94″N 2°47′21.07″W / 54.0683167°N 2.7891861°W / 54.0683167; -2.7891861	Grade II listed building, crosses the River Lune	Lune Aqueduct
Marple Aqueduct	Peak Forest Canal	Benjamin Outram and Thomas Brown	53°24′26″N 2°04′09″W / 53.4073°N 2.0691°W / 53.4073; -2.0691	A Scheduled Ancient Monument, crosses the River Goyt.
New Semington Aqueduct	Kennet and Avon Canal		51°20′50″N 2°08′42″W / 51.34709°N 2.14497°W / 51.34709; -2.14497	Modern aqueduct opened in 2004, crosses the A350 road.	New Semington Aqueduct
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct	Llangollen Canal	Thomas Telford	52°58′14″N 3°05′16″W / 52.970534°N 3.087834°W / 52.970534; -3.087834	A cast iron trough 1,007 feet long supported 126 feet above the river by 19 masonry piers. Crosses the River Dee	Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, Wales
Prestolee Aqueduct	Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal		53°33′09″N 2°22′35″W / 53.5525°N 2.3764°W / 53.5525; -2.3764	Grade II listed building, crosses the River Irwell.	Prestolee Aqueduct
Scott Russell Aqueduct	Union Canal		55°55′18″N 3°18′25″W / 55.9218°N 3.3070°W / 55.9218; -3.3070	Passes over the A720 Edinburgh Bypass	Scott Russell Aqueduct, Scotland
Semington Aqueduct	Kennet and Avon Canal		51°20′50″N 2°08′42″W / 51.34709°N 2.14497°W / 51.34709; -2.14497	Crosses Semington Brook	Semington Aqueduct
Slateford Aqueduct	Union Canal		55°55′03″N 3°15′00″W / 55.9175°N 3.2499°W / 55.9175; -3.2499	Crosses Inglis Green Road and the Water of Leith	Slateford Aqueduct, Scotland
Stanley Ferry Aqueduct	Aire and Calder Navigation	George Leather	53°42′09″N 1°27′45″W / 53.702417°N 1.462394°W / 53.702417; -1.462394	One of the earliest through arch bridges in the world, crosses the River Calder, West Yorkshire.	Stanley Ferry Aqueduct
Stewart Aqueduct	BCN Main Line	Thomas Telford	52°30′21″N 1°59′51″W / 52.5059°N 1.9974°W / 52.5059; -1.9974	The M5 motorway (1970) crosses the West Coast Main Line (1852) crosses the BCN Old Main Line Canal (1770) crosses the BCN New Main Line Canal (1828)	Stewart Aqueduct from the New Main Line
Store Street Aqueduct	Ashton Canal	Benjamin Outram	53°28′46.39″N 2°13′38.45″W / 53.4795528°N 2.2273472°W / 53.4795528; -2.2273472	Built on a skew of 45 degrees across the highway, and believed to be the first of its kind in Great Britain. Crosses Store Street, Manchester.	Store Street Aqueduct
Stretton Aqueduct	Shropshire Union Canal	Thomas Telford	52°41′39″N 2°11′22″W / 52.694267°N 2.189412°W / 52.694267; -2.189412	One of Telford's last aqueducts and grade II listed since 1985. Crosses the A5 road.	Stretton Aqueduct carrying the Shropshire Union Canal over the A5. The inscription in the centre panel reads: "Birmingham and Liverpool Canal Thos. Telford F.R.S.I.& E. Engineer 1832"
Wootton Wawen Aqueduct	Stratford-upon-Avon Canal	W Whitmore	52°15′51″N 1°46′12″W / 52.264039°N 1.769911°W / 52.264039; -1.769911	Crosses the A3400 road.	Wootton Wawen Aqueduct spans the A3400
Yarningale Aqueduct	Stratford-upon-Avon Canal		52°17′43″N 1°43′54″W / 52.2952°N 1.7316°W / 52.2952; -1.7316	Crosses Kingswood Brook.	Yarningale aqueduct spans Kingswood Brook

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References

v t e Navigable canals of the United Kingdom

England	Aire and Calder¹ Ashby-de-la-Zouch² Ashton Beverley Beck Birmingham Canal Navigations³ Bridgewater Bridgwater and Taunton Bude² Calder and Hebble¹ Cambridgeshire Lodes³ Chelmer and Blackwater¹ Chesterfield² Chichester² Coventry Driffield Droitwich Erewash Foss Dyke Gloucester and Sharpness Grand Union³ Grand Western² Grantham² Herefordshire and Gloucestershire² Hertford Union Canal Hollinwood Branch² Huddersfield Broad Huddersfield Narrow Ipswich and Stowmarket¹² Kennet and Avon Lancaster² Leeds and Liverpool³ Limehouse Llangollen Lydney Macclesfield Manchester Bolton & Bury² Manchester Ship Canal Market Weighton² Middle Level Navigations³ Montgomery² North Walsham & Dilham¹² Nottingham² Oxford¹ Peak Forest Pocklington² Regent's Canal Ribble Link¹ Ripon River Lee Navigation¹ Rochdale Royal Military Canal Sankey² Selby Sheffield and South Yorkshire¹³ Shropshire Union³ Sleaford¹² South Forty-Foot Drain Staffordshire and Worcestershire Stort¹ Stourbridge Stratford-upon-Avon Stroudwater² Thames and Medway² Trent and Mersey³ Weaver¹ Wey and Arun² Wey and Godalming¹ Wilts & Berks² Witham Navigable Drains³ Worcester and Birmingham

Northern Ireland	Broharris Canal Coalisland Canal Dukart's Canal Lagan Canal Newry Canal Shannon–Erne Waterway Strabane Canal Ulster Canal

Scotland	Caledonian Canal¹ Crinan Canal Forth and Clyde Union Canal

Wales	Llangollen Canal Monmouthshire & Brecon² Montgomery Canal² Neath and Tennant² Swansea Canal²

Features	Aqueducts (list) Basins Locks Rings Tunnels (list) Winding holes

Related topics	British Waterways Canal & River Trust Scottish Canals History of the British canal system Narrowboats National Waterways Museum Navigable aqueduct

Notes: ¹ Contains canalised river. ² Partly or mostly navigable, and/or under restoration. ³ A system of canals. Canals which form part of this system are not listed here individually.

List of canal aqueducts in the United Kingdom

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