| Tunnel |
Canal |
Length |
Designer |
Coordinates |
Notes |
Image |
| Blisworth Tunnel |
Grand Union Canal |
3,057 yards (2,795 m) |
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Northamptonshire |
Blisworth Tunnel, southern portal
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| Bruce Tunnel |
Kennet and Avon Canal |
502 yards (459 m) |
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Bruce Tunnel's Eastern Portal (in 1992)
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| Butterley Tunnel |
Cromford Canal |
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53°3.3841′N 1°22.3994′W / 53.0564017°N 1.3733233°W / 53.0564017; -1.3733233 |
Derbyshire |
The Butterley Reservoir Adit where it enters the Butterley Tunnel, in 2006
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| Chirk Tunnel |
Llangollen Canal |
459 yards (420 m) |
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52°55′46.91″N 3°3′46.77″W / 52.9296972°N 3.0629917°W / 52.9296972; -3.0629917 |
Near Chirk, Wales
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| Drakeholes Tunnel |
Chesterfield Canal |
154 yards (141 m) |
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| Dudley Tunnel |
Birmingham Canal Navigations |
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52°31′18″N 2°04′42″W / 52.52173°N 2.07840°W / 52.52173; -2.07840 |
Part of Dudley Canal Line No 1
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The southern portal of the Dudley Tunnel
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| Greywell Tunnel |
Basingstoke Canal |
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Closed to traffic following cave-in. Now home to Europe's largest bat colony. |
The eastern portal of Greywell Tunnel on the Basingstoke Canal
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| Harecastle Tunnels |
Trent & Mersey Canal |
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James Brindley/ Thomas Telford
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53°4′27″N 2°14′11″W / 53.07417°N 2.23639°W / 53.07417; -2.23639 |
Staffordshire |
North ends of both Harecastle Tunnels, Telford's tunnel on the left, Brindley's the right
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| Hollingwood Common Tunnel |
Chesterfield Canal |
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| Lapal Tunnel |
Birmingham Canal Navigations |
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52°26′42″N 2°00′06″W / 52.4450°N 2.0017°W / 52.4450; -2.0017 |
Part of Dudley Canal Line No 2
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1955 Ordnance Survey map of the east portal of Lapal Tunnel
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| Lord Ward's Tunnel |
Birmingham Canal Navigations |
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| Norwood Tunnel |
Chesterfield Canal |
2,893 yards (2,645 m) |
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53°20′06″N 1°16′11″W / 53.33501°N 1.26971°W / 53.33501; -1.26971 |
Derbyshire |
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| Netherton Tunnel |
Birmingham Canal Navigations |
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52°30′25″N 2°03′25″W / 52.50697°N 2.05708°W / 52.50697; -2.05708 |
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Netherton Tunnel
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| Sapperton Canal Tunnel |
Thames and Severn Canal |
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53°35′29″N 1°57′36″W / 53.591283°N 1.95996°W / 53.591283; -1.95996 |
Gloucestershire |
The Coates Portal at the south-eastern end of the Sapperton Canal Tunnel.
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| Standedge Tunnels |
Huddersfield Narrow Canal |
5,686 yards (5,199 m) |
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53°35′29″N 1°57′36″W / 53.591283°N 1.95996°W / 53.591283; -1.95996 |
West Yorkshire to Greater Manchester
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Standedge Tunnel entrance at Marsden
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| Worsley Navigable Levels |
Bridgewater Canal |
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53°30′2.2″N 2°22′52.2″W / 53.500611°N 2.381167°W / 53.500611; -2.381167 |
Greater Manchester |
Starvationer at Ellesmere Port Canal Museum with a demonstration of the process of legging to push the boat through the tunnels
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