Canal or Navigation Act open length locks closed notes leisure use closed Aberdare 1793 1812 6.75 2 1900 C Aberdeenshire 1796 1805 18.25 18 1854 C Adlephi none 1799 0.5 1850 C Beck none 1800 1.875 2 1850 N Aire & Calder (Knottingley to ) 1820 1826 18.75 4 open C open Aire & Calder (original) 1699 1704 48.5 16 1839 N Aire & Calder (rebuilt) 1840 22 14 open N open Aire & Calder, 1774 1778 11.75 4 1971 C 1970s Ancholme 1287 1300 19 2 1981 improvement Act 1767 N 1980s Andover 1789 1794 22 24 1859 abandoned 1858 C Ant 1757 1761 9 4 1911 abandoned 1934 N Arun 1785 1790 12.25 6 1889 abandoned 1896 N Ashby-de-la-Zouch 1794 1804 22.625 1 1971 end abandoned 1944/1957, 7.375miles C 1970s Ashby-de-la-Zouch, end section 1794 1804 7.375 1944 7.375 Ashton-under-Lyne 1792 1796 6.75 18 1957 reopened C 6.75 except Beat Bank branch, 3 miles closed 1798 Ashton-under-Lyne, branches 1793 1797 14.75 7 1933 (unfinished) C Avon () 1712 1727 11.5 6 1967 N Avon (Lower) 1636 1639 28.25 9 1961 N 1960s Avon (Upper) 1636 1639 17.5 11 1875 disused commercially 1875 N B&LJ Norbury branch 1827 1835 11.25 23 1944 abandoned 1944 C 11.25 Barnsley 1793 1804 15 20 1946 abandoned 1953 C 15 Basingstoke 1778 1794 37.5 29 1901 C Baybridge Canal (Adur River) 1825 1700 3.375 2 1861 abandoned 1875 N 1767 1767 2 1767 unfinished N Beeston Cut 1794 1796 2.5 1 1971 C 1970s Beck 1727 1731 0.75 1 1981 N 1980s Bevills Leam (Middle Level Navns) 1630 1631 5 1971 disused commercially 1971 C Shortened line - 8.125 miles built, total length Birmingham 1768 1772 22.625 29 1971 15.625 C 1970s Birmingham & Fazeley 1783 1789 20.75 38 1961 C 1960s Birmingham & Liverpool Junction 1826 1835 39.5 27 1961 C 1960s Birmingham & Warwick Junction 1840 1844 2.625 6 1961 C 1960s Birmingham branches 1830 11 20 1961 C 1960s 11 Birmingham branches 1780 5.875 5 1960 C Birmingham branches 1800 9.25 14 1954 C Birmingham branches 1800 9.25 14 1954 C Black Ham Drain & Yaxley Lode (MLN) 1630 3.625 1971 disused commercially 1971 C Bo’ness 1768 1768 1768 unfinished C Bottisham Lode Roman 100 2.5 1 1900 C Bourne Eau 1781 1782 3.5 2 1860 abandoned1962 N Bradford 1771 1774 3.625 10 1922 Canal closed 1867-72 C Brandon 1773 1779 9 5 1912 abandoned 1928 N Brecknock & Abergavenny 1793 1812 33.25 6 1933 C Bridgewater 1759 1765 8.75 1971 includes short branches C 1970s Bridgewater to Runcorn 1762 1776 25.25 10 1961 C 1960s Bridgewater, Leigh branch 1795 1799 6.25 1971 C 1970s Bridgewater, Runcorn & Weston 1853 1859 1.25 2 1962 1.25 1837-41 Bridwater Dock extension, disused Bridgwater & Taunton 1811/24 1827 15.25 7 1907 commercially 1907c C Brown’s 1801 1802 1 1850 date of disuse not known C

tub canal closed 1891, barge canal 1900c and Bude 1819 1823 35.5 3 1891 abandoned 1960, basin open: 6 inclines C Burnturk none 1800 2.5 1830 C Burwell Lode Roman 100 3.25 1963 disused commercially 1963 C C&H, Halifax branch 1828 1.75 14 1942 C 1.75 Calder & Hebble 1758 1770 23.5 24 1971 length now 21.5, Halifax branch closed N 1970s Caledonian 1803 1822 60 29 open C open Cam 1702 1710 14.375 4 1951 disused commercially 1951 N Campbeltown none 1794 3 1856 C Cann Quarry none 1829 2 1835 C Carlingwark none 1780 2.5 1841 first 1.5 miles opened 1765c C Carlisle 1819 1823 11.25 8 1853 C Cassington Cut none 1814 0.75 1 1870 C Chard 1834 1842 13.5 1868 C Chard 1834 1842 13.5 1868 C Chester 1772 1779 19.25 16 1961 C 1960s Chesterfield 1771 1777 47.75 65 1908 abandoned 1962 above Worksop C Cinderford none 1795 1.25 1810 C Cod Beck 1767 1767 5 1 1767 unfinished N Colne 1623 1650 11 1 1846 N Coombe Hill 1792 1796 2.75 2 1876 abandoned 1876 C Cottenham Lode 1700 2 1891 C Counter Wash Drain 3 1920 C Coventry 1768 1790 16 13 1961 C 1960s Coventry to Atherstone 1768 1771 17.25 1971 C 1970s Cowbridge Drain (Witham Nav Drains) 1568 1.5 1971 C Crinan 1793 1801 9 15 open C open Cromford 1789 1794 17.375 14 1943 abandoned 1944, bottom 0.5mile 1962 C 17.375 Croydon 1801 1809 9.25 28 1836 C Cyfartha none 1776 2 1835 C Dartford & Crayford 1840 1844 3 1 open N open

Elsecar branch, 2.125 miles, 1798, Worsborough Dearne & Dove 1793 1804 9.625 19 1934 branch 2.125 miles, 1804, abandoned 1961 C Derby 1793 1796 18.125 17 1927 abandoned 1935/64 C Derwent (Derby) 1720 1721 10 1 1795 N Derwent (Derby) 1720 1721 10 1 1795 N Derwent (Yorks) extension 1813 13.5 1935 N Doctor’s none 1813 1 1911 C Don 1726-40 1751 29 16 open figures have varied over time N open Donnington Wood none 1768 5.5 7 1900 1 incline C Donnington Wood none 1768 2 1879

Dorset & 1796 1802 8 1802 8 miles only built up to 1802, not completed C Douglas 1720 1742 17.5 8 1782 N 1767 1770 11 7 1944 N 11 Driffield extension 1767 1805 2.75 1944 N 2.75 Droitwich 1768 1771 6.75 8 1916 abandoned 1939 C Droitwich Junction 1852 1853 1.75 7 1928 abandoned 1939 C Dudley 1785 1792 2.375 5 1961 C 1960s Dudley 1776 1779 2.25 9 1951 C 2.25 Dudley to Selly Oak 1793 1798 10.875 1917 abandoned 1953 C Dudley, Bumblehole 1803 0.75 1955 C Dudley, Netherton Tunnel 1858 2.375 1961 C 1960s Dudley, Pensnett 1840 1.25 1940 C Dudley,Two line 1858 0.375 2 1909 abandoned 1954 C Earl of Ashburnham’s none 1796 1.75 1867 Pen-y-bedd to estuary closed 1816c C East Fen Drain Catchwater (WND) 1634 4.5 1971 C 0.5 mile branch opened 1823, canal abandoned Edinburgh & Glasgow Union 1817 1822 31.75 11 1933 1965 C 0.5 mile branch opened 1823, canal abandoned Edinburgh & Glasgow Union 1817 1822 31.75 11 1933 1965 C Ellesmere (Chester to EP) 1793 1795 8.75 3 1961 C 1960s Ellesmere, Frankton-Carreghofa 1796 11 3 1936 Ellesmere, Middlewich branch 1833 9.75 3 1961 C 1960s Emmet’s none 1782 1 1815 C Erewash 1777 1779 11.75 14 1952 Langley Mill-Ilkeston abandoned 1962 C Exeter 1539 1566 5 1 1981 extended 1701 and 1830 C 1980s small section built 1810c near Exeter, not Exeter & Crediton 1801 1809 0.5 1810 completed C Farcet River (Middle Level Navns) 1700 3.375 1 1971 C Fleet Canal always 1674 0.375 1733 N 0.375 Fletcher’s none 1791 1.5 1 1935 C Forth & Cart 1836 1840 0.5 3 1893 C opened to Stockingfield 1775, branches in 1777, 1782c, 1788c, 1791; Carron Branch closed 1810c 1 Forth & Clyde 1768 1790 21.25 21 1962 mile C 21.25 Foss 1793 1796 11.5 8 1859 except lowest 1.875 miles N Fossdyke Roman 100 11 1 1981 C 1980s Frith Bank Drain (WND) 1892 2 1 1971 C Galton’s 1801 1803 1.375 1 1850 abandoned 1897 C General Warde’s (Dafen) none 1769 0.75 1808 C General Warde’s (Yspitty) none 1770 1.25 1821 extended 1787c (by 0.25m?) C Giant’s Cave & Briton Ferry none 1825 0.5 1860 C extension opened 1798, closures: Abercynon upwards 1898, Pontypridd 1915, Crdiff 1945, sea Glamorganshire 1790 1794 13.25 51 1945 lock pound 1950 C 13.25 Glamorganshire, Abercynon-Pontypridd 1790 1794 3.75 1915 Glamorganshire, above Abercynon 1790 1794 8.5 1898 Glan-y-wern none 1790 3.5 1911 C Glasgow, Paisley & Johnstone 1806 1811 11 1881 C Glastonbury 1827 1833 14.125 1 1854 C Glen 1630 11.5 1 1920 disused commercially mid-1920s N & Berkeley 1793 1827 17.75 open C open Grand Junction 1793/4/5 1800 95.75 118 1971 Wendover 1897 C 1970s Grand Junction, Aylesbury branch 1794 1815 6.75 1 1897 still navigable to Little Tring lock C Grand Junction, Buckingham branch 1793/4 1801 10.5 2 1910 abandoned 1961 C Grand Junction, Northampton branch 1793 1815 5 17 1961 C 1960s Grand Junction, Slough branch 1879 1882 4.875 1951 C 1950s Grand Junction, Wendover branch 1793 1799 4.875 1951 C 1950s 4.875 Grand Surrey 1801 1810 3.75 2 1971 C 3.75 Grand Union (Old) 1810 1814 26.875 18 1961 Welford branch 1.625m last traffic 1938 C 1960s

Tiverton-Loudwells (11m) opened 1814, 13.5m Grand Western 1796 1838 24.5 2 1924 Lowdwells-Taunton closed 1864: 7 lifts + 1 incline C Grantham 1793 1797 33 18 1928 abandoned 1936 C Greasborough none 1780 1.5 4 1928 C Grosvenor none 1824 0.75 1 1902 C Hackney none 1843 0.625 1 1928 C Herefordshire & 1839 1845 34 22 1881 Ledbury-Hereford C Herefordshire & Gloucestershire 1791 1798 16 13 1881 Gloucester-Ledbury C Hertford Union 1824 1830 1.25 3 open C open Hobhole Drain (WND) 1801 1801 13.75 1 1971 part closed C Hopkin’s none 1825 0.5 1850 C Horncastle 1792 1802 12 11 1878 abandoned 1884 N Huddersfield 1794 1811 19.875 74 1944 C 19.875 Idle 1720 100 10 1 1800 N Inverarnan 1820 0.25 1850 C Ipswich & Stowmarket 1790 1793 17 15 1922 abandoned 1932 N Isle of Dogs 1799 1805 0.5 2 1829 C Itchen 1664-5 1710 10.375 15 1869 N Ivel, to Biggleswade 1757 1758 5 1876 N Ivel, to Shefford 1757 1823 6 1876 Ivelchester & Langport 1795 1797 8.25 7 1797 uncompleted N Kennet 1715 1723 18.5 21 1934 N Kennet & Avon 1794 1810 57 79 1937 C Kensington 1824 1828 1.75 1 1859 part closed 1859 C Ketley none 1788 1.5 1 1816 1 incline C Kidwelly & Llanelly 1812 1816 4.375 5 1867 2 inclined planes C Kidwelly & Llanelly extension 1838 5 1867 Kilbagie 1780 1 1861 closed before 1861 C Kilgetty 1790 1792 begun 1792c C King’s Dyke (Middle Level Navns) 1700 4.25 1 1971 disused commercially 1971 C Kymer’s 1766 1769 3 1867 C Lakenheath Lode 1680 3.25 1 1911 C Lancaster, Glasson branch 1793 1825 25 6 1955 still open C Lancaster, Johnsons Hillock 1819 1816 0.5 6 1963 C 1963 Lancaster, south 1792 1799 52.75 1963 C 1963 Lancaster, Tewitfield north 1792 1819 14.5 8 1947 14.5 8m Bury-Icklingham closed 1895c, open Gt. Ouse to Lark 1700 1720 24 25 1920 Jude’s ferry N Lee 100 27.75 24 open N open Leeds & Liverpool , Stanley Dock 1845 1846 0.25 4 1963 C 1963 Leeds & Liverpool, fifth phase 1810 9.5 1963 C 1963 Leeds & Liverpool, first phase 1770 1777 64.5 45 1963 C 1963 Leeds & Liverpool, fourth phase 1801 10 1963 C 1963 Leeds & Liverpool, Leigh branch 1819 1820 7.25 3 1972 C 1972 Leeds & Liverpool, other branches 1800 1 1 1950 C Leeds & Liverpool, Rufford branch 1770 1781 7.25 8 1930 C 1930s Leeds & Liverpool, second phase 1782 10.5 8 1963 C 1963 Leeds & Liverpool, sixth phase 1816 11.5 30 1963 C 1963 Leeds & Liverpool, third phase 1794 17.5 13 1963 C 1963 Charnwood Forest, 8.75 miles, disused 1799, Leicester 1791 1794 15.75 11 1961 abandoned 1848 C 1960s Leicester, Charnwood Forest 1791 1794 8.75 1799 abandoned 1848 C Leicestershire & Northamptonshire U. 1793 1797 23.75 25 1961 C 1960s Leominster 1791 1796 18.5 16 1858 C Leven 1801 1804 3.25 1 1935 C Leven 1801 1804 3.25 1 1935 C Liskeard & Looe Union 1825 1828 5.875 25 1861 Terras Pill-Sandplace disused 1910c C Llansamlet none 1784 3 1852 C Loughborough (Soar) 1776 1778 9.25 7 1961 N 1960s Louth 1763 1770 11.75 8 1924 C

Lugg 1662 1680 3 1756 incomplete, navigable for 5 miles 1727-1860c? N Lydney 1810 1813 1 1971 C 1970s Macclesfield 1826 1831 26.125 12 1954 C

Manchester & Salford Junction 1836 1839 0.625 4 1922 top 0.25 miles closed 1875, abandoned 1936 C Manchester Ship 1885 1894 36 5 open C open

Manchester, Bolton & Bury 1791 1808 8.875 17 1950 top 6.875 miles abandoned 1941, remainder 1961 C 8.875 Manchester, Bolton & Bury, summit 1791 1808 6.875 1936 Mardyke none 5 1870 C 1772 1782 9.25 4 1870 last boat 1958 C Maud Foster Drain (WND) 1568 2.5 2 1971 C Medlam Drain (WND) 6.5 1971 Medway (Lower) 1792 1810 9 1 open N open Medway (Upper) 1740 1750 16 14 1927 N Melton Mowbray (Wreak) 1791 1797 14.75 12 1877 N Mersey & Irwell 1721 1736 28.75 11 1887 N Middle Level Drain (Middle Level Navn) 1844 1848 2 1971 disused commercially 1971 C 2.5m branches opened 1820c, whole abandoned Monkland 1770 1793 14.75 18 1935 1950 C closure Pontnewynydd-Pontymoile; extended 1.25m? in 1814c, closure Pontnewynydd- 1792 1799 22.5 74 1938 Pontymoile C Montgomeryshire 1794 1797 18.5 13 1936 abandoned 1944 C Montgomeryshire (Western branch) 1815 1820 7.375 6 1936 abandoned 1944 C Morris’ none 1790 1 1794 to Trewyddfa Canal C Muirkirk 1789 1 1850 C Mundon none 1832 125 1 1881 C

Nar 1751 1759 15 12 1938 3m disused to Narborough 1884, lowest reach 1938 N Neath 1791 1795 13.75 19 1934 extended 1799 C Neath none 1750 1.25 2 1794 N Nene 1724 1761 91.5 44 1969 disused commercially 1969 N New Bedford River (100 Foot) 1649 1651 20.25 1900 C New Dyke (Middle Level Navns) 3.25 1971 disused commercially 1971 C 1905 5.5 1 open C open Newcastle-under-Lyme 1795 1800 4 1921 C Newcastle-under-Lyme Junction 1798 1801 1.125 1851 C Newdigate none 1795 5.5 13 1819 C Newport Pagnell 1814 1817 1.25 7 1863 C North Walsham & Dilham 1812 1826 8.75 6 1934 disused 1934, not formally abandoned C Norwich & Lowestoft 1827 1833 6.875 1 1961 N 1960s two short branches built 1836c and 1842, short branches closed 1813c, 1866 and 1875c, most Nottingham 1792 1796 18 20 1928 abandoned 1937 C Nutbrook 1793 1795 4.5 13 1895 lowest end open C Oakham 1793 1803 15.25 19 1846 C Old Bedford River 1630 1637 12.25 1 1971 disused commercially 1971 C Old Nene 1753 1490 26.125 1 1971 disused commercially 1971 N Ouse (Upper) 1790 1812 23.25 18 1868 upper part disused 1861 N

length 85.75 via Old West Ouse, 7m closed above Ouse, Great 1617 1689 74.75 21 1898 Tempsford 1876, all reopened 1925-59 around Ely N disused commercially by 1914, open to Brandon Ouse, Little 1669/70 1677 22.5 8 1914 Staunch N Naburn lock opened 1757, designation of Ouse, Yorks 100 51 open navigation changes in 1884 - A&CN Act? N open Oxford 1769 1790 28.625 43 1834 two short arms closed 1920s, 1948 C Oxford to Banbury 1769 1778 63.75 1834 Oxford, shortened 1769 1835 78.875 1961 C 1960s Par none 1847 1.875 1 1855 C Parrett 1836 1840 12.5 4 1878 N Peak Forest 1794 1800 15.125 16 1959 last traffic 1959 C Pembrey none 1824 2 1 1843 C Pen-clawdd 1811 1814 3.625 2 1818 C Penrhiwtyn none 1793 1.375 1798 to Neath Canal C Pidcock’s none 1780 1.5 3 1880 C Pitfour 1790c 1795 1800 unfinished C Pitfour 1790c 1795 1800 unfinished C Popham’s Eau (Middle Level Navns) 1605 2.25 1971 disused commercially 1971 C Portsea Canal 1830, to Chichester 1906, abandoned Portsmouth & Arundel 1817 1823 30 6 1847 1928 Chichester branch, rest 1896 C Ramsey High Lode (Middle Level Nav) 1.125 1971 disused commercially 1971 C Ravenhead none 1773 0.5 1931 closure as per Sankey? C Reach Lode Roman 100 3 1 1939 disuced commercially 1939c C Red Jacket none 1818 1.875 2 1922 C Regent’s 1812/3/9 1820 9.5 12 open 0.625m Cumberland branch closed 1937 C open

Rochdale 1794 1804 33.5 86 1937 short section in Manchester worked until 1958 C Rochdale, Heywood branch 1834 1.5 1952 C 1.5 Roding 1737 1764 1.75 1 1981 N 1.75 one lock and short section of canal built but not Romford 1875 1875 1875 completed C Rother (Eastern) none 100 12.25 1 1909 N Rother (Western) 1791 1794 12.5 10 1888 abandoned 1936 N Royal Military none 1806 30 1 1909 last traffic 1909 C S&W Hatherton, Pratts Lock 1841 4.75 9 1949 last traffic 1949 C S&W Stafford 1816 1 1 1920 C Salisbury & Southampton 1795 1802 13 15 1806 C

Sankey 1755 1772 15.375 13 1959 6.375m 1931 above Newton Common Lock C 15.375 Sankey to Widnes 1830 1833 3.375 1 1959 abandoned 1963 C 3.375 towing paths -Lower Parting built Severn 1842 1600 46.75 7 open under Acts 1772-1811 N open Severn, Upper 1600 47.25 1881 above N 1815 1819 3.25 12 1981 C 1980s Shrewsbury 1793 1796 17 11 1939 abandoned 1944: 1 incline C 1788 1792 2.75 1894 Shropshire 1788 1792 7.75 1858 abandoned 1857-1944: 3 inclines C Sir Andrew Wood’s 1495 0.25 1790 closed before 1790 C Sir John Glynne’s none 1768 1 1781 C Sir John Ramsden’s 1774 1776 3.75 9 1953 last boat 1953 C Sir Nigel Gresley’s 1775 1776 3 1857 C Sixteen Foot River (Middle Level Navn) 1649 1651 0.625 1971 disused commercially 1971 C Sleaford 1792 1794 12.25 7 1878 lower 6.5 miles navigable until 1940s N Soham Lode 1790 4.375 1 1891 disused commercially 1890c C Radstock branch converted 1815, sold 1871, 7.25 Somersetshire Coal 1794 1805 10.5 23 1904 miles C Somersetshire Coal, Radstock 1794 1805 7.25 1815 Springs Branch 1773 1797 0.5 1931 C 1930s St Columb 1773 1778 6.5 1781 2 inclines C Staffordshire & 1766 1772 46.125 43 1971 5.75 miles closed by 1949 C 1970s Stainforth & Keadby 1793 1802 12.75 2 1981 C 1980s Stevenston 1772 2.25 1830 underground canal opened 1778 C Stone Bridge Drain (WND) 1801 1801 4 1971 C Stort 1766 1769 13.75 15 1971 N

Stour (Essex) 1705 1709 25 15 1916 abandoned 1937, traffic to Dedham until 1930c N Stour (Kent) 1515 1594 2.5 2 1877 N Stourbridge 1776 1779 7.125 20 1941 abandoned 1935/1960 C Stover none 1792 1.875 5 1939 top 0.625 miles closed 1867c C Stratford-upon-Avon (North) 1793 1796 12.5 56 1961 C 1960s Stratford-upon-Avon (South) 1793 1816 13.25 1940 reopened 1964 13.25 Stroudwater 1776 1779 8 12 1941 abandoned 1954 C

Swaffam Bulbeck Lode Roman 100 3.375 1 1900 disused commercially 1900s, lower section open C Swale 1767 1768 28 1 1769 may have been used in part until 1769 N Swansea 1794 1798 16.125 36 1904 lower 6 miles only in use until 1931 C T&M Caldon 1776 1779 17.5 16 1939 small section used until recently C T&M Leek branch 1797 1802 2.75 1944 C 2.75 T&M other branches 1827 1832 2.5 1 1961 two short branches opened before 1805 C 1960s 2.5 T&M Uttoxeter 1797 1811 13.5 17 1847 abandoned 1847 C Tamar Manure 1796 1800 2.75 1 1929 N Tame Valley 1839/40 1844 8.5 13 1961 C 1960s

Tavistock 1803 1817 6 1873 branch opened 1819, closed 1832c: 2 inclines C Tennant none 1824 6.125 4 1934 Tir-isaf branch closed 1910c C Thames 1300 125.5 43 open? many improvements 1888-1945 N open? Thames & Medway 1800 1824 7 2 1845 C abandoned 1927 Inglesham-Chalford, 1935 Thames & Severn 1783 1789 30.25 44 1911 Chalford-Stroud C Thorney River 3.5 2 1937 abandoned C Tone 1699 1717 4.25 4 1878 abandoned 1967 N Torrington (Rolle) none 1827 6 1 1871 1 incline C towing path etc, early locks (2) 1794 Act, 1801, later Trent 1783 1787 67.125 open locks (5) 1906, completed 1926, top 18 miles closed N open Trent & Mersey 1766 1777 93.375 75 1961 C 1960s Trent (Burton) 1699 1700 18.75 2 1805 N Trent (Burton) Bond End branch 1795 1.125 1 1870 C Trent (Newark) 1772 1773 3.875 2 open N open Trewyddfa 1794 1796 1.375 1931 C Twenty Foot River (Middle Level Navn) 1649 1651 10.375 1971 disused commercially 1971 C Ulverston 1793 1796 1.5 1 1917 abandoned 1945 C Ure & Canal 1767 1772 10.25 5 1894 last traffic 1894c above Boroughbridge N 1894 W&E Wyrley Bank branch 1857 1.5 1954 C Warwick & Birmingham 1793 1800 22.625 34 1961 C 1960s Warwick & Napton 1794 1800 15 25 1961 C 1960s Waterbeach Lode Roman 100 0.5 1920 C Waveney 1670 1690 19 3 1961 N 1960s Waveney to Bungay 1670 1690 6 1934 Weaver 1721 1732 19.25 12 open N open Well Creek 1700 5.375 1 1969 disused commercially 1969 N Well Creek 1700 5.375 1 1969 disused commercially 1969 N Welland, to Stamford 1571 1670 12 12 1863 Wen none 1795 1 1810 C West Fen Drain (WND) 1801 1801 8 1971 C West Fen Drain Catchwater (WND) 1634 6.5 1 1971 part closed C Weston 1807 1810 4 3 open C open Wey 1651 1653 15.25 12 1958 N 15.25 Wey & Arun 1813 1816 18.5 23 1868 C Wey (Godalming) 1760 1763 4.5 4 1946 N 4.5

Wharfe 1890 1891 1898 company wound up with completion of work N Whittlesey Dyke (Middle Level Navns) 1700 6.125 1971 disused commercially 1971 C Wicken Lode Roman 100 1.5 1940 disused commercially 1940s C Wilts & Berks 1796 1810 57.375 45 1906 abandoned 1914 C Wilts & Berks, North Wilts Canal 1813 1819 9 12 1906 abandoned 1914 C Wisbech 1794 1796 5.25 2 1922 abandoned 1926 C Wissey 1450 12 1943 disused 1943 N Witham always 100 33 3 1981 N 1980s Wombridge none 1788 1.75 1904 C Woodeaves none 1802 1.25 1850 C Worcester & Birmingham 1791 1815 30.5 58 1951 C 1950s Wye 1662 1727 69.5 1860 except for lower 37 miles N Wyrley & Essington 1794 1797 15.5 30 1961 C 1960s Wyrley & Essington 1792 1795 11.5 9 1961 C 1960s Wyrley & Essington branches 1860 11.625 1954 11.625

Wyrley & Essington branches 1800 6 13 1951 some closed 1955-63; Ogley-Huddlesford closed C 1950s Yare always 100 31 open N open

Mackworth’s none 1700 0.125 1720 C 0.125

Avon (Hants) 1664-5 1684 36 3 1705 N Dick Brook none 1653 0.75 2 1700 N Salwarpe 1662 1680 5 1675 replaced by N

Stour (Warks) 1662 1665 12 1670 replaced by Staffs & Worcs and Stourbridge N Newham Drain (WND) 3.5 C 3.5