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canal tunnel {{Refimprove, date=September 2009 A canal tunnel is a tunnel for a canal. The building of a canal tunnel is crucial to help a waterway that is normally used for shipping cross a difficult section of terrain. They are also constructed to reduce th ...
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United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
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Listed by name


Navigatable adits and mine levels

An adit is a horizontal entrance to a mine:


Listed by canal


Grand Union Canal The Grand Union Canal in England is part of the British canal system. It is the principal navigable waterway between London and the Midlands. Starting in London, one arm runs to Leicester and another ends in Birmingham, with the latter st ...

* Blisworth Tunnel, Northamptonshire *
Braunston Tunnel Braunston Tunnel is on the Grand Union Canal about 830 yds (760 m) east of Braunston, Northamptonshire, England top lock. It is in the northern outskirts of Daventry, about 2 km east of the village of Braunston. Braunston Tunnel is 2, ...
, Northamptonshire * Crick Tunnel, Northamptonshire *
Husbands Bosworth Tunnel A husband is a male in a marital relationship, who may also be referred to as a spouse. The rights and obligations of a husband regarding his spouse and others, and his status in the community and in law, vary between societies and cultures, ...
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Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire t ...
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Saddington Tunnel Saddington is a village in the Harborough District, Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. It is close to Smeeton Westerby, Gumley, Kibworth and Fleckney. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 309. It is a small hi ...
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Shrewley Tunnel Shrewley Tunnel is a canal tunnel near Shrewley, Warwickshire, England, which opened in 1799. It became part of the Grand Union Canal in 1929. History The Warwick and Birmingham Canal Company obtained an Act of Parliament in March 1793, which a ...
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Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon an ...


Peak Forest Canal

* Hyde Bank Tunnel * Woodley Tunnel


Regent's Canal

* Islington Tunnel * Lisson Grove Tunnel *
Maida Hill Tunnel Maida Hill Tunnel is a canal tunnel on the Regent's Canal in London, England. The two other tunnels on the Regent's Canal are Islington Tunnel and Eyre's Tunnel. History The Regent's Canal was authorised by an Act of Parliament in July 1812. The ...


Union Canal (Scotland)

* Falkirk Tunnel,
Falkirk Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a ...
* Roughcastle Tunnel, Falkirk. Part of the Falkirk Wheel complex; leads to Locks 1 & 2 and South Basin


See also

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Canals of Ireland :''This article covers the whole of Ireland, that is, covering both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland'' Navigable canals * Ardnacrusha Canal * Grand Canal *Jamestown Canal *Lecarrow Canal *Newry Ship Canal *Royal Canal *Shannon–Ern ...
* Canals of the United Kingdom *
History of the British canal system History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...
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Legging (canals) Legging is a method of moving a boat through a canal tunnel or adit containing water. This method of navigating through canal tunnels and adits was commonly used in canal tunnels during the 18th and early 19th centuries. Legging in canal tunne ...
* List of canals * List of canal aqueducts in the United Kingdom *
List of canal basins in Great Britain This List of canal basins in the United Kingdom is a list of articles about any canal basin in the United Kingdom. Birmingham Canal Navigations * Caggy's Boatyard, Tipton, on the BCN New Main Line *Gas Street Basin, Birmingham, at the junc ...
* List of canal junctions in the United Kingdom * List of canal locks in the United Kingdom *
List of tunnels The following articles contain lists of tunnels: * List of tunnels by location * List of longest tunnels * List of long tunnels by type See also :Lists of tunnels and :Tunnels. {{DEFAULTSORT:Tunnels Lists of tunnels, ...
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List of tunnels in the United Kingdom This is a list of road, railway, waterway, and other tunnels in the United Kingdom. A tunnel is an underground passageway with no defined minimum length, though it may be considered to be at least twice as long as wide. Some government bodies ...


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Canal tunnels of London
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Canal Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface flow un ...