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We are attempting to list all places where photographers can photograph Canal Tunnels within the UK. This is the start of a list that will both grow over time and hopefully we will be able to add more columns or information.

Where the names in the first column is hyperlinked this links to a Location page with more information on this site and over time more of these will be added, we will be delighted if some of you would like to also produce location pages.

Tunnel

Canal

County

NGR

Website Links

Notes

Adwick

Dearne & Dove

 

 

 

472 yds

Alton

Uttoxeter

Staffordshire

 

 

40 yds

Armitage

Trent & Mersey

 

 

 

130 yds, had towpath, but no longer

Ashford/Talybont

Mon & Brecon

 

 

 

375 yds no towpath

Ashted

BCN

 

 

 

95 yds no towpath

Ashton (Asda)

Ashton

 

 

 

 

Ayleston Hill

Hereford & Gloucestershire

Herefordshire

 

 

440 yds

Barnton

Trent & Mersey

 

 

 

572 yds no towpath

Barrack Hill

Mon & Brecon

 

 

 

80 yds no towpath

Bates Mill/Sellars

Huddersfield Narrow

 

 

 

 

Bath (Cleveland Ho)
No 1

Kennet & Avon

Somerset

 

 

59 yds towpath

Bath (Sydney Gdns)
No 2

Kennet & Avon

Somerset

 

 

55 yds towpath

Berwick

Shrewsbury

Shropshire

 

 

970 yds

Blisworth Tunnel

Grand Union Canal

Northamptonshire

 

Wikipedia

3056 yds
no towpath

Leggers

Brandwood

Stratford

Warwickshire

 

 

352 yds

Braunston Tunnel

Grand Union Canal

Northamptonshire

SP564653

Wikipedia

Photos

2042 yds,
no towpath

Brettell Lane

Stourbridge

Warwickshire

 

 

56 yds

Brewin's

Dudley

 

 

 

75 yds

Bruce Tunnel

Kennet and Avon Canal

 

 

Wikipedia

502 yds
no towpath

Buckland Hollow

Cromford

Derbyshire

 

 

33yds towpath

Bury No 1

Manchester Bolton & Bury

 

 

 

66 yds
no towpath

Bury No 2

Manchester Bolton & Bury

 

 

 

141 yds
no towpath

Butterley Tunnel

Cromford Canal

Derbyshire

SK419512

Wikipedia

Geograph

3063 yds
no towpath

Leggers

Calne

Wilts & Berks

Wiltshire

 

 

100 yds no towpath

Cardiff

Glamorganshire

Glamorganshire

 

 

115 yds no towpath

Chippenham

Wilts & Berks

Wiltshire

 

 

100yds

Chirk

Llangollen

 

 

 

459 yds towpath

Coleford

Dorset & Somerset

 

 

 

 

Combe Hay

Somersetshire Coal

Somerset

 

 

66 yds

Cookley

Staffs & Worcestershire

 

 

 

65 yds towpath

Coseley

BCN

 

 

 

360 ydstowpath

Cowley

Shropshire Union

 

 

 

81 yds towpath

Crick Tunnel

Grand Union Canal

Northamptonshire

 

 

1528 yds
no towpath

Cricklade

North Wilts

Wiltshire

 

 

100 yds

Crimson Hill

Chard

Somerset

 

 

1800 yds

Curdworth

Birmingham & Fazeley

 

 

 

57 yds

Cwmbran

Mon & Brecon

Glamorganshire

 

 

87 yds no towpath

Deansgate

Rochdale

Lancashire

 

 

78 yds towpath

Drakeholes Tunnel

Chesterfield Canal

 

 

 

154 yds no footpath

Dudley Tunnel

Birmingham Canal Navigations

 

SO946915

Wikipedia

3172 yds no footpath. Part of Dudley Canal Line No 1 Leggers

Dunhampstead

Worcestershire & Birmingham

 

 

 

230 yds
no towpath

Dunsley/Stourton

Staffs & Worcestershire

 

 

 

22 yds towpath

Eardington

Eardington Forge

 

 

 

600 Yds
no towpath

Edgbaston

Worcestershire & Birmingham

Worcestershire

 

 

105 yds
towpath

Ellesmere

Llangollen

Cheshire

 

 

87 yds towpath

Falkirk Tunnel

Union Canal

Stirlingshire

 

 

696 yds Towpath

Fallingroyd

Rochdale

 

 

 

103 yds no towpath

Fenny Compton No 1

Oxford

Oxfordshire

 

 

336 yds

Fenny Compton No 2

Oxford

Oxfordshire

 

 

452 yds

Foulridge

Leeds & Liverpool

 

 

 

1640 yds no towpth

Froghall

Caldon

 

 

 

76 yds no towpath

Galton

BCN

 

 

 

123 yds towpath

Gannow

Leeds & Liverpool

 

 

 

559 yds no towpath

Gosty Hill

Dudley No 2

 

 

 

557 yds no towpath

Gregory

Cromford

 

 

 

76 yds no towpath

Greywell Tunnel

Basingstoke Canal

Hampshire

 

Waterscape

1230 yds
no towpath

Hag

Cromford

 

 

 

93 yds towpath

Hardham

Arun

 

 

 

375 yds no towpath

Harecastle Tunnels

Trent & Mersey Canal

Staffordshire

SJ841530

Wikipedia

Geograph

2926 yds, had a towpath but no longer

Built by James Brindley/Thomas Telford. Old James Brindley used leggers

Hincaster

Lancaster

 

 

 

378 yds no towpath

Hollingwood Common Tunnel

Chesterfield Canal

 

 

 

 

Husbands Bosworth Tunnel

Grand Union (Leicester S.)

Leicestershire

 

 

1166 yds no towpath

Hyde Bank Tunnel

Peak Forest Canal

 

 

 

308 yds no towpath

Ilminster/Herne Hill

Chard

Somerset

 

 

300 yds

Islington Tunnel

Regent's Canal

London

TQ310834

Wikipedia

Geograph

960 yds no towpath
Leggers

Ketley

Ketley

 

 

 

20 yds

Lapal Tunnel

Birmingham Canal Navigations

 

SO998830

Wikipedia

Geograph

3795 yds no towpath
Part of Dudley Canal Line No 2
leggers

Leek

Caldon

Staffordshire

 

 

130 yds no towpath

Lillesdon

Chard

Somerset

 

 

314 yds

Lisson Grove Tunnel
(Ayre’s tunnel)

Regent's Canal

London

 

Canal Photos

 

Lord Ward's Tunnel

Birmingham Canal Navigations

 

 

 

 

Maida Hill Tunnel

Regent's Canal

London

 

Wikipedia

272 yds no towpath

Manchester Salford Jct

Manchester & Salford Jct

Lancashire

 

 

499 yds

Morwelldown

Tavistock

Cornwall

 

 

2560 yds no towpath

Neath

Tennant

Glamorganshire

 

 

 

Netherton Tunnel

Birmingham Canal Navigations

Staffordshire

SO961899

Wikipedia

Geograph

Waterscape

3027 yds, towpath

Newbold

Oxford

Oxfordshire

 

 

250 yds towpath

Newnham

Leominster

 

 

 

94 yds towpath

Newport

Mon & Brecon

 

 

 

?

Norwood Tunnel

Chesterfield Canal

Derbyshire

SK486822

Wikipedia

Geograph

2895 yds
no towpath -Leggers

Oakengates

Shropshire

Shropshire

 

 

 

Oxenhall

Hereford & Gloucestershire

Herefordshire

 

 

2192 yds

Preston Brook

Trent & Mersey

 

 

 

1239 yds
no towpth

Putnal Field

Leominster

 

 

 

330 yds

Rain Hall Rock

Leeds & Liverpool

 

 

 

 

Romford

Romford

Essex

 

 

 

Rose Hill

Peak Forest

 

 

 

 

 

100yds

Roughcastle Tunnel
(Antonine Wall)

Union

Cheshire

 

 

180 yds towpath Falkirk Wheel complex

Saddington Tunnel

Grand Union Canal

Leicestershire

 

 

880 yds no towpath

Salford No 1

Manchester Bolton & Bury

Lancashire

 

 

34 yds no towpath

Salford No 2

Manchester Bolton & Bury

Lancashire

 

 

49 yds no towpath

Saltersford

Trent & Mersey

 

 

 

424 yds no towpath

Sapperton Canal Tunnel

Thames and Severn Canal

Gloucestershire

SE026105

Wikipedia

Geograph

3817 yds
no towpath

Scout

Huddersfield Narrow

 

 

 

220 yds towpath

Shortwood

Worcestershire & Birmingham

Worcestershire

 

 

613 yds no towpath

Shrewley Tunnel

Grand Union Canal

Warwickshire

 

Wikipedia

433 yds no towpath
2m from Hatton Locks

Snarestone

Ashby

 

 

 

250 yds
no towpath

Snedshill

Shropshire

Shropshire

 

 

279 yds

Southampton

Salisbury & Southampton

 

 

 

880yds

Southnet

Leominster

 

 

 

1250 yds

Standedge Tunnels

Huddersfield Narrow Canal

Yorkshire

SE026105

Wikipedia

Geograph

5698 yds no towpath - Leggers

Stirchley

Shropshire

Shropshire

 

 

281 yds

Strood

Thames & Medway

Kent

 

 

3909 yds

Summit

BCN

 

 

 

103 yds towpath

Tar Tunnel 
Ironbridge

Shropshire

Shropshire

 

 

300yds

Tardebigge

Worcestershire & Birmingham

Worcestershire

 

 

580 yds no towpath

Tipton

Lord Ward's

Staffordshire

 

 

196 yds

Tuel Lane

Rochdale

 

 

 

108 yds no towpath

Walsopthorne/Ashperton

Hereford & Goucestershire

 

 

 

400yds

Wast Hill

Worcestershire & Birmingham

 

 

 

2726 yds
no towpath

Waterhouses

Hollinwood

 

 

 

110yds

Waytown

Grand Western

 

 

 

 

Whitehouses

Llangollen

 

 

 

191 yds towpath

Whittle Hills

Lancaster

Lancashire

 

 

259 yds

Wolfhamcote

Oxford

Oxfordshire

 

 

33 yds

Woodley Tunnel

Peak Forest Canal

 

 

 

167 yds towpath

Worsley Navigable Levels

Bridgewater Canal

Lancashire

SD747005

Wikipedia

Geograph

Leggers

Wren's Nest

Lord Ward's

 

 

 

 

See Also:

Major Canals and Waterways

Major Canal Features

Lock Flights and Staircases

Canals in England  

Canals in Wales 

Canals in Scotland 

Canals in Northern Ireland 

Non Navigable and Lost Canals

 

The Bruce Tunnel nr the Crofton Pump House,
on the Kennet & Avon Canal, Wiltshire


This list will continue to grow as we come across new places. REMEMBER if know of somewhere that you feel is a good place please let us know.

 


By: Keith Park Section: Canal and Waterway Section Key:
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