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[edit] Pre-Canal Canal mania
Brayford Pool on Foss Dyke
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Countess Wear Canal Swing and Bascule Bridges on the Exeter canal
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[edit] Narrow Canals
Semington Bridge, by Semington Locks in Semington, Wiltshire
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The Kennet and Avon Canal in Newbury
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Erewash Canal near Trent Lock
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Leeds and Liverpool Canal near Granary Wharf in Leeds
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Leeds & Liverpool Canal on the Burnley Embankment
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Grand Union Canal near Braunston
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Llangollen wharf on the Llangollen canal
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The Oxford Canal, as seen from Napton-on-the-Hill in eastern Warwickshir
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Part of Bugsworth Basin on the Peak Forest Canal
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Shropshire Union Canal near Norbury Junction
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Part of the Wilts and Berks Canal
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Wendover Arm of the Grand Union between Little Tring Bridge and Winding Basin
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Hawkesbury Junction, connecting the Coventry and Oxford Canals
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[edit] Ship canals
Salford Quays on the Manchester ship canal
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The Caledonian Canal in Corpach
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The Caledonian Canal near Inverness
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See also Category:Canal locks in the United Kingdom
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Lock under the BT tower on the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal
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A Lock on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal
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A lock on the Sankey canal leading into the River Mersey
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Stockton Locks on the Grand Union
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The Caen Hill locks, on the Kennet and Avon Canal
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Panorama view of part of Foxton locks
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[edit] Aqueducts
See also Category:Canal aqueducts in the United Kingdom
Edstone aqueduct on the stratford upon avon canal
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Pontcysyllte aqueduct on the Llangollen canal
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Barton Swing Aqueduct on the Bridgewater Canal over the Manchester ship canal
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Aqueduct on the Grand Union Canal near Bradwell, Milton Keynes
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Prestolee aqueduct on the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal
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Yarningdale aqueduct on the Stratford-upon-avon canal
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Stretton Aqueduct on the Shropshire Union Canal
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[edit] Tunnels
The eastern end of the Standege Canal Tunnel
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The 1827 Thomas Telford designed Harecastle tunnel
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The 1777 James Brindley Harecastle tunnel now closed
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The entrance to the Gregory Tunnel on the Cromford Canal
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The inside of the Gregory Tunnel on the Cromford Canal
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[edit] Boat lifts
The Anderton Boat Lift from below
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The Anderton Boat Lift from above
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[edit] Inclined planes
Hay Inclined Plane on the on the Shropshire Canal (dissused)
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[edit] Narrowboats
English: Narrowboats were the main carrying boats on the midlands canals and are now the main form of holiday boats
see alsoCategory:Narrowboats
[edit] Restoration
Restoration of part of the Montgomery Canal in 2007
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Restoration of part of the Droitwich canal in 1978
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Gough's Orchard lock on the Thames & Severn canal undergoing restoration by Waterway Recovery Group in August 2009
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