List of canal aqueducts in the United Kingdom

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This list of canal aqueducts in the United Kingdom covers aqueducts that have articles in Wikipedia. The actual number of canal aqueducts is much greater.


Aqueduct Canal Designer Coordinates Notes Image
Almond Aqueduct Union Canal Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Aqueduct over the River Almond
Almond Aqueduct, Scotland
Avon Aqueduct Union Canal Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Scotland's longest and tallest aqueduct, crosses the River Avon (Falkirk)
Avon Aqueduct, Scotland
Avoncliff Aqueduct Kennet and Avon Canal John Rennie Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Crosses the River Avon (Bristol)
Avoncliff Aqueduct
Barton Swing Aqueduct Bridgewater Canal Sir Edward Leader Williams Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Crosses the Manchester Ship Canal. Swings to let large vessels pass below.
Barton Swing Aqueduct
Bonnington Aqueduct Union Canal Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Crosses the B7030 Cliftonhall Road
Bonnington Aqueduct near the M8
Bullbridge Aqueduct Cromford Canal Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Demolished 1968. Originally crossed the Ambergate to Nottingham road.
Old engraving of the demolished Bull Bridge Aqueduct
Chirk Aqueduct Llangollen Canal Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Crosses the Ceiriog Valley
Chirk Aqueduct
Clifton Aqueduct Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Grade II listed building, crosses the River Irwell
Clifton Aqueduct from Clifton Viaduct
Cosgrove Aqueduct Grand Union Canal Benjamin Bevan Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Crosses the River Great Ouse. Built to replace an earlier aqueduct which collapsed.
Cosgrove Aqueduct
Dowley Gap Aqueduct Leeds and Liverpool Canal James Brindley Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Crosses the River Aire. Also known as the Seven Arches Aqueduct.
Dowley Gap Aqueduct
Dundas Aqueduct Kennet and Avon Canal John Rennie Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Crosses the River Avon (Bristol) and the Wessex Main Line railway. Designed in a classical style, this is now a Scheduled Ancient Monument
Dundas Aqueduct
Edstone Aqueduct Stratford-upon-Avon Canal Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The longest aqueduct in England, crosses a minor road, the Birmingham and North Warwickshire railway, and also the trackbed of the former Alcester Railway.
Edstone Aqueduct
Engine Arm Aqueduct Birmingham Canal Navigations Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Cast by Horseley Ironworks. Carries the Engine Arm over the BCN Main Line
The Engine Arm Aqueduct
Ewood Aqueduct Leeds and Liverpool Canal Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Grade II listed building, crosses the River Darwen & B6447
Ewood Aqueduct
Holliday Street Aqueduct Worcester and Birmingham Canal Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. A Grade II listed building adjacent to Gas Street Basin.
In the form of an extended tunnel which includes the original Bridge Street approach to old Worcester Wharf
Lichfield Canal Aqueduct Lichfield Canal Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. A modern construction for a canal under restoration; not yet in water. Crosses the M6 Toll.
View of the open ended aqueduct over the M6 Toll
Lune Aqueduct Lancaster Canal John Rennie Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Grade II listed building, crosses the River Lune
Lune Aqueduct
Marple Aqueduct Peak Forest Canal Benjamin Outram and Thomas Brown Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. A Scheduled Ancient Monument, crosses the River Goyt.
Marple Aqueduct 2003.jpg
Murtry Aqueduct Frome, Somerset Never used. Spans the Mells River
New Semington Aqueduct Kennet and Avon Canal Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Modern aqueduct opened in 2004, crosses the A350 road.
File:New Semington Aqueduct.jpg
New Semington Aqueduct
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct Llangollen Canal Thomas Telford Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. A cast iron trough 1,007 feet long supported 126 feet above the river by 19 masonry piers. Crosses the River Dee. Unesco World Heritage site.
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, Wales
Prestolee Aqueduct Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Grade II listed building, crosses the River Irwell.
Prestolee Aqueduct
Scott Russell Aqueduct Union Canal Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Passes over the A720 Edinburgh Bypass
Scott Russell Aqueduct, Scotland
Semington Aqueduct Kennet and Avon Canal Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Crosses Semington Brook
Semington Aqueduct
Slateford Aqueduct Union Canal Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Crosses Inglis Green Road and the Water of Leith
Slateford Aqueduct, Scotland
Stanley Ferry Aqueduct Aire and Calder Navigation George Leather Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. One of the earliest through arch bridges in the world, crosses the River Calder, West Yorkshire.
Stanley Ferry Aqueduct
Stewart Aqueduct BCN Main Line Thomas Telford Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The M5 motorway (1970) crosses the West Coast Main Line (1852) crosses the BCN Old Main Line Canal (1770) crosses the BCN New Main Line Canal (1828)
Stewart Aqueduct from the New Main Line
Store Street Aqueduct Ashton Canal Benjamin Outram Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Built on a skew of 45 degrees across the highway, and believed to be the first of its kind in Great Britain. Crosses Store Street, Manchester.
Store Street Aqueduct
Stretton Aqueduct Shropshire Union Canal Thomas Telford Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. One of Telford's last aqueducts and grade II listed since 1985. Crosses the A5 road.
Stretton Aqueduct carrying the Shropshire Union Canal over the A5. The inscription in the centre panel reads: "Birmingham and Liverpool Canal Thos. Telford F.R.S.I.& E. Engineer 1832"
Three Bridges, London Grand Junction Canal Isambard Kingdom Brunel Brunel's last major project, and a scheduled ancient monument, a unique arrangement carrying rail, road, and canal routes across each other.
View of canal and road bridges crossing the railway line looking east
Wootton Wawen Aqueduct Stratford-upon-Avon Canal W Whitmore Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Crosses the A3400 road.
Wootton Wawen Aqueduct spans the A3400
Yarningale Aqueduct Stratford-upon-Avon Canal Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Crosses Kingswood Brook.
Yarningale aqueduct spans Kingswood Brook

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