Category
Canals
The 2,000-mile canal network — narrow boats, lock flights, aqueducts and Telford's industrial poetry in cast iron.
253 places in this category.
Canals by region
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📷 5Canals · London
Bottisham Lode
Bottisham Lode is a canal in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Canals · London
Burwell Lode
Burwell Lode is a canal in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Canals · London
Cambridgeshire Lodes
Cambridgeshire Lodes — series of man-made waterways in the county of Cambridgeshire, England.
📷 5Canals · London
Camden Market
Camden Market is a place of interest in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Canals · London
City Canal
City Canal — former canal in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
📷 5Canals · London
Cottenham Lode
Cottenham Lode is a canal in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Canals · London
Croydon Canal
Croydon Canal — former canal in Surrey.
📷 5Canals · London
Desborough Cut
Desborough Cut — channel in Surrey, England.
📷 5Canals · London
Forty Foot Drain
Forty Foot Drain — group of drainage channels in Fenland, England.
📷 5Canals · London
Grosvenor Canal
Grosvenor Canal — former canal in the Pimlico area of London.
📷 5Canals · London
Hackney Cut
Hackney Cut — canal in the London Borough of Hackney and Tower Hamlets.
📷 5Canals · London
Hertford Union Canal
Hertford Union Canal — Canal in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
📷 5Canals · London
Kensington Canal
Kensington Canal is a canal in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Canals · London
Lee Navigation
Lee Navigation — canalised portions of the River Lea in England.
📷 5Canals · London
Limehouse Cut
Limehouse Cut — Canal in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
📷 5Canals · London
Monk’s Lode
Monk’s Lode is a canal in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Canals · London
New River
New River — artificial waterway built to supply water to London, England.
📷 5Canals · London
Paddington Arm
Paddington Arm — main branch of the Grand Union Canal that leads to Paddington Basin, London, UK.
📷 5Canals · London
Prescott Channel
Prescott Channel — canal in London, United Kingdom.
📷 5Canals · London
Reach Lode
Reach Lode is a canal in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Canals · London
Regent's Canal
Regent's Canal — canal across an area just north of central London, England.
📷 5Canals · London
Sharks!
Sharks! — Public artwork (sculpture).
📷 5Canals · London
Soham Lode
Soham Lode is a canal in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Canals · London
Stort Navigation
Stort Navigation — river in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Canals · London
Swaffham Bulbeck Lode
Swaffham Bulbeck Lode is a canal in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Canals · London
Thames and Medway Canal
Thames and Medway Canal — disused canal in Kent, England.
📷 5Canals · London
Wicken Lode
Wicken Lode is a canal in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Canals · London
Ebury Way
The Ebury Way is a 3.5-mile (5.6 km) rail trail in Hertfordshire between Watford and Rickmansworth. The route crosses the Grand Union Canal and three rivers: the River Colne, the River Chess and the R
📷 5Canals · London
Canal Boat Project
Canal Boat Project — a other in england-london, United Kingdom.
📷 5Canals · South East England
Andover Canal
Andover Canal — canal in Hampshire, England, UK.
📷 5Canals · South East England
Basingstoke Canal
Basingstoke Canal is a canal in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Canals · South East England
Baybridge Canal
Baybridge Canal is a canal in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Canals · South East England
Chichester Canal
Chichester Canal — Canal in Chichester, England.
📷 5Canals · South East England
Itchen Navigation
Itchen Navigation — Disused canal system in Hampshire, England.
📷 5Canals · South East England
Jubilee River
Jubilee River — artificial anabranch, in most flow as a flood relief channel, of the (river) Thames.
📷 5Canals · South East England
Kennet and Avon Canal
Kennet and Avon Canal — South-England east-west coastal linking waterway via London, Reading & Bristol.
📷 5Canals · South East England
Petworth Canal
Petworth Canal is a canal in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Canals · South East England
Portsmouth and Arundel Canal
Portsmouth and Arundel Canal is a canal in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Canals · South East England
Royal Military Canal, Bonnington Bridge to Gigger's Green Bridge
Royal Military Canal, Bonnington Bridge to Gigger's Green Bridge — canal in Bonnington, Kent, England, UK.
📷 5Canals · South East England
Royal Military Canal, Cliff End to Coastguard Cottages
Royal Military Canal, Cliff End to Coastguard Cottages — most southerly section of the Royal Military Canal.
📷 5Canals · South East England
Royal Military Canal, Coastguard Cottages to Wickham Cliff
Royal Military Canal, Coastguard Cottages to Wickham Cliff — canal in Pett, East Sussex, England, UK.
📷 5Canals · South East England
Royal Military Canal, Ham Street Bridge to Bilsington Bridge
Royal Military Canal, Ham Street Bridge to Bilsington Bridge — canal in Ruckinge, Kent, England, UK.
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📷 5Canals · South East England
Royal Military Canal, Scanlon's Bridge to Town Bridge
Royal Military Canal, Scanlon's Bridge to Town Bridge — canal in Hythe, Kent, England, UK.
📷 5Canals · South East England
Royal Military Canal, Wickham Cliff to Strand Bridge, Winchelsea
Royal Military Canal, Wickham Cliff to Strand Bridge, Winchelsea — canal in Icklesham, East Sussex, England, UK.
📷 5Canals · South East England
Somerset Coal Canal
Somerset Coal Canal — canal in Somerset, England.
📷 5Canals · South East England
Southwick Ship Canal
Southwick Ship Canal is a canal in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Canals · South East England
Titchfield Canal
Titchfield Canal is a canal in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Canals · South East England
Weston Cut
Weston Cut — navigation cut on the River Avon in Bath, Somerset, England, UK.
📷 5Canals · South East England
Wey and Arun Canal
Wey and Arun Canal — canal in the south east of England.
📷 5Canals · South East England
Wilts & Berks Canal
Wilts & Berks Canal — canal in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Canals · South East England
Cosgrove, Northamptonshire
Cosgrove is a village in West Northamptonshire, England, about 2 miles (3 km) north of Stony Stratford, 6 miles (10 km) north of Central Milton Keynes and 12 miles (19 km) south of Northampton along t
📷 5Canals · South East England
Chichester Canal Trust
Chichester Canal Trust — a other in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
📷 5Canals · South East England
Loxwood Canal Centre
Loxwood Canal Centre — a other in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
📷 5Canals · South West England
Braunton Canal
Braunton Canal — cut of the River Caen.
📷 5Canals · South West England
Bridgwater and Taunton Canal
Bridgwater and Taunton Canal — Canal in south-west England.
📷 5Canals · South West England
Bristol Feeder Canal
Bristol Feeder Canal is a canal in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Canals · South West England
Bude Canal
Bude Canal — Canal in Cornwall, England.
📷 5Canals · South West England
Cann Quarry Canal
Cann Quarry Canal — former canal in Devon, England.
📷 5Canals · South West England
Galton's Canal
Galton's Canal — canal in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Canals · South West England
Hackney Canal
Hackney Canal — canal in Devon, England.
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Frequently asked questions
- How many canals are in this guide?
- We currently list 253 canals across the United Kingdom — every entry sourced from Wikipedia, Wikidata or OpenStreetMap and validated against our schema.
- Are these places free to visit?
- Many places in the guide are free to enter — almost every national museum, every public park and garden, every parish church and cathedral. Castles, historic houses and theme parks usually charge admission; National Trust and English Heritage members visit those properties free.
- Where does the data come from?
- Every entry is built from open data: OpenStreetMap (locations, tags, opening hours), Wikipedia (descriptions), Wikidata (structured facts and operator information), Wikimedia Commons (images), ONS open data (population). The site never makes runtime API calls — everything is fetched at build time and committed.
- How often is this updated?
- A weekly automated job re-fetches the upstream sources and rebuilds the site. Manual editorial corrections are applied as overlays on top of the open data.