| Year | Miles | Locks | Waterways that changed |
| unknown | 27.38 | 3 | Burwell Lode, Middle Level - King's Dyke, Middle Level - Whittlesey Dyke, River Ribble, Wicken Lode, Castle Dyke, Howbridge Drain and Newham Drain |
| 1279? | 29.38 | 4 | Swaffham Lode |
| 1568 | 33.88 | 4 | Cowbridge Drain, Junction Drain and Maud Foster Drain |
| 1630 | 38.38 | 4 | Middle Level - Bevill's Leam |
| 1634 | 54.25 | 4 | East Fen Catchwater Drain, Lush's Drain, West Fen Catchwater Drain and West Fen Drain |
| 1634? | 59.50 | 4 | Medlam Drain |
| 1649 | 70.00 | 6 | Middle Level - Forty Foot River |
| 1649? | 76.88 | 6 | Middle Level - Black Ham Drain and Middle Level - New Dyke |
| 1653 | 77.63 | 8 | Dick Brook |
| 1655? | 76.88 | 6 | Dick Brook |
| 1670? | 100.13 | 6 | River Great Ouse and Counter Wash Drain (Great Ouse) |
| 1750? | 103.38 | 7 | Lakenheath Lode (Great Ouse) |
| 1757 | 111.38 | 17 | Sankey Brook Navigation |
| 1761 | 124.88 | 17 | Stretford and Leigh Branch (Bridgewater Canal) and Bridgewater Canal |
| 1770 | 126.25 | 19 | River Lee |
| 1771 | 132.00 | 27 | Droitwich Canal |
| 1772 | 133.75 | 30 | Ripon Canal |
| 1773 | 155.13 | 30 | Preston Brook Branch (Bridgewater Canal) and Bridgewater Canal |
| 1774 | 183.00 | 40 | Bradford Canal and Leeds and Liverpool Canal |
| 1776 | 191.50 | 49 | Huddersfield Broad Canal and Mardyke Canal |
| 1777 | 247.88 | 99 | Chesterfield Canal, Grand Union Erewash Canal and Leeds and Liverpool Canal |
| 1779 | 255.88 | 111 | Stroudwater Canal |
| 1779? | 257.50 | 114 | Pidcock's Canal |
| 1780 | 269.50 | 124 | Greasbrough (Park Gate) Canal and Leeds and Liverpool Canal |
| 1781 | 276.75 | 131 | Leeds & Liverpool - Rufford Branch |
| 1782 | 286.50 | 134 | Market Weighton Canal |
| 1789 | 315.25 | 178 | Thames and Severn Canal |
| 1791 | 331.00 | 195 | Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal |
| 1793 | 332.00 | 195 | Aire & Calder Dewsbury Old Cut Section |
| 1794 | 377.88 | 234 | Basingstoke Canal and Grand Union Leicester Section |
| 1796 | 412.38 | 263 | Derby Canal, Nottingham Canal and Wisbech Canal |
| 1796? | 417.00 | 276 | Nutbrook Canal |
| 1797 | 450.50 | 294 | Grantham Canal and Leeds & Liverpool - Springs Branch |
| 1799 | 466.75 | 314 | Barnsley Canal and Grand Union Wendover Branch |
| 1800 | 563.38 | 448 | Grand Union Main Line |
| 1801 | 594.88 | 448 | Grand Union Paddington Branch, Hobhole Drain and Stonebridge Drain |
| 1801? | 600.63 | 448 | Bell Water Drain and New Bolingbroke Drain |
| 1802 | 644.75 | 482 | Horncastle Canal, Oakham Canal, Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation and Frith Bank Drain |
| 1804 | 686.38 | 593 | Dearne and Dove Canal and Rochdale Canal |
| 1804? | 689.63 | 594 | Leven Canal |
| 1805 | 727.38 | 619 | Grand Union Main Line |
| 1809 | 760.13 | 672 | Croydon Canal, Grand Union Leicester Section and Grand Union Market Harborough Branch |
| 1810 | 820.25 | 753 | Grand Surrey Canal and Kennet and Avon Canal |
| 1814 | 821.88 | 754 | Grand Union Welford Branch |
| 1814? | 822.63 | 755 | Cassington Cut |
| 1816 | 903.88 | 834 | Leeds and Liverpool Canal and Wey and Arun Junction Canal |
| 1818 | 913.38 | 843 | Pocklington Canal |
| 1818? | 913.63 | 844 | Grand Union Rickmansworth Branch |
| 1819 | 959.88 | 855 | Lancaster Canal and Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation |
| 1820 | 975.75 | 870 | Grand Union Regents Canal and Leeds & Liverpool - Leigh Branch |
| 1823 | 1003.50 | 876 | Portsmouth & Arundel Canal |
| 1824 | 1011.00 | 879 | Grosvenor Canal and Thames & Medway Canal |
| 1826 | 1013.88 | 886 | Lancaster Canal - Glasson Dock Branch |
| 1828 | 1015.63 | 887 | Kensington Canal |
| 1830 | 1016.75 | 890 | Hertford Union Canal (Grand Union) |
| 1836 | 1007.50 | 862 | Croydon Canal |
| 1838 | 1007.63 | 863 | Hulme Lock Branch (Bridgewater Canal) |
| 1839 | 1008.25 | 867 | Manchester & Salford Junction Canal |
| 1845? | 1006.63 | 864 | Pidcock's Canal |
| 1846 | 991.38 | 845 | Oakham Canal |
| 1847 | 984.38 | 843 | Thames & Medway Canal |
| 1848 | 986.38 | 843 | Middle Level Drain |
| 1859 | 989.38 | 842 | Bridgewater Canal and Kensington Canal |
| 1870? | 988.63 | 841 | Cassington Cut |
| 1871 | 970.13 | 818 | Wey and Arun Junction Canal |
| 1880? | 965.13 | 818 | Mardyke Canal |
| 1882 | 970.00 | 818 | Grand Union Slough Branch |
| 1884 | 958.00 | 807 | Horncastle Canal |
| 1896 | 930.25 | 801 | Portsmouth & Arundel Canal |
| 1900 | 926.63 | 798 | Market Weighton Canal |
| 1910? | 923.38 | 797 | Lakenheath Lode (Great Ouse) |
| 1922 | 919.38 | 783 | Bradford Canal and Manchester & Salford Junction Canal |
| 1926 | 914.13 | 781 | Wisbech Canal |
| 1927 | 885.38 | 737 | Thames and Severn Canal |
| 1928 | 883.88 | 733 | Greasbrough (Park Gate) Canal |
| 1932 | 879.25 | 726 | Pocklington Canal |
| 1934 | 869.63 | 707 | Dearne and Dove Canal |
| 1935 | 866.38 | 706 | Leven Canal |
| 1936 | 833.38 | 688 | Grantham Canal |
| 1937 | 821.13 | 671 | Nottingham Canal |
| 1939 | 815.38 | 663 | Droitwich Canal |
| 1949? | 810.75 | 650 | Nutbrook Canal |
| 1950? | 753.75 | 571 | Kennet and Avon Canal |
| 1952 | 723.00 | 488 | Rochdale Canal |
| 1953 | 708.00 | 468 | Barnsley Canal |
| 1954 | 700.00 | 456 | Stroudwater Canal |
| 1955 | 698.25 | 453 | Ripon Canal |
| 1961 | 682.50 | 436 | Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal |
| 1963 | 674.50 | 426 | Sankey Brook Navigation |
| 1964 | 660.00 | 418 | Derby Canal |
| 1971 | 656.88 | 416 | Grand Surrey Canal |
| 1986 | 658.63 | 419 | Ripon Canal |
| 1990 | 715.63 | 498 | Kennet and Avon Canal |
| 1995 | 715.50 | 497 | Hulme Lock Branch (Bridgewater Canal) |
| 2001 | 725.25 | 507 | Great Ouse Relief Channel and Ribble Link |
| 2002 | 756.00 | 590 | Rochdale Canal |
| Year | Miles | Locks | Waterways that changed |
| 1765 | .63 | 0 | Parrott's Canal |
| 1769 | 15.50 | 3 | BCN Main Line, Old Main Line (BCN), Soho Branch Loop Line, Wednesbury Old Canal (BCN) and Wednesbury Oak Loop Line |
| 1772 | 64.00 | 67 | BCN Main Line and Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal |
| 1777 | 161.50 | 185 | Chesterfield Canal and Trent and Mersey Canal |
| 1779 | 207.50 | 254 | Dudley Canal Line No 1, Caldon Branch - Trent and Mersey Canal, Stourbridge Canal - The Fens on Pensnett Chase Branch, Stourbridge Canal - Stourbridge Branch, Stourbridge Canal, Shropshire Union Dee Branch and Shropshire Union Main Line |
| 1789 | 228.63 | 293 | Birmingham and Fazeley Canal and Duke's Cut |
| 1790 | 332.50 | 349 | Coventry Canal (Detached Portion), Coventry Canal, Oxford Canal (Northern Section), Oxford Canal (Southern Section) and Parrott's Canal |
| 1791? | 334.00 | 350 | Fletcher's Canal |
| 1794 | 348.63 | 364 | Cromford Canal |
| 1795 | 357.13 | 364 | Shropshire Union Main Line |
| 1796 | 357.75 | 364 | Ashton Canal |
| 1797 | 400.13 | 385 | Wyrley and Essington Canal (BCN), Walsall Canal, Leek Branch - Trent and Mersey Canal and Shropshire Union Montgomery Canal |
| 1798 | 405.13 | 385 | Dudley Canal Line No 2 |
| 1799 | 412.25 | 409 | Ashton Canal and Digbeth Branch Canal |
| 1800 | 418.25 | 409 | Daw End Branch Canal (BCN) and Whalley Bridge Branch |
| 1800? | 422.25 | 409 | Newcastle-under-Lyme Canal |
| 1802 | 422.50 | 409 | Stratford upon Avon Canal - Kingswood Branch |
| 1804 | 493.25 | 444 | Ashby de la Zouch Canal, Peak Forest Canal, Somerset Coal Canal and Shropshire Union - Llangollen Canal |
| 1805 | 513.75 | 467 | Somerset Coal Canal and Shropshire Union - Llangollen Canal |
| 1806? | 517.50 | 467 | Shropshire Union Prees Branch |
| 1808 | 532.75 | 469 | Shropshire Union - Llangollen Canal |
| 1810 | 599.13 | 526 | Wilts and Berks Canal |
| 1811 | 619.00 | 600 | Huddersfield Narrow Canal |
| 1814 | 642.13 | 617 | Grand Union Leicester Section |
| 1815 | 675.75 | 710 | Grand Union Aylesbury Branch, Grand Union Northampton Branch, Somerset Coal Canal and Worcester and Birmingham Canal |
| 1816 | 701.25 | 766 | Stratford upon Avon Canal |
| 1817 | 702.50 | 773 | Newport Pagnell Canal |
| 1819 | 723.00 | 792 | North Wilts Canal and Shropshire Union Montgomery Canal |
| 1820? | 730.38 | 798 | Shropshire Union Montgomery Canal |
| 1825 | 740.50 | 801 | BCN Main Line |
| 1826 | 766.63 | 814 | Macclesfield Canal |
| 1830 | 768.00 | 814 | Anson Branch (BCN) |
| 1830? | 768.63 | 814 | Plas Kynaston Canal |
| 1831 | 770.13 | 815 | Hall Green Branch - Trent and Mersey Canal |
| 1833 | 780.13 | 819 | Shropshire Union - Middlewich Branch |
| 1835 | 820.88 | 848 | Shropshire Union Main Line |
| 1836 | 821.38 | 851 | Gower Branch Canal (BCN) |
| 1837 | 823.13 | 857 | Titford Canal (BCN) |
| 1840 | 824.50 | 857 | Pensnett Canal and Stourbridge Extension Canal |
| 1841 | 825.38 | 865 | Walsall Branch Canal |
| 1844 | 836.50 | 884 | Tame Valley Canal and Grand Union Main Line |
| 1845 | 871.50 | 906 | Herefordshire & Gloucestershire Canal |
| 1847 | 874.63 | 915 | Rushall Canal (BCN) and Spon Lane Locks Branch (BCN) |
| 1850 | 875.88 | 915 | Anglesey Branch |
| 1853 | 877.38 | 922 | Droitwich Junction Canal |
| 1858 | 880.25 | 922 | Netherton Tunnel Branch Canal |
| 1863 | 880.75 | 915 | Cannock Extension Canal (BCN) and Newport Pagnell Canal |
| 1881 | 845.75 | 893 | Herefordshire & Gloucestershire Canal |
| 1904 | 835.25 | 870 | Somerset Coal Canal |
| 1908 | 815.75 | 822 | Chesterfield Canal |
| 1914 | 739.75 | 753 | North Wilts Canal, Plas Kynaston Canal and Wilts and Berks Canal |
| 1928 | 738.25 | 746 | Droitwich Junction Canal |
| 1935 | 734.25 | 746 | Newcastle-under-Lyme Canal |
| 1944 | 684.50 | 706 | Cromford Canal and Shropshire Union Montgomery Canal |
| 1948 | 651.63 | 598 | Huddersfield Narrow Canal and Stratford upon Avon Canal |
| 1950 | 650.38 | 598 | Pensnett Canal |
| 1952? | 648.88 | 597 | Fletcher's Canal |
| 1956 | 640.88 | 597 | Ashby de la Zouch Canal |
| 1961 | 625.50 | 573 | Caldon Branch - Trent and Mersey Canal and Peak Forest Canal |
| 1962 | 624.25 | 557 | Stourbridge Canal |
| 1964 | 637.25 | 591 | Stratford upon Avon Canal |
| 1967 | 638.50 | 607 | Stourbridge Canal |
| 1974 | 653.88 | 631 | Caldon Branch - Trent and Mersey Canal and Peak Forest Canal |
| 2001 | 673.75 | 705 | Huddersfield Narrow Canal |
| Year | Miles | Locks | Waterways that changed |
| unknown | 454.88 | 57 | River Arun, River Avon (Bristol), Higher Avon Navigation, River Hull, River Humber, River Lee - Bow Creek, River Lee, River Mersey, River Nene, River Nene Stanground Branch, River Ouse (Yorkshire), Reach Lode, River Severn, River Thames, River Trent and River Wharfe |
| 120 | 466.00 | 58 | Fossdyke Canal |
| 1287 | 485.00 | 60 | River Ancholme |
| 1571 | 485.38 | 60 | Old River Lee |
| 1639 | 528.25 | 77 | Lower Avon Navigation and Upper Avon |
| 1669 | 537.38 | 82 | Little Ouse or Brandon River |
| 1670 | 537.75 | 82 | River Great Ouse |
| 1670? | 550.00 | 83 | Old Bedford River |
| 1677 | 563.38 | 83 | Little Ouse or Brandon River |
| 1689 | 644.50 | 99 | River Great Ouse, Old West River (Great Ouse) and River Wissey |
| 1700 | 651.00 | 100 | River Avon (Bristol) |
| 1701 | 672.88 | 102 | River Derwent |
| 1702 | 686.50 | 104 | River Cam |
| 1704 | 703.25 | 105 | River Aire |
| 1720 | 727.88 | 130 | River Lark (Great Ouse) |
| 1720? | 738.75 | 131 | River Idle |
| 1721 | 755.75 | 134 | River Derwent (Derbyshire) and River Weaver |
| 1723 | 774.75 | 155 | Kennet and Avon Canal |
| 1727 | 786.25 | 161 | Kennet and Avon Canal |
| 1732 | 788.50 | 162 | River Weaver - Old Navigation Line |
| 1735? | 821.50 | 162 | River Dee |
| 1736 | 841.75 | 170 | Mersey & Irwell Navigation |
| 1742 | 863.25 | 183 | Douglas Navigation and Leeds & Liverpool - Rufford Branch |
| 1751 | 878.00 | 193 | River Nar and River Don (Upper Section) |
| 1753 | 904.13 | 195 | Middle Level - Old River Nene |
| 1756? | 906.38 | 196 | River Tern |
| 1761 | 967.50 | 233 | River Nene |
| 1764 | 969.25 | 233 | River Roding |
| 1769 | 992.75 | 249 | River Ouse (Yorkshire) and River Stort |
| 1772 | 1000.75 | 251 | River Ure |
| 1788 | 1000.75 | 252 | Aire & Calder Navigation - Selby Section |
| 1794 | 1002.00 | 253 | River Foss |
| 1795 | 992.00 | 252 | River Derwent (Derbyshire) |
| 1797 | 989.75 | 251 | River Tern |
| 1801 | 972.25 | 238 | Douglas Navigation |
| 1804 | 982.50 | 245 | River Foss |
| 1844 | 985.25 | 246 | Dartford & Crayford Navigation |
| 1859 | 975.00 | 239 | River Foss |
| 1875? | 956.75 | 230 | Upper Avon |
| 1884 | 944.75 | 220 | River Nar |
| 1894 | 925.88 | 212 | Mersey & Irwell Navigation and Manchester Ship Canal - River Irwell Upper Reach |
| 1920? | 911.38 | 188 | River Lark (Great Ouse) |
| 1928? | 870.38 | 173 | River Great Ouse |
| 1935 | 860.00 | 172 | River Derwent |
| 1937 | 843.25 | 171 | River Aire |
| 1938? | 834.13 | 166 | Little Ouse or Brandon River |
| 1948? | 809.50 | 158 | Lower Avon Navigation |
| 1950 | 790.50 | 137 | Kennet and Avon Canal |
| 1962 | 815.13 | 145 | Lower Avon Navigation |
| 1974 | 833.38 | 154 | Upper Avon |
| 1978 | 874.38 | 169 | River Great Ouse |
| 1990 | 893.38 | 190 | Kennet and Avon Canal |
