Jim Shead Waterways Photographer & Writer
Text and photographs copyright of Jim Shead.

Changes by Waterways L - M

Leeds and Liverpool Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1774	Rufford Branch Junction	Liverpool	24.50	0	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1777	Skipton Junction	River Lock No 1, Leeds	29.25	29	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1780	Rufford Branch Junction	Leigh Branch Junction	10.50	6	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1816	Leigh Branch Junction	Skipton Junction	62.75	56	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Liskeard & Looe Union Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1828	Terras Pill, Looe	Moorswater near Liskeard	5.88	25	Canal - Broad	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1861	Terras Pill, Looe	Moorswater near Liskeard	5.88	25	Canal - Broad	Non-connected Waterways

Lancaster Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1819	Tewitfield	Kendal	25.00	8	Canal - Broad	Non-connected Waterways
Opened in 1819	Glasson Dock Branch Junction	Tewitfield Bottom Lock	18.25	0	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1819	Preston	Ribble Link Junction	1.50	0	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1819	Ribble Link Junction	Glasson Dock Branch Junction	22.63	0	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1955	Tewitfield	Kendal	25.00	8	Canal - Broad	Non-connected Waterways

River Lark (Great Ouse)

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1720	Great Ouse Junction	West Row Bridge	10.13	1	River	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1720	Judes Ferry	Bury St Edmunds	14.50	24	River	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1920?	Judes Ferry	Bury St Edmunds	14.50	24	River	Connected Waterway System

Lower Avon Navigation

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1639	Evesham Lock	River Severn Junction	24.63	8	River	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1948?	Evesham Lock	River Severn Junction	24.63	8	River	Connected Waterway System
Reopened in 1962	Evesham Lock	River Severn Junction	24.63	8	River	Connected Waterway System

River Lee - Bow Creek

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in	River Lee Main Line	River Thames Junction	1.38	0	River	Connected Waterway System

River Lee

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in	Bow Creek Junction	Hertford Union Canal Junction	1.38	1	Navigation - Unspecified	Connected Waterway System
Opened in	Hertford Union Canal Junction	River Stort Junction	17.75	14	Navigation - Unspecified	Connected Waterway System
Opened in	River Stort Junction	Hertford Town Mill	7.13	4	River	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1770	Limehouse Basin	Bow Creek Junction	1.38	2	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Leek Branch - Trent and Mersey Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1797	Hazelhurst Junction	Leek	2.75	0	Canal - Narrow	Connected Waterway System

Leeds & Liverpool - Leigh Branch

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1820	Leigh Bridge Junction	Wigan Junction	7.25	2	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Llansamlet (Smith's) Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1784?			3.00	0	Canal - Unspecified	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1852?			3.00	0	Canal - Unspecified	Non-connected Waterways

Leeds & Liverpool - Rufford Branch

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1742	Tarleton Lock No 8	River Ribble Estuary	4.00	0	River	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1781	Latham Top lock No 1	Tarleton Lock No 8	7.25	7	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Leeds & Liverpool - Springs Branch

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1797	Skipton Junction	Head of navigation	.50	0	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Leominster Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1796			18.50	16	Canal - Narrow	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1858			18.50	16	Canal - Narrow	Non-connected Waterways

Lancaster Canal - Glasson Dock Branch

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1826	Lodge Hill Junction with main line	Glasson Dock	2.88	7	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Little Ouse or Brandon River

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1669	Brandon Staunch	Thetford	9.13	5	River	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1677	Brandon Creek Junction	Brandon Staunch	13.38	0	River	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1938?	Brandon Staunch	Thetford	9.13	5	River	Connected Waterway System

Louth Navigation

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1770	Louth	Tetney Haven	11.75	8	Canal - Broad	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1924	Louth	Tetney Haven	11.75	8	Canal - Broad	Non-connected Waterways

Leven Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1804?	Leven	River Hull below Aike	3.25	1	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1935	Leven	River Hull below Aike	3.25	1	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Lydney Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1813	Lydney Harbour (tidal basin)	Lydney Station	1.00	1	Canal - Ship	Non-connected Waterways

Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1793	Brecon	Crown Bridge	34.25	6	Canal - Narrow	Non-connected Waterways
Opened in 1799	Crown Bridge	Newport	10.00	33	Canal - Narrow	Non-connected Waterways
Opened in 1799	Malpas	Crumlin	11.00	32	Canal - Narrow	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1933	Brecon	Crown Bridge	34.25	6	Canal - Narrow	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1949	Malpas	Crumlin	11.00	32	Canal - Narrow	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1954	Crown Bridge	Newport	10.00	33	Canal - Narrow	Non-connected Waterways
Reopened in 1970	Brecon	Crown Bridge	34.25	6	Canal - Narrow	Non-connected Waterways

Mersey & Irwell Navigation

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1736	Bank Quay, Warrington	Quay Street, Manchester.	20.25	8	River	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1894	Bank Quay, Warrington	Quay Street, Manchester.	20.25	8	River	Connected Waterway System

Manchester & Salford Junction Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1839	Rochdale Canal	River Irwell	.63	4	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1922	Rochdale Canal	River Irwell	.63	4	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Macclesfield Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1826	Hall Green Stop Lock No 13	Marple Junction	26.13	13	Canal - Narrow	Connected Waterway System

Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1791	River Irwell in Manchester	Bolton with a 4.75 mile level branch to Bury.	15.75	17	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1961	River Irwell in Manchester	Bolton with a 4.75 mile level branch to Bury.	15.75	17	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Mackworth's Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1696	A pill on the River Neath		.13	0	Canal - Unspecified	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1720?	A pill on the River Neath		.13	0	Canal - Unspecified	Non-connected Waterways

River Medway

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in	Sheerness	Halling	18.75	0	River	Non-connected Waterways
Opened in 1740	Maidstone	Tonbridge	16.00	14	River	Non-connected Waterways
Opened in 1792	Halling	Maidstone	9.00	1	River	Non-connected Waterways

River Mersey

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in	Bank Quay, Warrington,	Mersey Bar Light Vessel.	43.00	0	River	Connected Waterway System

Middle Level - Black Ham Drain

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1649?	Mere Mouth	Pigwater - near Yaxley	3.63	0	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Middle Level - Bevill's Leam

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1630	Tebbitts Bridge	Angle Corner Junction	4.50	0	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Middle Level Drain

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1848			2.00	0	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Middle Level - Forty Foot River

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1649	Sixteen Foot Corner	Welches Dam Junction	2.75	2	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1649	Wells Bridge Junction	Sixteen Foot Corner	7.75	0	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Middle Level - King's Dyke

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in	Stanground Sluice	Whittlesey Dyke Junction	4.25	1	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Middle Level - New Dyke

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1649?	Nightingale's Corner	Holme Station	3.25	0	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Middle Level - Old River Nene

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1753	Floods Ferry Junction	Twenty Foot End Junction	7.13	0	River	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1753	Mere Mouth	Nightingale's Corner	2.75	0	River	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1753	Nightingale Corner Junction	Wells Bridge	3.88	1	River	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1753	Popham's Eau End Junction	Outwell Junction	3.75	1	River	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1753	Twenty Foot End Junction	Popham's Eua End Junction	2.00	0	River	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1753	Wells Bridge	Floods Ferry Junction	6.63	0	River	Connected Waterway System

Middle Level - Popham's Eau

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1605	Popham's Eua End Junction	Three Holes Bridge	2.25	0	Canal - Unspecified	Connected Waterway System

Middle Level - Ramsey High Lode

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1649?	Saunder's Bridge Junction	Ramsey	1.13	0	Canal - Unspecified	Connected Waterway System

Middle Level - Sixteen Foot River

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1651	Three Holes Bridge Junction	Sixteen Foot Corner	9.63	0	Canal - Unspecified	Connected Waterway System

Middle Level - Twenty Foot River

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1651	Angle Corner Junction	Twenty Foot End Junction	10.38	0	Canal - Unspecified	Connected Waterway System

Middle Level - Well Creek

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in	Outwell Junction	Salter's Lode Sluice	5.38	1	Navigation - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1970?	Outwell Junction	Salter's Lode Sluice	5.38	1	Navigation - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Reopened in 1975	Outwell Junction	Salter's Lode Sluice	5.38	1	Navigation - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Middle Level - Whittlesey Dyke

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in	Angle Corner	Floods Ferry Junction	3.38	0	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Opened in	Whittlesey Junction	Angle Corner	2.75	1	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Melton Mowbray Navigation

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1797	Turnwater Meadow near Syston	Melton Mowbray	14.75	12	Navigation - Unspecified	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1877	Turnwater Meadow near Syston	Melton Mowbray	14.75	12	Navigation - Unspecified	Connected Waterway System

Mundon or White House Farm Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1832	Southey Creek on the Blackwater	Mundon, Essex	1.25	0	Canal - Unspecified	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1880?	Southey Creek on the Blackwater	Mundon, Essex	1.25	0	Canal - Unspecified	Non-connected Waterways

Monkland Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1793	Woodhall in Lanarkshire	Glasgow	12.25	10	Canal - Broad	Scottish Waterways
Closed in 1950	Woodhall in Lanarkshire	Glasgow	12.25	10	Canal - Broad	Scottish Waterways

Mardyke Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1776	Purfleet	Bulphan Fen	5.00	0	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1880?	Purfleet	Bulphan Fen	5.00	0	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Muirkirk Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1789?			1.00	0	Canal - Unspecified	Scottish Waterways
Closed in 1800?			1.00	0	Canal - Unspecified	Scottish Waterways

Morris's Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1790			1.00	0	Canal - Narrow	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1794			1.00	0	Canal - Narrow	Non-connected Waterways

Manchester Ship Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1894	Eastham Locks	Ellesmere Port	2.88	1	Canal - Ship	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1894	Ellesmere Port	Weston Mersey	8.00	0	Canal - Ship	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1894	Weston Mersey	Hulme Locks	25.25	4	Canal - Ship	Connected Waterway System

Manchester Ship Canal - River Irwell Upper Reach

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1894	Hulme Locks Branch Junction	Strangeways	1.38	0	River	Connected Waterway System

Market Weighton Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1782	Sod House Lock	Canal Head	3.63	3	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1782	Weighton Lock	Below Sod House Lock	6.13	0	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1900	Sod House Lock	Canal Head	3.63	3	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

River Nar

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1751			12.00	10	River	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1884			12.00	10	River	Connected Waterway System

Candle Dyke to Hickling Broad

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in	River Thurne	Hickling Broad	1.50	0	Canal - Broad	Norfolk & Suffolk Broads

Haddiscoe (or New) Cut - Norfolk & Suffolk Broads

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1833	Waveney	Yare	2.00	0	Canal - Broad	Norfolk & Suffolk Broads

Hardley Dyke (River Yare)

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in	A dyke joining the river Yare.		.38	0	Canal - Broad	Norfolk & Suffolk Broads

Langley Dyke (River Yare)

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in	A dyke joining the River Yare.		.25	0	Canal - Broad	Norfolk & Suffolk Broads

Martham Broad to West Somerton

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in	West Somerton	River Thurne	.88	0	Canal - Broad	Norfolk & Suffolk Broads

Meadow Dyke to Waxham Bridge

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in	Heigham Sound	Wraxham Bridge	2.75	0	Canal - Broad	Norfolk & Suffolk Broads

Oulton Broad and Dyke

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in	River Waveney	Lowestoft Harbour	4.50	0	Navigation - Broad	Norfolk & Suffolk Broads

Rockland Dyke and Rockland Broad

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in	Rockland Broad	River Yare.	.88	0	Navigation - Broad	Norfolk & Suffolk Broads

Stalham Dyke (River Ant)

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in	Stalham Staithes	River Ant	1.13	0	River	Norfolk & Suffolk Broads

Trowse Mills Branch (River Yare)

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in	Trowse Mill	River Wensum	.88	0	Canal - Broad	Norfolk & Suffolk Broads

Thorpe Village Loop (River Yare)

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in			.75	0	River	Norfolk & Suffolk Broads

River Nene

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in	Peterborough Junction	Dog in a Doublet	4.50	0	River	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1761	Northampton Junction	Peterborough Junction	61.13	37	River	Connected Waterway System

Nottingham Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1796	Lenton Chain	Langley Mill	12.25	17	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1796	Meadow Lock	Lenton Chain	2.50	2	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1937	Lenton Chain	Langley Mill	12.25	17	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

River Nene Stanground Branch

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in	Head of Stanground lock	Peterborough Junction	.50	0	River	Connected Waterway System

Nutbrook Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1796?	Shipley Wharf, near Ilkeston	Erewash Canal	4.63	13	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1949?	Shipley Wharf, near Ilkeston	Erewash Canal	4.63	13	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Neath Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1795	Glyn Neath	Lamb Lock No 2	1.00	2	Canal - Narrow	Non-connected Waterways
Opened in 1795	Lamb Lock No 2	Resolven Lock No 12	3.25	10	Canal - Narrow	Non-connected Waterways
Opened in 1795	Resolven Lock No 12	Giants Grave	8.75	7	Canal - Narrow	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1934	Glyn Neath	Lamb Lock No 2	1.00	2	Canal - Narrow	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1934	Lamb Lock No 2	Resolven Lock No 12	3.25	10	Canal - Narrow	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1934	Resolven Lock No 12	Giants Grave	8.75	7	Canal - Narrow	Non-connected Waterways
Reopened in 1983?	Lamb Lock No 2	Resolven Lock No 12	3.25	10	Canal - Narrow	Non-connected Waterways

Newcastle-under-Lyme Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1800?	Trent & Mersey Canal at Stoke	Newcastle-under-Lyme	4.00	0	Canal - Narrow	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1935	Trent & Mersey Canal at Stoke	Newcastle-under-Lyme	4.00	0	Canal - Narrow	Connected Waterway System

Newcastle-under-Lyme Junction Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1798?	Linking to Sir Nigel Gresley's Canal		1.13	0	Canal - Unspecified	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1864	Linking to Sir Nigel Gresley's Canal		1.13	0	Canal - Unspecified	Connected Waterway System

North Walsham and Dilham Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1826	River Ant	Antingham Ponds	8.75	6	Canal - Broad	Norfolk & Suffolk Broads
Closed in 1934	River Ant	Antingham Ponds	8.75	6	Canal - Broad	Norfolk & Suffolk Broads

Newdigate Canals

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1795	Griff on the Coventry Canal		5.50	13	Canal - Unspecified	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1819	Griff on the Coventry Canal		5.50	13	Canal - Unspecified	Connected Waterway System

North Wilts Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1819	Swindon	Latton near Cricklade	9.00	12	Canal - Narrow	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1914	Swindon	Latton near Cricklade	9.00	12	Canal - Narrow	Connected Waterway System

Newport Pagnell Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1817	Linford on the Grand Junction Canal	Newport Pagnell	1.25	7	Canal - Narrow	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1863	Linford on the Grand Junction Canal	Newport Pagnell	1.25	7	Canal - Narrow	Connected Waterway System

Oakham Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1802	Melon Mowbray	Oakham	15.25	19	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1846	Melon Mowbray	Oakham	15.25	19	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Old River Lee

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1571	River Lee	Old Ford Tide Gates	.38	0	River	Connected Waterway System

River Orwell

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in	Ipswich	River Stour	9.00	0	River	Non-connected Waterways

River Ouse (Sussex)

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in	Newhaven Harbour	Lewes	9.50	0	River	Non-connected Waterways
Opened in 1812?	Lewes	Ryelands Bridge	22.50	18	River	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1861?	Lewes	Ryelands Bridge	22.50	18	River	Non-connected Waterways

Oxford Canal (Northern Section)

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1790	Braunston Junction	Sutton Stop Lock	22.75	4	Canal - Narrow	Connected Waterway System

Oxford Canal (Southern Section)

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1790	Dukes Lock No 44	Napton Junction	46.25	37	Canal - Narrow	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1790	Isis Lock No 46	Dukes Lock No 44	3.00	2	Canal - Narrow	Connected Waterway System

River Ouse (Yorkshire)

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in	Asselby Island	Goole Junction	5.50	0	River	Connected Waterway System
Opened in	Barby-on-the-Marsh	Asselby Island	3.75	0	River	Connected Waterway System
Opened in	Don Junction, Goole	Trent Falls	7.88	0	River	Connected Waterway System
Opened in	Goole Junction	Don Junction, Goole	.13	0	River	Connected Waterway System
Opened in	River Foss Junction	River Wharfe Junction	9.75	1	River	Connected Waterway System
Opened in	River Wharfe Junction	Selby Junction	9.00	0	River	Connected Waterway System
Opened in	Selby Junction	Barby-on-the-Marsh	6.50	0	River	Connected Waterway System
Opened in	Widdington Ings near Linton	River Foss Junction	8.50	0	River	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1769	Widdington Ings near Linton	Swale Nab Junction	9.75	1	River	Connected Waterway System

Portsmouth & Arundel Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1823	Ford on the River Arun	Portsea	27.75	6	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1896	Ford on the River Arun	Portsea	27.75	6	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Par Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1847	Pontsmill	Par harbour, in St Austell Bay	1.88	3	Canal - Unspecified	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1855?	Pontsmill	Par harbour, in St Austell Bay	1.88	3	Canal - Unspecified	Non-connected Waterways

Pocklington Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1818	Cottingwith Ferry Junction	Head of navigation	4.88	2	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1818	Present head of Navigation	York to Hull Road	4.63	7	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1932	Present head of Navigation	York to Hull Road	4.63	7	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Pidcock's Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1779?	Middle Forge, Lydney	Lydney Pill	1.63	3	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1845?	Middle Forge, Lydney	Lydney Pill	1.63	3	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Peak Forest Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1804	Dukinfield Junction	Marple Top Lock No 16	8.00	16	Canal - Narrow	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1804	Marple Top Lock No 16	Whaley Bridge	6.50	0	Canal - Narrow	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1961	Dukinfield Junction	Marple Top Lock No 16	8.00	16	Canal - Narrow	Connected Waterway System
Reopened in 1974	Dukinfield Junction	Marple Top Lock No 16	8.00	16	Canal - Narrow	Connected Waterway System

Whalley Bridge Branch

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1800		Whalley Bridge	.75	0	Canal - Narrow	Connected Waterway System

Plas Kynaston Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1830?	works at Plas Kynaston, near Cefn-mawr	Trevor basin where it joined the Ellesmere Canal	.63	0	Canal - Narrow	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1914	works at Plas Kynaston, near Cefn-mawr	Trevor basin where it joined the Ellesmere Canal	.63	0	Canal - Narrow	Connected Waterway System

Pembrey Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1824?	Kidwelly & Llanelly Canal	near Pembrey Old Harbour	2.00	1	Canal - Unspecified	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1843?	Kidwelly & Llanelly Canal	near Pembrey Old Harbour	2.00	1	Canal - Unspecified	Non-connected Waterways

Pen-clawdd Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1814	Pen-clawdd	Kingsbridge, near Gowerton	3.63	2	Canal - Unspecified	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1818?	Pen-clawdd	Kingsbridge, near Gowerton	3.63	2	Canal - Unspecified	Non-connected Waterways

Penrhiwtyn Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1793?	Giant's Grave on the River Neath	Penrhiwtyn.	1.38	0	Canal - Unspecified	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1797	Giant's Grave on the River Neath	Penrhiwtyn.	1.38	0	Canal - Unspecified	Non-connected Waterways

Pensnett Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1840	Park Head basin		1.25	0	Canal - Narrow	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1950	Park Head basin		1.25	0	Canal - Narrow	Connected Waterway System

Parnall's Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1720	Carlaze tin mine near St Austell		.50	0	Canal - Unspecified	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1732	Carlaze tin mine near St Austell		.50	0	Canal - Unspecified	Non-connected Waterways

Parrott's Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1765	Richard Parrott's coal mine near Hawksbury		.63	0	Canal - Narrow	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1790	Richard Parrott's coal mine near Hawksbury		.63	0	Canal - Narrow	Connected Waterway System

River Parrett

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in	river mouth at Bridgwater Bar	Oath Flood Gates	27.75	0	River	Non-connected Waterways
Opened in 1840	Oath Flood Gates	Thorney Mills t	6.50	1	River	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1878	Oath Flood Gates	Thorney Mills t	6.50	1	River	Non-connected Waterways

Petworth Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1793	Haslington Bridge, near Petworth	River Rother	1.25	2	Canal - Unspecified	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1803?	Haslington Bridge, near Petworth	River Rother	1.25	2	Canal - Unspecified	Non-connected Waterways

River Ribble

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in	River Douglas	Ribble Link	3.38	0	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Ribble Link

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 2001	River Ribble	Lancaster Canal	3.38	9	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Rochdale Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1804	Ducie Street Junction	Dukes Lock No 92	1.25	9	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1804	Sowerby Bridge Junction	Ducie Street Junction	30.75	83	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1952	Sowerby Bridge Junction	Ducie Street Junction	30.75	83	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Reopened in 2002	Sowerby Bridge Junction	Ducie Street Junction	30.75	83	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Reach Lode

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in	Wicken Junction	Reach Village	2.13	0	River	Connected Waterway System

Red Jacket Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1818	Glan-y-wern Canal		1.88	0	Canal - Broad	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1922?	Glan-y-wern Canal		1.88	0	Canal - Broad	Non-connected Waterways

Ripon Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1772	Oxclose Lock	Head of navigation	1.75	3	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1955	Oxclose Lock	Head of navigation	1.75	3	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Reopened in 1986	Oxclose Lock	Head of navigation	1.75	3	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Royal Military Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1806	Idem Lock, where it joins the River Rother	West Hythe Sluice	19.00	1	Canal - Broad	Non-connected Waterways

River Roach

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in	Wallingsea Ness, near Rochford	River Crouch	9.25	0	River	Non-connected Waterways

River Roding

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1764	Ilford Bridge	Thames	1.75	0	River	Connected Waterway System

River Rother (Eastern)

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in	Bodiam Castle	East Pier Rye	16.38	1	River	Non-connected Waterways

River Rother (Western)

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1794	Midhurst	Stopham	11.25	8	River	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1936	Midhurst	Stopham	11.25	8	River	Non-connected Waterways

Jim Shead Waterways Photographer & Writer
Text and photographs copyright of Jim Shead.