List of canal aqueducts in Great Britain

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This list of canal aqueducts in Great Britain covers aqueducts which have articles in Wikipedia. The actual number of canal aqueducts is much greater.

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Aqueduct	Canal	Designer	Notes
Avoncliff Aqueduct	Kennet and Avon Canal	John Rennie
Barton Swing Aqueduct	Bridgewater Canal	Sir Edward Leader Williams	Carries one canal over another; swings to let large vessels pass below.
Clifton Aqueduct	Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal		Grade II listed building
Cosgrove Aqueduct	Grand Union Canal	Benjamin Bevan	Built to replace an earlier aqueduct which collapsed.
Dundas Aqueduct	Kennet and Avon Canal	John Rennie	Designed in a classical style, this is now a Scheduled Ancient Monument
Lichfield Aqueduct	Lichfield Canal		A modern construction for a canal under restoration.
Marple Aqueduct	Peak Forest Canal	Benjamin Outram and Thomas Brown	A Scheduled Ancient Monument
New Semington Aqueduct	Kennet and Avon Canal		Modern aqueduct opened in 2004
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct	Llangollen Canal	Thomas Telford	A cast iron trough 1,007 feet long supported 126 feet above the river by 19 masonry piers.
Prestolee Aqueduct	Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal		Grade II listed building
Semington Aqueduct	Kennet and Avon Canal
Stanley Ferry Aqueduct	Aire and Calder Navigation	George Leather	One of the earliest compression arch suspended-deck bridges in the world and i
Store Street Aqueduct	Ashton Canal	Benjamin Outram	Built on a skew of 45 degrees across the highway, and believed to be the first of its kind in Great Britain.