List of canal aqueducts in the United Kingdom

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 Aqueduct over the River Almond
Avon Aqueduct Union Canal Scotland's longest and tallest aqueduct
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.
Bonnington Aqueduct Union Canal
Bullbridge Aqueduct Cromford Canal Demolished 1968
Chirk Aqueduct Llangollen Canal
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
Edstone Aqueduct Stratford-upon-Avon Canal
Engine Arm Aqueduct Birmingham Canal Navigations Cast by Horseley Ironworks
Ewood Aqueduct Leeds and Liverpool Canal
Greenbank Aqueduct Union Canal near Falkirk Wheel
Lichfield Canal Aqueduct Lichfield Canal A modern construction for a canal under restoration; not yet in water.
Lune Aqueduct Lancaster Canal John Rennie Grade II listed building
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
Scott Russell Aqueduct Union Canal Passes over the A720 Edinburgh Bypass
Semington Aqueduct Kennet and Avon Canal
Slateford Aqueduct Union Canal
Stanley Ferry Aqueduct Aire and Calder Navigation George Leather One of the earliest through arch bridges in the world
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.
Stretton Aqueduct Shropshire Union Canal Thomas Telford One of Telford's last aqueducts and grade II listed since 1985.
Wootton Wawen Aqueduct Stratford-upon-Avon Canal W Whitmore
Yarningale Aqueduct Stratford-upon-Avon Canal

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Notes: 1 Contains canalised river. 2 Partly or mostly navigable, and/or under restoration. 3 A system of canals. Canals which form part of this system are not listed here individually.