list of canal aqueducts in the United Kingdom

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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.

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Aqueduct

! Canal

! Designer

! Coordinates

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Almond Aqueduct

|Union Canal

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|{{Coord|55.9212

3.4337|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Almond Aqueduct}}

|Aqueduct over the River Almond

|File:AlmondAqueductLinsMill.jpg

Ariel Aqueduct

|Worcester and Birmingham Canal

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|{{Coord|52.4470

1.9378|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Ariel Aqueduct}}

|Aqueduct over the Aston Webb Boulevard (Selly Oak Bypass) in Selly Oak, Birmingham, opened in 2011.

|File:Day 30 - West Midlands Police - View from Above 1 (8428681775).jpg

Avon Aqueduct

|Union Canal

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|{{Coord|55.9701

3.6496|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Avon Aqueduct}}

|Scotland's longest and tallest aqueduct, crosses the River Avon (Falkirk)

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File:AvonAqueduct.jpg

Avoncliff Aqueduct

|Kennet and Avon Canal

|John Rennie

|{{Coord|51.33935

2.28275|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Avoncliff Aqueduct}}

|Crosses the River Avon (Bristol)

|File:Avoncliff 2008.jpg

Barton Swing Aqueduct

|Bridgewater Canal

|Sir Edward Leader Williams

|{{Coord|53.474813

2.350334|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Barton Swing Aqueduct}}

|Crosses the Manchester Ship Canal. Swings to let large vessels pass below.

|File:Barton Swing Aqueduct.jpg

Beam Aqueduct

|Rolle Canal

|James Green

|{{Coord|50.9672

4.1754|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Beam Aqueduct}}

|Formerly carried the Rolle Canal across the River Torridge

|File:Beam Aqueduct.jpg

Bonnington Aqueduct

|Union Canal

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|{{Coord|55.9244

3.4144|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Bonnington Aqueduct}}

|Crosses the B7030 Cliftonhall Road

|File:Bonnington Aqueduct2.jpg

Bullbridge Aqueduct

|Cromford Canal

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|{{Coord|53.06404|N|1.46424|W|region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(SK360520)|name=Bullbridge Aqueduct}}

|Demolished 1968. Originally crossed the Ambergate to Nottingham road.

|File:Bull bridge.jpg

Chirk Aqueduct

|Llangollen Canal

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|{{Coord|52.9287

3.0616|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Chirk Aqueduct}}

|Crosses the Ceiriog Valley

|File:Y Waun AqueductWales.JPG

Clifton Aqueduct

|Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal

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| {{Coord|53.527344

2.316814|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Clifton Aqueduct}}

| Grade II listed building, crosses the River Irwell

|File:Clifton Aqueduct from Clifton Viaduct.jpg

Cosgrove Aqueduct

|Grand Union Canal

|Benjamin Bevan

|{{Coord|52.068798|N|0.833641|W|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Cosgrove aqueduct}}

|Crosses the River Great Ouse. Built to replace an earlier aqueduct which collapsed.

|File:CosgroveAq1.jpg

Dowley Gap Aqueduct

|Leeds and Liverpool Canal

|James Brindley

|{{Coord|53.840295|N|1.815765|W|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Dowley Gap Aqueduct}}

|Crosses the River Aire. Also known as the Seven Arches Aqueduct.

|File:Dowley Gap Aqueduct - geograph.org.uk - 353210.jpg

Dundas Aqueduct

|Kennet and Avon Canal

|John Rennie

|{{Coord|51|21|40|N|02|18|36|W|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Dundas Aqueduct}}

|Crosses the River Avon (Bristol) and the Wessex Main Line railway. Designed in a classical style, this is now a Scheduled Monument

|File:Dundas Aqueduct, from south-east.jpg

Edstone Aqueduct

|Stratford-upon-Avon Canal

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|{{Coord|52.2464

1.7641|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Edstone Aqueduct}}

|The longest aqueduct in England, crosses a minor road, the Birmingham and North Warwickshire railway, and also the trackbed of the former Alcester Railway.

|File:Edstone Aqueduct.jpg

Engine Arm Aqueduct

|Birmingham Canal Navigations

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|{{Coord|52.4979

1.9665|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Engine Arm Aqueduct}}

|Cast by Horseley Ironworks. Carries the Engine Arm over the BCN Main Line

|File:Engine Arm Aqueduct west.jpg

Ewood Aqueduct

|Leeds and Liverpool Canal

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|{{Coord|53.7335

2.4926|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Ewood Aqueduct}}

|Grade II listed building, crosses the River Darwen & B6447

|File:Ewood Aqueduct 1.JPG

Glen Loy Aqueduct

|Caledonian Canal

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|{{Coord|56.8903

5.0398|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Glenloy Aqueduct}}

|Carries the Caledonian Canal over the River Loy

|File:Glen Loy Aqueduct, Caledonain Canal (geograph 3285838).jpg

Holliday Street Aqueduct

|Worcester and Birmingham Canal

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|{{Coord|52.4762

1.9079|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Holliday Street Aqueduct}}

|A Grade II listed building adjacent to Gas Street Basin.

|File:Holliday Street Aqueduct 16.jpg

Kelvin Aqueduct

|Forth and Clyde Canal

|Robert Whitworth

|{{Coord|55.8923

4.3017|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Kelvin Aqueduct}}

|Carries Forth and Clyde Canal over the River Kelvin

|File:Kelvin Aqueduct, Maryhill.JPG

Lichfield Canal Aqueduct

|Lichfield Canal

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|{{Coord|52.655164

1.901584|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Lichfield Canal Aqueduct}}

|A modern construction for a canal under restoration; not yet in water. Crosses the M6 Toll.

|File:Lichfield Canal Aqueduct.jpg

Luggie Aqueduct

|Forth and Clyde Canal

|John Smeaton

|{{Coord|55.939655

4.151065|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Luggie Aqueduct}}

| Category A listed building, crosses the Luggie Water (now culverted)

|File:Engineering Nightmares - geograph.org.uk - 439017.jpg

Lune Aqueduct

|Lancaster Canal

|John Rennie

|{{Coord|54|4|5.94|N|2|47|21.07|W|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Lune Aqueduct}}

| Grade II listed building, crosses the River Lune

|File:The Lune Aqueduct. Halton - geograph.org.uk - 639775.jpg

Marple Aqueduct

|Peak Forest Canal

Benjamin Outram and Thomas Brown

|{{Coord|53.4073

2.0691|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Marple Aqueduct}}

|A Scheduled Monument, crosses the River Goyt. Grade II listed.

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Murtry Aqueduct

|Dorset and Somerset Canal

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|{{coord|51.247|N|2.342|W|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Murtry Aqueduct}}

|Never used. Spans the Mells River near Frome, Somerset

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Nantwich Aqueduct

|Shropshire Union Canal

|Thomas Telford

|{{Coord|53.069231|N|2.535698|W|region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(ST900609)|name=Nantwich Aqueduct}}

| Cast-iron aqueduct dated around 1826; grade II* listed; crosses the A534 just outside Nantwich.

|File:Nantwich Aqueduct Cheshire2.jpg

New Semington Aqueduct

|Kennet and Avon Canal

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|{{Coord|51.34709|N|2.14497|W|region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(ST900609)|name=New Semington Aqueduct}}

| Modern aqueduct opened in 2004, crosses the A350 road.

|File:New Semington Aqueduct.jpg

North Circular Road Aqueduct

|Grand Union Canal (Paddington Branch)

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|51°32'17"N 0°16'54"W

|Original aqueduct opened 1933, replacement opened 1993 to span widened North Circular Road A406

|File:North Circular aqueduct. London.jpg

Palmerston Street Aqueduct

|Macclesfield Canal

|William Crosley

|{{Coord|53.298011|N|2.101987|W|region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(SJ933779)|name=Palmerston Street Aqueduct}}

|Grade II listed stone aqueduct built 1829-31, crosses the B5090 road. Stone embankments to each side, the river Dean was displaced by this and runs in a tunnel under the left side.

|File:Slide 61 1997.0325.jpg

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

|Llangollen Canal

|Thomas Telford

|{{Coord|52.970534|N|3.087834|W|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Pontcysyllte Aqueduct}}

|A cast iron trough 1,007 feet long supported 126 feet above the river by 19 masonry piers. Crosses the River Dee. Unesco World Heritage site.

|File:Pontcysyllte aqueduct arp.jpg

Prestolee Aqueduct

|Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal

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|{{Coord|53.5525

2.3764|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Prestolee Aqueduct}}

| Grade II listed building, crosses the River Irwell.

|File:Prestolee aqueduct from riverbank.jpg

Rea Aqueduct

|Leominster Canal

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|{{Coord|52.33

2.51|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Rea Aqueduct}}

|Crosses the River Rea

|File:Leominster_Stourport_Canal_Aqueduct_2008.jpg

River Cart Aqueduct
(Blackhall Bridge)

| Former Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal

|John Rennie and Thomas Telford

|{{Coord|55.839986

4.406396|region:GB_type:landmark|name=River Cart Aqueduct}}

|Carried former Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal across White Cart Water. Now converted to railway viaduct.

|File:Paisley Blackhall bridge.jpg

River Tame Aqueduct

|Birmingham and Fazeley Canal

|

|52.5083N, -1.8605W

|Carries the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal over the River Tame Just South of Salford Junction, junction with the Tame Valley Canal

|File:Birmingham_&_Fazeley_Canal_Salford_Aqueduct_2nd_March_2019.jpg

Scott Russell Aqueduct

|Union Canal

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|{{Coord|55.9218

3.3070|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Scott Russell Aqueduct}}

|Passes over the A720 Edinburgh Bypass

|File:Scott Russell Aqueduct2.jpg

Semington Aqueduct

|Kennet and Avon Canal

|

|{{Coord|51.34709|N|2.14497|W|region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(ST900609)|name=Semington Aqueduct}}

|Crosses Semington Brook

|File:Semington Aqueduct.jpg

Slateford Aqueduct

|Union Canal

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|{{Coord|55.9175

3.2499|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Slateford Aqueduct}}

|Crosses Inglis Green Road and the Water of Leith

|File:Slateford aqueduct2.jpg

Stockingfield Aqueduct

|Forth and Clyde Canal

|Robert Whitworth

|{{Coord|55.8927

4.2863|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Stockingfield Aqueduct}}

|Crosses Lochburn Road Road in the Lambhill district of Glasgow

|File:Stockingfield Junction aqueduct, Forth and Clyde Canal, Glasgow, Scotland.jpg

Stanley Ferry Aqueduct

|Aire and Calder Navigation

|George Leather

|{{Coord|53.702417|N|1.462394|W|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Stanley Ferry Aqueduct}}

|One of the earliest through arch bridges in the world, crosses the River Calder, West Yorkshire.

|File:StanleyFerryAqueduct.jpg

Stewart Aqueduct

|BCN Main Line

|Thomas Telford

|{{Coord|52.5059|N|1.9974|W|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Stewart Aqueduct}}

|The M5 motorway (1970) crosses the West Coast Main Line (1852) crosses the BCN Old Main Line Canal (1770) crosses the BCN New Main Line Canal (1828)

|File:Stewart Aqueduct BCN from New Main Line.jpg

Store Street Aqueduct

|Ashton Canal

|Benjamin Outram

|{{Coord|53|28|46.39|N|2|13|38.45|W|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Store Street Aqueduct}}

|Built on a skew of 45 degrees across the highway, and believed to be the first of its kind in Great Britain. Crosses Store Street, Manchester.

|File:Store Street Aqueduct.jpg

Stretton Aqueduct

|Shropshire Union Canal

|Thomas Telford

|{{Coord|52.694267

2.189412|region:GB-STS|name=Stretton Aqueduct}}

|One of Telford's last aqueducts and grade II listed since 1985. Crosses the A5 road.

|File:Thomas Telford aqueduct over A5.jpg

Three Bridges, London

|Grand Junction Canal

|Isambard Kingdom Brunel

|{{Coord|51.5044182

0.3554333|name=Three Bridges}}

|Brunel's last major project, and a scheduled monument, a unique arrangement carrying rail, road, and canal routes across each other.

|File:The Three Bridges - geograph.org.uk - 1183859.jpg

Wootton Wawen Aqueduct

|Stratford-upon-Avon Canal

|W Whitmore

|{{Coord|52.264039

1.769911|region:GB_type:landmark|name==Wootton Wawen Aqueduct}}

|Crosses the A3400 road.

|File:Wooton Wawen Aqueduct - geograph.org.uk - 21678.jpg

Yarningale Aqueduct

|Stratford-upon-Avon Canal

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|{{Coord|52.2952|N|1.7316|W|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Yarningale Aqueduct}}

|Crosses Kingswood Brook.

|File:Yarningale Aqueduct.jpg

See also

References

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