Waterways in the United Kingdom

See also Rivers of the United Kingdom for a list of the rivers of the United Kingdom organised geographically.

Related topics: Waterway restoration, History of the British canal system, Transportation in the United Kingdom, Conservation in the United Kingdom, British Waterways, Aqueduct, Barge, River delta, Distributary, Flood plain, Narrowboat, Ship transport, Towpath, Tributary, Tunnel, Reservoirs and dams in the United Kingdom, List of reservoirs and dams

Table of contents

1 Rivers and firths in England 2 Rivers and firths in Scotland 3 Canals in England 4 Canals in Scotland 5 Canals in Wales 6 See also

Rivers and firths in England

• Adur
• Aike Beck
• River Aire, Yorkshire
• Alde, Suffolk
• Ancholme, Lincolnshire
• Ant, Norfolk
• Arrow
• Arun
• River Ashop
• Avon is a disambiguation page for placenames and rivers
• River Avon is a disambiguation page for all rivers named Avon in the world
• River Avon, Devon, at Bigbury on Sea near Salcombe
• River Avon, Warwickshire, joined to Stratford-upon-Avon Canal
• River Avon, Hampshire, through Salisbury and Christchurch
• River Avon, Bristol, through Bath and Bristol, joined to Kennet and Avon Canal
• Axe, Devon
• Bain, tributary of the Witham
• Beaulieu River, Hampshire
• Blackwater, Suffolk
• Blyth, Suffolk
• Bovey, Devon
• Bow Back Rivers
• Brede
• Bure, Norfolk
• Calder, Yorkshire
• River Cam, a tributary of the River Great Ouse
• Cambridgeshire Lodes
• Chater, tributary of the River Welland
• Chelmer, Essex
• Chet, Suffolk
• Churnet, Staffordshire
• Cod Beck
• River Colne, Suffolk
• Costa Beck
• Crake, Cumbria
• Croal, Greater Manchester
• Crouch, Essex
• River Dane
• Dart, Devon
• Dearne, Yorkshire
• Deben, Suffolk

• Dee
• Delph, Cambridgeshire
• Denver Sluice, Lincolnshire
• River Derwent is a disambiguation page
• River Derwent, North East England
• River Derwent, Cumbria
• River Derwent, Derbyshire
• River Derwent, Yorkshire
• River Don, England, South Yorkshire
• River Douglas, Lancashire
• River Dove, Derbyshire
• River Dove, North Yorkshire
• River Dove, Suffolk
• East Fen Drain, tributary of the Witham
• East Stour, a source of the River Stour, Kent
• Effra (Thames)
• Esk
• Etherow, South Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Greater Manchester
• River Exe, Devon
• River Eye, Rutland
• Eye Brook, tributary of the River Welland
• Fleet (Thames)
• Foss, City of York, tributary of River Ouse
• Fossdyke Navigation, tributary of the Witham
• River Fowey
• River Frome, Dorset
• Gipping, source river of the River Orwell
• River Glen, tributary of the River Welland
• Great Ouse, East Anglia
• Great Stour, a source of the River Stour, Kent
• Gwash, tributary of the River Welland
• Goyt, Derbyshire
• Hamble, Hampshire
• Hebble, West Yorkshire
• Hobhole Drain, tributary of the Witham
• Horncastle, tributary of the Witham
• River Hull
• Humber, East Riding of Yorkshire
• Hundred Foot Drain, alternative name for New Bedford River
• Idle
• Irwell, Greater Manchester
• Isle, Somerset
• Itchen, Hampshire
• River Ketton, tributary of the River Welland
• River Lark, a tributary of the River Great Ouse
• Lathkill, Derbyshire
• Leam, Warwickshire
• Leven, Cumbria plus
• Little Ouse, a tributary of the River Great Ouse
• Little Stour, a source of the River Stour, Kent
• River Loddon
• Lostock, Lancashire
• Lugg
• Lune, Lancashire
• River Manifold, Derbyshire
• Medina, Isle of Wight
• Medlock, Tameside, Greater Manchester
• Medway, Kent
• Meon, Hampshire
• Mersey, Greater Manchester and Merseyside
• Middle Level system, The Fens
• Nar, Norfolk
• Nene, Northamptonshire to Lincolnshire
• New Bedford River, Cambridgeshire, also known as Hundred Foot Drain
• Nidd, tributary of the River Ouse, Yorkshire
• River Noe
• Old Bedford River, Cambridgeshire
• River Ore, Suffolk
• River Orwell, Suffolk
• Ouse is a disambiguation page
• River Ouse, North Yorkshire -- see also: Great Ouse, Little Ouse
• River Ouse, Sussex
• Parrett, Somerset
• Ribble, Lancashire
• Roach, Essex
• Roch, Greater Manchester
• Roding, Essex
• Rother, Kent plus
• Rye, North Yorkshire
• Seph, North Yorkshire
• Sett, Derbyshire
• Seven, North Yorkshire
• Severn
• River Sheaf
• Slea, tributary of the Witham
• Soar, tributary of the Trent
• Southampton Water, Hampshire
• South Forty Foot Drain, tributary of the Witham
• Spen, West Yorkshire
• Steeping River, Lincolnshire
• Stour is a disambiguation page
• River Stour, Kent
• River Stour, Suffolk
• River Stour, Warwickshire
• Stroudwater
• Surfleet Counter Drain, tributary of the River Welland
• Tame, Tameside, Greater Manchester
• Tame, West Midlands
• Teme
• River Test, Hampshire
• Thames
• River Thurne, Norfolk
• River Tone, Somerset
• Tonge, Greater Manchester
• Trent
• River Tyne, England
• Ure
• Usk
• Wantsum, a source of the River Stour, Kent
• Waveney, Suffolk
• River Weaver, Cheshire
• Welland
• Wensum, Norfolk
• West Beck
• Westbourne (Thames)
• West Fen Drain, tributary of the Witham
• West Stour, a source of the River Stour, Kent.
• Wey, tributary of the Thames
• Wey (Dorset)
• Wharfe
• Wissey, a tributary of the River Great Ouse
• Witham, Lincolnshire
• Witham Navigable Drains, Lincolnshire
• River Wye, Derbyshire
• Wyre, Lancashire
• Yare, Norfolk
• River Yarrow, Lancashire
• Yeo, Somerset

• Alness
• Almond
• Beauly Firth
• Cart Water
• Clyde
• River Conon
• Cromarty Firth
• River Don, Scotland, Aberdeenshire
• Dornoch Firth
• Earn
• Firth of Clyde
• Firth of Forth
• Firth of Lorn
• Firth of Tay
• Forth
• Glass
• Leven
• Moray Firth
• Nith
• Orrin
• Pentland Firth
• Rusdale
• Solway Firth
• Tay
• River Tyne, Scotland, Lothian
• Ure, a tributary of the River Don, Scotland
• Water of Leith

• Aire & Calder Navigation
• Andover Canal
• Ashby Canal
• Ashton Canal
• Barnsley Canal
• Basingstoke Canal
• Baybridge Canal
• Bentley Canal, Birmingham
• Birmingham & Fazeley Canal
• Blyth Navigation, Suffolk
• Bradford Canal
• Bridgewater Canal
• Bridgwater & Taunton Canal
• Bude Canal
• Caistor Canal, Lincolnshire
• Calder and Hebble Navigation
• Caldon Canal
• Chard Canal
• Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation
• Chesterfield Canal
• Chichester Canal
• Coventry Canal
• Cromford Canal
• Dartford & Cray Navigation, Kent
• Derby Canal
• Dorset & Somerset Canal
• Douglas Navigation, Lancashire
• Droitwich Canals
• Erewash Canal, Derbyshire
• Fossdyke Navigation
• Glastonbury Canal
• Gloucester & Sharpness Canal, Gloucestershire
• Grand Union Canal
• Grand Western Canal
• Herefordshire & Gloucestershire Canal
• Horncastle Canal, Lincolnshire
• Huddersfield Broad Canal
• Huddersfield Narrow Canal
• Ipswich & Stowmarket Navigation, Suffolk
• Kennet & Avon Canal joined to the River Avon, Bristol
• Lancaster Canal
• Lee Navigation, London
• Leeds and Liverpool Canal
• Leominster Canal
• Leven Canal
• Liskeard & Looe Union Canal
• Louth Navigation
• Macclesfield Canal
• Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal
• Manchester Ship Canal
• Market Weighton Canal
• Melton Mowbray Navigation
• Middle Level Navigations
• Newcastle-under-Lyme Canal
• North Walsham & Dilham Canal, Norfolk
• North Wilts Canal
• Oakham Canal
• Oxford Canal, Oxfordshire
• Peak Forest Canal
• Pocklington Canal
• Portsmouth & Arundel Canal
• Regent's Canal, London
• Ribble Link, Lancaster Canal with Leeds & Liverpool Canal
• Ripon Canal
• Rochdale Canal
• Rolle Canal
• Rother Link
• Salisbury & Southampton Canal
• Sankey Canal
• Selby Canal
• Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation
• Shrewsbury Canal
• Shropshire Union Canal
• Sir Nigel Gresley's Canal, Birmingham
• Somersetshire Coal Canal
• St. Columb Canal
• Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal
• Stainforth & Keadby Canal, part of the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation
• Stort Navigation
• Stourbridge Canal
• Stratford-upon-Avon Canal joined to the River Avon, Warwickshire
• Tame Valley Canal
• Tavistock Canal
• Thames & Medway Canal
• Thames & Severn Canal
• Trent & Mersey Canal
• Uttoxeter Canal
• Wednesbury Old Canal, Birmingham
• Wey & Arun Junction Canal
• Wilts & Berks Canal
• Wyrley & Essington Canal and Wyrley & Essington Extension

• Aberdeenshire Canal
• Caledonian Canal
• Crinan Canal
• Falkirk Wheel
• Forth and Clyde Canal
• Glasgow, Paisley & Johnstone Canal
• Monkland Canal
• Union Canal

• Aberdare Canal
• Glamorganshire Canal
• Llangollen Canal
• Monmouthshire, Brecon & Abergavenny Canal
• Montgomery Canal
• Neath & Tennant Canal

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