Size Restrictions

What's the maximum length of boat to cruise a given canal?

Navigations listed below have lock dimensions of less than 72 ft long. Unless you know otherwise !!!

• 71ft 6in
  • Birmingham Canal Navigations
  • Birmingham & Fazeley Canal
  • Worcester & Birmingham Canal
  • Middle Level Navigations (boats over 60ft can only pass through Salters Lode on to the tidal Ouse at level water).
• 70ft
  • Huddersfield Narrow Canal
  • Macclesfield Canal
  • Peak Forest Canal
  • Sleaford Navigation
  • Witham Navigable Drains
  • Union Canal - Scotland (not connected to the main system)
• 69ft
  River Ancholme above Harlam Hill Lock (8 miles)
• 68ft 6in
  Forth & Clyde Canal - Scotland (not connected to main system)
• 65ft
  Stainforth & Keadby Canal
• 64ft 9in
  Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal (not connected to main system)
• 62ft
  Leeds & Liverpool Canal - Rufford branch
• 61ft 6in
  Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigations
• 60ft
  • Yorkshire Ouse (above City of York to Swale Nab)
  • Leeds & Liverpool Canal - Wigan to Leeds
  • Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation (not connected to main system)
• 58ft
  • River Ure Navigation (incl Ripon Canal)
  • Pocklington Canal (not all locks restored)
• 57ft 6in
  • Calder & Hebble Navigation
  • Huddersfield Broad Canal
• 55ft
  River Derwent
• 54ft
  Bridgewater & Taunton Canal (not connected to main system)
• 40ft
  Little Ouse River - last lock near Brandon