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
