Talk:List of canals in the United Kingdom

Newport Pagnell Canal
Just added this to the list. I doesn't appear to have another name but does anyone know it? like to check it isn't a suplicate before I start writing the article.Geni 22:31, 6 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Good job! Grunners (talk) 13:10, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Abandoned/not navigable
We need a consensus on how we divide canals between Canals in England/Scotland/Wales and Canals that are abandoned/not navigable. I today moved two canals from the former to the latter (Newcastle-under-Lyme and Southampton & Salisbury), as neither could be deemed to be 'canals in a poor state of repair', but still noticeably canals. I'd favour a system whereby a un-navigable canal that could feasibly be restored would be included amongst the national canal lists, whilst those of which no trace remains or could obviously not be rebuilt due to later developments over the route, being in the abandoned list. This is of course, still open to judgement. Grunners (talk) 14:00, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Well back when it was first created it was for things like the Croydon Canal which doesn't meaningfuly exist any more. Latter it moved towards no navigable sections of any significance. If you want to include non navigatable canals in the main list I would suggest sticking to those with an active restoration project.Geni 21:15, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Liverpool pier head canal link
Should this not be added?

1.4 mile extension to Leeds-Liverpool canal 2009.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/content/image_galleries/new_canal_link_gallery.shtml?3

http://www.britishwaterways.co.uk/liverpool-canal-link — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.105.211.139 (talk) 20:50, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Daventry Canal
Should we list this as an active propsal or just treat it as an arm of the Grand Junction Canal?©Geni 02:24, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Lincolnshire
I can't see the Witham Navigable Drains or the South Forty-Foot Drain in the main article, only in the navigator. Do I need new Spectacles? --Robert EA Harvey (talk) 18:21, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
 * The South Forty-Foot Drain is in the List of rivers of England article. The Witham Navigable Drains should probably be there also. There's this slightly artificial distinction between canals, rivers and navigations in Wikipedia that leads to some odd results sometimes. Chris55 (talk) 21:37, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

External links modified
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Fully navigable/part-open/abandoned lists
There doesn't seem to be any consistency in the break-down of the canal listings. England is separated broadly into fully/part-open, or at least in-water, and fully abandoned, whereas the other home nations are all lumped into together with no distinction given in the list (meaning a click through to the article required to see the degree to which the canal is extant). The lists would, I feel, benefit from being re-organised to be an at-glance more useful indicator of the state of the canal. Grunners (talk) 10:21, 11 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I suspect that someone thought this a good idea but has not maintained it, for whatever reason. As an example, the Anodover canal is in the main list but has been closed. The problem with splitting lists like this is that you need to know the status of a canal to find it. My irritation is that I looked for the ~Ulverston canal in the main list and could not find it. My intention is to combine the 2 lists. I may add a status column, so that any one who wants just abandoned canals can sort. Op47 (talk) 17:21, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

Requested move 9 August 2022

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 

The result of the move request was: Procedural close. No valid rationale. No participants. (closed by non-admin page mover) – robertsky (talk) 03:07, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

List of canals of the United Kingdom → List of canals in the United Kingdom – Please place your rationale for the proposed move here. 112.200.9.88 (talk) 12:42, 9 August 2022 (UTC) — Relisting. — Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung, mellohi! (投稿) 20:35, 17 August 2022 (UTC) The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Trewyddfa Canal
I wonder if we shouldn't include this short canal in the list for Wales, with an appropriate note. It gets a brief mention in the history section of the Swansea Canal page (para 2). Though forming a part of the main line of the Swansea Canal, its 1.4 miles were constructed by a third party who separately levied tolls on its use. Geopersona (talk) 07:38, 7 October 2023 (UTC)