Tunnel Canal Length Designer Coordinates Notes Image Ashford Tunnel Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal 375 yards (343 m) Thomas Dadford 51°53.195′N 3°16.525′W / 51.886583°N 3.275417°W / 51.886583; -3.275417 (Ashford ) Brecknockshire /Powys Tunnel narrows considerably between northern and southern portals due to repairs to its fabric but is nevertheless navigable by a narrowboat with relative ease. Ashford Tunnel, northern portal Ashperton Tunnel Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal 400 yards (370 m) Aylstone Tunnel Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal 440 yards (400 m) Berwick Tunnel Shrewsbury Canal 970 yards (890 m) Josiah Clowes 52°42′4.97″N 2°41′22.22″W / 52.7013806°N 2.6895056°W / 52.7013806; -2.6895056 (Berwick ) Claimed to be the first canal tunnel with a towpath throughout. Berwick Tunnel, northern portal Blisworth Tunnel Grand Union Canal 3,056 yards (2,794 m) Northamptonshire Blisworth Tunnel, southern portal Branwood Tunnel Stratford-upon-Avon Canal 352 yards (322 m) Brandwood Tunnel, eastern portal Braunston Tunnel Grand Union Canal 2,042 yards (1,867 m) Jessop & Barnes 52°16.976′N 1°10.041′W / 52.282933°N 1.167350°W / 52.282933; -1.167350 (Braunston ) Northamptonshire Narrowboat leaving Braunston Tunnel Bruce Tunnel Kennet and Avon Canal 502 yards (459 m) Bruce Tunnel's Eastern Portal (in 1992) Butterley Tunnel Cromford Canal 3,063 yards (2,801 m) 53°3.3841′N 1°22.3994′W / 53.0564017°N 1.3733233°W / 53.0564017; -1.3733233 (Butterley ) Derbyshire The Butterley Reservoir Adit where it enters the Butterley Tunnel, in 2006 Chirk Tunnel Llangollen Canal 459 yards (420 m) 52°55′46.91″N 3°3′46.77″W / 52.9296972°N 3.0629917°W / 52.9296972; -3.0629917 (Chirk ) Near Chirk View taken from the Chirk Aqueduct Cookley Tunnel Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal 65 yards (59 m) Cookley Tunnel, western portal Drakeholes Tunnel Chesterfield Canal 154 yards (141 m) Dudley Tunnel Birmingham Canal Navigations 3,172 yards (2,900 m) 52°31′18″N 2°04′42″W / 52.52173°N 2.07840°W / 52.52173; -2.07840 (Dudley ) Part of Dudley Canal Line No 1 The southern portal of the Dudley Tunnel Dunsley Tunnel Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal 25 yards (23 m) 52°27′25″N 2°12′34″W / 52.4568191°N 2.2093904°W / 52.4568191; -2.2093904 (Dunsley ) Dunsley Tunnel, west portal, near Kinver Edgbaston Tunnel Worcester and Birmingham Canal 105 yards (96 m) Foulridge Tunnel Leeds and Liverpool Canal 1,630 yards (1,490 m)[11] Robert Whitworth /Samuel Fletcher 53°52′28″N 2°10′56″W / 53.8745°N 2.1821°W / 53.8745; -2.1821 (Foulridge ) Also known as the Mile Tunnel [12] Southern portal, Foulridge Tunnel Gosty Hill Tunnel Birmingham Canal Navigations 557 yards (509 m) Part of Dudley Canal Line No 2 Gosty Hill Tunnel, northern portal Greywell Tunnel Basingstoke Canal 1,200 yards (1,100 m) Closed to traffic following cave-in. Now home to Europe's largest bat colony. The eastern portal of Greywell Tunnel on the Basingstoke Canal Hardham Tunnel Arun Navigation 375 yards (343 m) 50°56′56″N 0°31′23″W / 50.94889°N 0.52306°W / 50.94889; -0.52306 (Hardham ) Closed since 1888; blocked in 1895 by LBSCR under Mid Sussex Line and Midhurst-Pulborough Line . Southern Portal, Hardham Tunnel. Harecastle Tunnel Trent & Mersey Canal 2,926 yards (2,676 m) James Brindley /Thomas Telford 53°4′27″N 2°14′11″W / 53.07417°N 2.23639°W / 53.07417; -2.23639 (Harecastle ) Staffordshire . Comprises parallel "Brindley" and "Telford" tunnels. (The length stated is for the Telford tunnel.) Northern end of Harecastle Tunnel. Telford's tunnel on the left, Brindley's the right. Hincaster Tunnel Lancaster Canal 378 yards (346 m) Thomas Fletcher 54°15′33″N 2°45′18″W / 54.25917°N 2.75500°W / 54.25917; -2.75500 (Hincaster ) Opened in 1819. Commercial traffic on the Lancaster Canal ceased north of Lancaster in 1944 and this part of the canal was officially closed following the Transport Act, 1955. Lapal Tunnel Birmingham Canal Navigations 3,795 yards (3,470 m)[16] 52°26′42″N 2°00′06″W / 52.4450°N 2.0017°W / 52.4450; -2.0017 (Lapal ) Part of Dudley Canal Line No 2 (disused—closed 1907) 1955 Ordnance Survey map of the east portal of Lapal Tunnel Lord Ward's Tunnel Birmingham Canal Navigations 196 yards (179 m) In the Dudley Tunnel complex Netherton Tunnel Birmingham Canal Navigations 3,027 yards (2,768 m) 52°30′25″N 2°03′25″W / 52.50697°N 2.05708°W / 52.50697; -2.05708 (Netherton ) The dual towpaths inside the northern portal of Netherton Tunnel Newbold Tunnel Oxford Canal 250 yards (230 m) Illuminated Newbold Tunnel Newnham Tunnel Leominster Canal 100 yards (91 m) 52°19′37″N 2°31′20″W / 52.32685°N 2.52223°W / 52.32685; -2.52223 (Newnham ) Worcestershire Norwood Tunnel Chesterfield Canal 2,884 yards (2,637 m) James Brindley 53°20′06″N 1°16′11″W / 53.33501°N 1.26971°W / 53.33501; -1.26971 (Norwood ) Derbyshire to South Yorkshire . Closed with plans for partial restoration of eastern end. Norwood Tunnel western portal Oxenhall Tunnel Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal 2,192 yards (2,004 m) Pensax Tunnel Leominster Canal 3,850 yards (3,520 m) 52°19′22″N 2°23′27″W / 52.32265°N 2.39083°W / 52.32265; -2.39083 (Pensax ) Worcestershire Abandoned during construction.
Putnall Tunnel Leominster Canal 330 yards (300 m) 52°17′38″N 2°43′58″W / 52.29398°N 2.73266°W / 52.29398; -2.73266 (Putnall ) Herefordshire Sapperton Canal Tunnel Thames and Severn Canal 3,817 yards (3,490 m) Josiah Clowes 51°42′45″N 2°03′42″W / 51.7126°N 2.0618°W / 51.7126; -2.0618 (Sapperton ) Gloucestershire The Coates Portal at the south-eastern end of the Sapperton Canal Tunnel. Scout Tunnel Huddersfield Narrow Canal 220 yards (200 m) Unlined, rock tunnel Scout Tunnel Shortwood Tunnel Worcester and Birmingham Canal 613 yards (561 m) Southnett Tunnel Leominster Canal 1,250 yards (1,140 m) 52°19′43″N 2°28′37″W / 52.32874°N 2.47691°W / 52.32874; -2.47691 (Southnett ) Herefordshire Standedge Tunnels Huddersfield Narrow Canal 5,698 yards (5,210 m) 53°35′29″N 1°57′36″W / 53.591283°N 1.95996°W / 53.591283; -1.95996 (Standedge ) West Yorkshire to Greater Manchester Standedge Tunnel entrance at Marsden Strood Tunnel Thames and Medway Canal 3,946 yards (3,608 m) Ralph Walker 51°24′54″N 0°28′52″E / 51.4149°N 0.4812°E / 51.4149; 0.4812 (Strood ) Kent Tardebigge Tunnel Worcester and Birmingham Canal 580 yards (530 m) Wast Hills Tunnel Worcester and Birmingham Canal 2,726 yards (2,493 m) 52°23′25″N 1°56′24″W / 52.3902°N 1.9400°W / 52.3902; -1.9400 (Wast Hills ) West Midlands (county) to Worcestershire Wast Hills Tunnel, southern portal