Last update 26 May 2021
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This listing gives the British Waterways/Canal & River Trust equivalent to the ELR system. Information is derived from records quoting codes in use and there are thus some gaps for which translations are unknown (the codes themselves are known). There are also canals for which the code is not known. In both cases, further information would be welcome.
Code | Canal | Branch (if applicable) |
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AI | River Aire | |
AL | Aire & Calder Navigation | Aire & Calder Main Line |
AN | Ashton Canal | |
AS | Ashby Canal | |
AW | Aire & Calder Navigation | Wakefield Branch |
BA | Birmingham Canal Navigation (Wyrley & Essington Canal) | Anglesey Branch |
BB | Bow Back Rivers not confirmed | |
BC | Birmingham Canal Navigation | New Main Line |
BE | Birmingham Canal Navigation | Netherton Tunnel Branch |
BF | Birmingham Canal Navigation (Birmingham & Fazeley Canal) | |
BG | Birmingham Canal Navigation | Gower Branch |
BI | Birmingham Canal Navigation | Icknield Port Loop |
BJ | Birmingham Canal Navigation (Wednesbury Old Canal) | Ridgacre Branch |
BK | Birmingham Canal Navigation (Dudley Canal) | Dudley No 2 Canal |
BO | Birmingham Canal Navigation | Oozells Street Loop |
BP | Birmingham Canal Navigation (Dudley Canal) | Dudley No 1 Canal |
BR | Birmingham Canal Navigation (Wednesbury Old Canal) | |
BS | Birmingham Canal Navigation | Soho Loop |
BT | Bridgwater & Taunton Canal | |
CA | Calder & Hebble Navigation | |
CB | Calder & Hebble Navigation | Dewsbury Arm |
CC | Coventry Canal | |
CD | Caledonian Canal | |
CH | Chesterfield Canal | |
CI | Crinan Canal not confirmed | |
CL | Caldon Canal | |
CM | Cromford Canal | |
CR | ||
CX | ||
DE | Birmingham Canal Navigation (Wyrley & Essington Canal) | Daw End Canal |
ER | Erewash Canal | |
FC | Forth & Clyde Canal | |
FG | Forth & Clyde Glasgow spur | |
FK | Stainforth & Keadby Canal | |
FO | Foss Dyke not confirmed | |
FT | Sheffield & Tinsley Canal | |
GA | Grand Union Canal | Aylesbury Arm |
GB | Birmingham & Warwick Junction Canal | |
GF | ||
GG | Grand Union Canal | Slough Arm |
GH | Grand Union Canal | Market Harborough Arm |
GL | Grand Union Canal | Leicester Line |
GN | Grand Union Canal | Northampton Arm |
GP | Grand Union Canal | Paddington Arm |
GR | Grantham Canal | |
GS | Gloucester & Sharpness Canal | |
GU | Grand Union Canal | |
GV | Grand Union Canal | Wendover Arm |
HB | Huddersfield Broad Canal | |
HN | Huddersfield Narrow Canal | |
HT | Hatherton Canal | |
HU | Hertford Union Canal | |
KA | Kennet & Avon Canal | |
LA | Llangollen Canal | |
LB | Limehouse Basin | |
LC | Lancaster Canal | |
LE | Leeds & Liverpool Canal | Leigh Branch |
LG | Lancaster Canal | Glasson Branch |
LI | ||
LL | Leeds & Liverpool Canal | |
LN | Lee Navigation | |
LO | ||
LR | Leeds & Liverpool Canal | Rufford Branch |
LS | ||
LT | ||
MA | Macclesfield Canal | |
MB | Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal | |
MC | Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal | |
MD | Middle Dock | |
ME | Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal | Bolton Arm |
MG | Montgomery Canal | |
MI | Millwall Inner Dock | |
MO | ||
MW | Millwall Dock | |
NJ | New Junction Canal | |
OB | ||
OG | Boddington Reservior Canal | Feeder - inflow |
ON | Boddington Reservior Canal | Feeder - outflow |
OS | ||
OX | Oxford Canal | |
PB | Peak Forest Canal | Bugsworth Arm |
PF | Peak Forest Canal | |
PO | Pocklington Canal | |
RC | Birmingham Canal Navigation (Rushall Canal) | |
RD | Rochdale Canal | |
RE | Regent's Canal | |
RI | Ripon Canal not confirmed | |
RL | Ribble Link not confirmed | |
RO | River Ouse not confirmed | |
RS | River Severn Navigation | |
RT | River Trent not confirmed River Stort? not confirmed | |
RU | Ure Navigation | |
SA | Swansea Canal | |
SD | South Dock | |
SE | Selby Canal | |
SG | ||
SH | Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigations | |
SJ | Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigations (New Junction Canal) not confirmed | |
SM | Shropshire Union Canal | Middlewich Branch |
SN | North Stratford Canal | |
SO | River Soar | |
SP | ||
SR | ||
SS | South Stratford Canal | |
ST | Stourbridge Canal | |
SU | Shropshire Union Canal | |
SW | Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal | |
SY | ||
TC | ||
TD | Birmingham Canal Navigation (Titford Canal) not confirmed | |
TE | ||
TK | ||
TM | Trent & Mersey Canal | |
TN | Tees Navigation not confirmed | |
TV | Tame Valley Canal not confirmed | |
UN | Union Canal not confirmed | |
UT | ||
WA | Birmingham Canal Navigation (Walsall Canal) | Anson Branch |
WB | Worcester & Birmingham Canal | |
WE | Birmingham Canal Navigation (Wyrley & Essington Canal) | |
WG | ||
WH | ||
WI | River Witham | |
WK | Waterworks River | |
WN | Weaver Navigation | |
WO | Birmingham Canal Navigation (Walsall Canal) | Ocker Hill Tunnel Branch |
WR | Birmingham Canal Navigation (Dudley Canal) | Dudley Tunnel Branch |
WS | Birmingham Canal Navigation (Walsall Canal) | |
WV | Birmingham Canal Navigation | Old Main Line |
WW | Birmingham Canal Navigation | Bradley Arm |
WX | Birmingham Canal Navigation (Wyrley & Essington Canal) | Cannock Extension Canal |
WZ | Birmingham Canal Navigation (Birmingham & Fazeley Canal) | Digbeth Branch |