• Anderton Boat Lift: the ‘Cathedral of the Canals’ in Cheshire is a scheduled monument that lifts boats 50ft from the River Weaver to the Trent & Mersey Canal.
• Bingley Five Rise Locks: the Grade I listed staircase locks on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in Yorkshire are one of the steepest in the UK.
• Caen Hill Locks: the flight of 16 locks on the Kennet & Avon Canal in Wiltshire are a scheduled monument.
• Pontcysyllte Aqueduct: the Grade I listed structure and World Heritage Site taking the Llangollen Canal over the River Dee valley in Wales is 1,000 feet long and 125 feet high.
• Standedge Tunnel: the longest, deepest, and highest canal tunnel in the country carries the Huddersfield Narrow Canal under the Pennines in Yorkshire.

Additions for 2022

• Foxton Locks: the Grade II* listed site on the Grand Union Canal Leicester Line is home to the longest, steepest staircase flight of locks in Britain.
• Hatton Locks: famous ‘stairway to heaven’ flight of 21 locks on the Grand Union Canal in Warwickshire.
• Little Venice: an oasis of tranquillity where the Grand Union Canal meets the Regent’s Canal in the heart of London.
• Blisworth Tunnel and Stoke Bruerne: at almost two miles long, Blisworth is the longest wide, freely navigable tunnel in Europe, and just a short walk from the Northamptonshire picture postcard village of Stoke Bruerne, steeped in canal history.
• Brecon Basin: a great place to start your journey along the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal, often regarded as Britain’s prettiest.

Removed from the original list in 2022

• Barton Swing Aqueduct
• Burnley Embankment

• Anderton Boat Lift
• Bingley Five Rise Locks
• Caen Hill Locks
• Pontcysyllte Aqueduct:
• Standedge Tunnel
• Barton Swing Aqueduct
• Burnley Embankment