Cruising Routes by number of Locks
Number of Locks
The following routes are listing in order of number of locks. You can also view the routes by:
Birmingham cruise from Alvechurch (0 locks)
Ellesmere and return from Whitchurch (0 locks)
Llangynidr and return from Goytre (0 locks)
Ashby Canal and Battlefields from Springwood Haven Marina (0 locks)
Whitchurch and return from Blackwater Marina (0 locks)
Bath and return from Hilperton (2 locks)
Timperley and return from Anderton (2 locks)
Manchester and return from Anderton (2 locks)
Chirk and return from Whitchurch (4 locks)
Gailey Staffordshire countryside (4 locks)
Aqueducts and Llangollen and return from Blackwater (4 locks)
Llangollen and return from Whitchurch (4 locks)
Pontcysyllte Whitchurch from Blackwater (4 locks)
Aqueducts and Whitchurch from Blackwater (4 locks)
Black Country Museum from Alvechurch (6 locks)
Linlithgow and Edinburgh (6 locks)
River Weaver from Anderton (8 locks)
Middlewich from Nantwich (8 locks)
Cambridge the University City from March through the fens (10 locks)
Wansford and the Fens from March marina (10 locks)
Brecon and return from Goytre through the Brecon Beacons (12 locks)
Chester and return from Nantwich (12 locks)
Market Drayton and return from Gailey (14 locks)
Glasgow Edinburgh and return from Falkirk (16 locks)
Milton Keynes and return from Gayton (16 locks)
Bath and Aqueducts and River Avon from Hilperton (16 locks)
Anderton Boat Lift from Nantwich marina (16 locks)
Nantwich and return from Wrenbury (18 locks)
Manchester Timperley and return from Nantwich (18 locks)
Ellesmere and return from Wrenbury (20 locks)
Reading and return from Aldermaston (20 locks)
Wrenbury and return from Whitchurch (20 locks)
Penkridge through the Staffordshire countryside from Stone (22 locks)
Great Haywood and return from Gailey (24 locks)
Wheelock and return from Anderton (24 locks)
Braunston and return from Gayton (26 locks)
Whixall Moss and the Meres from Blackwater Meadow marina (26 locks)
Coventry Canal to the Fradley Junction from Springwood Haven Marina (26 locks)
Beeston and return from Anderton (28 locks)
Crick and return from Gayton (28 locks)
Ellesmere Port from Nantwich (28 locks)
Audlem along the tranquil Shropshire Union Canal from Wrenbury (28 locks)
Worcester to Stourport or Kidderminster (30 locks)
Rugby and return from Gayton (32 locks)
Mid Worcestershire ring from Worcester (33 locks)
Kintbury and return from Aldermaston (34 locks)
Alrewas along the Coventry Canal from Springwood Haven Marina (36 locks)
Nantwich and return from Blackwater (38 locks)
Stoke Prior and return from Worcester (38 locks)
Chester cruise the Shropshire Union Canal to this beautiful Roman City (40 locks)
Berkshire countryside from Aldermaston (42 locks)
Hungerford and return from Aldermaston (42 locks)
Black Country Museum and return from Gailey (42 locks)
Ellesmere Port and return from Anderton (44 locks)
Stratford on Avon from Worcester (44 locks)
Rode Heath from Anderton (44 locks)
Market Drayton and return from Nantwich (44 locks)
Middlewich and return from Blackwater (46 locks)
Nottingham and return from Kings orchard Marina (46 locks)
Market Harborough and return from Gayton (48 locks)
Black Country Museum and Gas Street Basin in Birmingham from Gailey (48 locks)
Market Drayton and return from Kings Orchard Marina (48 locks)
Chester and return from Blackwater (50 locks)
Market Harborough and return from Springwood Haven Marina (54 locks)
Birmingham mini ring from Alvechurch via Black Country Museum (56 locks)
Stourport and return from Gailey (58 locks)
Chester and return from Whitchurch (60 locks)
Alton Towers and Caldon Canal from Stone (60 locks)
Ellesmere Port and return from Whitchurch (66 locks)
Windsor and Oxford and return from Aldermaston (70 locks)
Devizes and return from Hilperton (72 locks)
Pewsey and return from Hilperton (72 locks)
Gailey and return from Anderton (74 locks)
Drayton Manor from Alvechurch (76 locks)
Potteries and Harecastle Tunnel from Anderton (76 locks)
Black Country ring from Alvechurch (79 locks)
Black County Ring from Alvechurch in 7 days (79 locks)
Caldon Canal from Kings Orchard Marina (80 locks)
Stafford and historic Shugborough hall from Nantwich (82 locks)
Birmingham and the Black Country Museum from Kings Orchard Marina (82 locks)
Pewsey and return from Aldermaston (90 locks)
Cadburys World Warwick Castle from Alvechurch (92 locks)
Warwickshire Ring from Springwood Haven (93 locks)
Canal Gems Harecastle Tunnel and Anderton boat lift from Stone (94 locks)
East Midlands or Leicester Ring from Springwood Haven Marina (101 locks)
East Midlands or Leicester Ring from North Kilworth Marina (101 locks)
Birmingham and return from Springwood Haven Marina (102 locks)
Froghall and return from Anderton along the Caldon Canal (104 locks)
Alton Towers from Anderton marina (104 locks)
Stratford Upon Avon and return from Alvechurch (108 locks)
Worcester and return from Alvechurch (108 locks)
East Midlands or Leicester ring from Gayton (115 locks)
Stourport ring from Worcester (118 locks)
Hungerford and return from Hilperton (120 locks)
Warwickshire ring from Alvechurch (121 locks)
Avon ring from Alvechurch (131 locks)
Four Counties ring from Blackwater (132 locks)
Kidderminster and return from Alvechurch (136 locks)
Cheshire ring from Whitchurch (138 locks)
Warwickshire ring from Gayton (147 locks)
Bath and return from Aldermaston (164 locks)
Ellesmere and return from Whitchurch (0 locks)
Llangynidr and return from Goytre (0 locks)
Ashby Canal and Battlefields from Springwood Haven Marina (0 locks)
Whitchurch and return from Blackwater Marina (0 locks)
Bath and return from Hilperton (2 locks)
Timperley and return from Anderton (2 locks)
Manchester and return from Anderton (2 locks)
Chirk and return from Whitchurch (4 locks)
Gailey Staffordshire countryside (4 locks)
Aqueducts and Llangollen and return from Blackwater (4 locks)
Llangollen and return from Whitchurch (4 locks)
Pontcysyllte Whitchurch from Blackwater (4 locks)
Aqueducts and Whitchurch from Blackwater (4 locks)
Black Country Museum from Alvechurch (6 locks)
Linlithgow and Edinburgh (6 locks)
River Weaver from Anderton (8 locks)
Middlewich from Nantwich (8 locks)
Cambridge the University City from March through the fens (10 locks)
Wansford and the Fens from March marina (10 locks)
Brecon and return from Goytre through the Brecon Beacons (12 locks)
Chester and return from Nantwich (12 locks)
Market Drayton and return from Gailey (14 locks)
Glasgow Edinburgh and return from Falkirk (16 locks)
Milton Keynes and return from Gayton (16 locks)
Bath and Aqueducts and River Avon from Hilperton (16 locks)
Anderton Boat Lift from Nantwich marina (16 locks)
Nantwich and return from Wrenbury (18 locks)
Manchester Timperley and return from Nantwich (18 locks)
Ellesmere and return from Wrenbury (20 locks)
Reading and return from Aldermaston (20 locks)
Wrenbury and return from Whitchurch (20 locks)
Penkridge through the Staffordshire countryside from Stone (22 locks)
Great Haywood and return from Gailey (24 locks)
Wheelock and return from Anderton (24 locks)
Braunston and return from Gayton (26 locks)
Whixall Moss and the Meres from Blackwater Meadow marina (26 locks)
Coventry Canal to the Fradley Junction from Springwood Haven Marina (26 locks)
Beeston and return from Anderton (28 locks)
Crick and return from Gayton (28 locks)
Ellesmere Port from Nantwich (28 locks)
Audlem along the tranquil Shropshire Union Canal from Wrenbury (28 locks)
Worcester to Stourport or Kidderminster (30 locks)
Rugby and return from Gayton (32 locks)
Mid Worcestershire ring from Worcester (33 locks)
Kintbury and return from Aldermaston (34 locks)
Alrewas along the Coventry Canal from Springwood Haven Marina (36 locks)
Nantwich and return from Blackwater (38 locks)
Stoke Prior and return from Worcester (38 locks)
Chester cruise the Shropshire Union Canal to this beautiful Roman City (40 locks)
Berkshire countryside from Aldermaston (42 locks)
Hungerford and return from Aldermaston (42 locks)
Black Country Museum and return from Gailey (42 locks)
Ellesmere Port and return from Anderton (44 locks)
Stratford on Avon from Worcester (44 locks)
Rode Heath from Anderton (44 locks)
Market Drayton and return from Nantwich (44 locks)
Middlewich and return from Blackwater (46 locks)
Nottingham and return from Kings orchard Marina (46 locks)
Market Harborough and return from Gayton (48 locks)
Black Country Museum and Gas Street Basin in Birmingham from Gailey (48 locks)
Market Drayton and return from Kings Orchard Marina (48 locks)
Chester and return from Blackwater (50 locks)
Market Harborough and return from Springwood Haven Marina (54 locks)
Birmingham mini ring from Alvechurch via Black Country Museum (56 locks)
Stourport and return from Gailey (58 locks)
Chester and return from Whitchurch (60 locks)
Alton Towers and Caldon Canal from Stone (60 locks)
Ellesmere Port and return from Whitchurch (66 locks)
Windsor and Oxford and return from Aldermaston (70 locks)
Devizes and return from Hilperton (72 locks)
Pewsey and return from Hilperton (72 locks)
Gailey and return from Anderton (74 locks)
Drayton Manor from Alvechurch (76 locks)
Potteries and Harecastle Tunnel from Anderton (76 locks)
Black Country ring from Alvechurch (79 locks)
Black County Ring from Alvechurch in 7 days (79 locks)
Caldon Canal from Kings Orchard Marina (80 locks)
Stafford and historic Shugborough hall from Nantwich (82 locks)
Birmingham and the Black Country Museum from Kings Orchard Marina (82 locks)
Pewsey and return from Aldermaston (90 locks)
Cadburys World Warwick Castle from Alvechurch (92 locks)
Warwickshire Ring from Springwood Haven (93 locks)
Canal Gems Harecastle Tunnel and Anderton boat lift from Stone (94 locks)
East Midlands or Leicester Ring from Springwood Haven Marina (101 locks)
East Midlands or Leicester Ring from North Kilworth Marina (101 locks)
Birmingham and return from Springwood Haven Marina (102 locks)
Froghall and return from Anderton along the Caldon Canal (104 locks)
Alton Towers from Anderton marina (104 locks)
Stratford Upon Avon and return from Alvechurch (108 locks)
Worcester and return from Alvechurch (108 locks)
East Midlands or Leicester ring from Gayton (115 locks)
Stourport ring from Worcester (118 locks)
Hungerford and return from Hilperton (120 locks)
Warwickshire ring from Alvechurch (121 locks)
Avon ring from Alvechurch (131 locks)
Four Counties ring from Blackwater (132 locks)
Kidderminster and return from Alvechurch (136 locks)
Cheshire ring from Whitchurch (138 locks)
Warwickshire ring from Gayton (147 locks)
Bath and return from Aldermaston (164 locks)
Cadbury World from Alvechurch (0 locks)
Lapworth Flight from Alvechurch (0 locks)
Coventry Cathedral and Museum of British Transport from Springwood Haven marina (0 locks)
Market Bosworth and the tranquil Ashby Canal and the Medieval battlefields Visitor Centre at Bosworth (0 locks)
Drayton Manor Theme park and Tamworths Snow Dome from Kings Orchard Marina (0 locks)
Lymm and return from Anderton (2 locks)
Runcorn from Anderton (2 locks)
River Severn to Gloucester and Sharpness from Worcester (2 locks)
Edinburgh and return from Falkirk (4 locks)
Gnosall and return from Gailey (4 locks)
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and return from Blackwater (4 locks)
Aqueducts and return from Whitchurch (4 locks)
Peterborough and Ferry Meadows Country Park through the fens from March (4 locks)
Gloucester from Worcester marina (4 locks)
Ely from March through the Fens (6 locks)
Tewkesbury from Worcester Marina (6 locks)
Coventry and Braunston from Springwood Haven marina (8 locks)
Glasgow and return from Falkirk (10 locks)
Great Haywood and Shugborough Hall from Stone (10 locks)
Great Hayward and Shugborough Hall from Kings Orchard Marina (10 locks)
Mon and Brecon from Goytre (12 locks)
Caen and return from Hilperton (14 locks)
Nantwich and return from Anderton (16 locks)
Great Linford and return from Gayton (16 locks)
Bath and the breathtaking Caen Locks (16 locks)
Huntingdon through the Fens from March (16 locks)
Fenny Stratford and return from Gayton (18 locks)
Fotheringhay and Peterborough through the fens from March (18 locks)
Lymm and return from Nantwich (18 locks)
Whitchurch and return from Wrenbury (20 locks)
Newbury and return from Aldermaston (20 locks)
Trent and Mersey Canal Stone to Fradley Junction (20 locks)
Burton on Trent home of the National Brewery Centre from Kings Orchard Marina (22 locks)
Llangollen and return from Wrenbury (24 locks)
Stoke on Trent and the Potteries from Stone (24 locks)
Napton and return from Gayton (26 locks)
Coventry and return from Kings Orchard Marina (26 locks)
Fazeley Junction from Springwood Haven Marina (26 locks)
Bristol and return from Hilperton (28 locks)
Leighton Buzzard and return from Gayton (28 locks)
Henley and return from Aldermaston (28 locks)
Chester and return from Wrenbury 4 nights (30 locks)
Kidderminster and return from Worcester (30 locks)
Tarleton and return from Anderton (32 locks)
Coventry and return from Gayton (34 locks)
Snarestone and return from Gayton (34 locks)
Chester and return from Anderton (38 locks)
Nantwich and return from Whitchurch (38 locks)
Whitchurch and return from Nantwich (38 locks)
Droitwich and return from Worcester (40 locks)
Llangollen and aqueducts and return from Nantwich (42 locks)
Llangollen canal from Blackwater (42 locks)
Burton upon Trent from Stone (42 locks)
Windsor and return from Aldermaston (44 locks)
Cotswolds towns and villages from Worcester (44 locks)
West Midlands Safari Park and Severn steam valley railway from Worcester (44 locks)
Ellesmere Port and return from Wrenbury (46 locks)
Stoke on Trent and the Potteries including Wedgwood from Kings Orchard Marina (46 locks)
Glasgow Bowling and return from Falkirk (48 locks)
Birmingham and return from Gailey (48 locks)
Wedgwood factory and return from Gailey (48 locks)
Birmingham mini ring from Alvechurch (50 locks)
Oxford and return along the Thames from Aldermaston (50 locks)
Warwick and return from Springwood Haven Marina (54 locks)
Brewood and return from Nantwich (56 locks)
The tranquil Shropshire Union Canal from Nantwich (58 locks)
Caldon Canal and Froghall basin from Stone (60 locks)
Cropredy and return from Gayton (62 locks)
Banbury and return from Gayton (68 locks)
Devizes and return from Bradford on Avon (72 locks)
Congleton and the Macclesfield Canal from Anderton (72 locks)
Staffordshire and return from Worcester (74 locks)
Bath and the Vale of Pewsey from Hilperton (74 locks)
Warwick Castle from Gayton Marina (76 locks)
Black Country Museum in Birmingham from Stone (78 locks)
Black Country ring from Gailey (79 locks)
Black Country Ring from Kings Orchard Marina (79 locks)
Aylesbury and return from Gayton (82 locks)
Wedgwood Factory and the Harecastle Tunnel from Anderton (82 locks)
Devizes and return from Aldermaston (88 locks)
Cheshire ring from Anderton (92 locks)
Four Counties Ring from Stone (93 locks)
Four Counties ring from Gailey (94 locks)
Four Counties Ring from Nantwich (94 locks)
East Midlands or Leicester Ring from North Kilworth (101 locks)
Four Counties ring from Anderton (102 locks)
Warwick and return from Kings Orchard (102 locks)
Oxford and return from Gayton (104 locks)
Stour Valley Ring from Worcester (105 locks)
Birmingham and return from Worcester (108 locks)
Four Counties ring from Wrenbury (112 locks)
Stourport ring from Alvechurch (118 locks)
Cheshire ring from Wrenbury (118 locks)
Warwickshire ring from Kings Orchard marina (120 locks)
Bingley and return from Anderton (128 locks)
Avon ring from Worcester (131 locks)
Four Counties ring from Whitchurch (132 locks)
Cheshire ring from Blackwater (138 locks)
Newbury and return from Hilperton (140 locks)
Bradford on Avon and return from Aldermaston (162 locks)
Reading and return from Hilperton (182 locks)
Lapworth Flight from Alvechurch (0 locks)
Coventry Cathedral and Museum of British Transport from Springwood Haven marina (0 locks)
Market Bosworth and the tranquil Ashby Canal and the Medieval battlefields Visitor Centre at Bosworth (0 locks)
Drayton Manor Theme park and Tamworths Snow Dome from Kings Orchard Marina (0 locks)
Lymm and return from Anderton (2 locks)
Runcorn from Anderton (2 locks)
River Severn to Gloucester and Sharpness from Worcester (2 locks)
Edinburgh and return from Falkirk (4 locks)
Gnosall and return from Gailey (4 locks)
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and return from Blackwater (4 locks)
Aqueducts and return from Whitchurch (4 locks)
Peterborough and Ferry Meadows Country Park through the fens from March (4 locks)
Gloucester from Worcester marina (4 locks)
Ely from March through the Fens (6 locks)
Tewkesbury from Worcester Marina (6 locks)
Coventry and Braunston from Springwood Haven marina (8 locks)
Glasgow and return from Falkirk (10 locks)
Great Haywood and Shugborough Hall from Stone (10 locks)
Great Hayward and Shugborough Hall from Kings Orchard Marina (10 locks)
Mon and Brecon from Goytre (12 locks)
Caen and return from Hilperton (14 locks)
Nantwich and return from Anderton (16 locks)
Great Linford and return from Gayton (16 locks)
Bath and the breathtaking Caen Locks (16 locks)
Huntingdon through the Fens from March (16 locks)
Fenny Stratford and return from Gayton (18 locks)
Fotheringhay and Peterborough through the fens from March (18 locks)
Lymm and return from Nantwich (18 locks)
Whitchurch and return from Wrenbury (20 locks)
Newbury and return from Aldermaston (20 locks)
Trent and Mersey Canal Stone to Fradley Junction (20 locks)
Burton on Trent home of the National Brewery Centre from Kings Orchard Marina (22 locks)
Llangollen and return from Wrenbury (24 locks)
Stoke on Trent and the Potteries from Stone (24 locks)
Napton and return from Gayton (26 locks)
Coventry and return from Kings Orchard Marina (26 locks)
Fazeley Junction from Springwood Haven Marina (26 locks)
Bristol and return from Hilperton (28 locks)
Leighton Buzzard and return from Gayton (28 locks)
Henley and return from Aldermaston (28 locks)
Chester and return from Wrenbury 4 nights (30 locks)
Kidderminster and return from Worcester (30 locks)
Tarleton and return from Anderton (32 locks)
Coventry and return from Gayton (34 locks)
Snarestone and return from Gayton (34 locks)
Chester and return from Anderton (38 locks)
Nantwich and return from Whitchurch (38 locks)
Whitchurch and return from Nantwich (38 locks)
Droitwich and return from Worcester (40 locks)
Llangollen and aqueducts and return from Nantwich (42 locks)
Llangollen canal from Blackwater (42 locks)
Burton upon Trent from Stone (42 locks)
Windsor and return from Aldermaston (44 locks)
Cotswolds towns and villages from Worcester (44 locks)
West Midlands Safari Park and Severn steam valley railway from Worcester (44 locks)
Ellesmere Port and return from Wrenbury (46 locks)
Stoke on Trent and the Potteries including Wedgwood from Kings Orchard Marina (46 locks)
Glasgow Bowling and return from Falkirk (48 locks)
Birmingham and return from Gailey (48 locks)
Wedgwood factory and return from Gailey (48 locks)
Birmingham mini ring from Alvechurch (50 locks)
Oxford and return along the Thames from Aldermaston (50 locks)
Warwick and return from Springwood Haven Marina (54 locks)
Brewood and return from Nantwich (56 locks)
The tranquil Shropshire Union Canal from Nantwich (58 locks)
Caldon Canal and Froghall basin from Stone (60 locks)
Cropredy and return from Gayton (62 locks)
Banbury and return from Gayton (68 locks)
Devizes and return from Bradford on Avon (72 locks)
Congleton and the Macclesfield Canal from Anderton (72 locks)
Staffordshire and return from Worcester (74 locks)
Bath and the Vale of Pewsey from Hilperton (74 locks)
Warwick Castle from Gayton Marina (76 locks)
Black Country Museum in Birmingham from Stone (78 locks)
Black Country ring from Gailey (79 locks)
Black Country Ring from Kings Orchard Marina (79 locks)
Aylesbury and return from Gayton (82 locks)
Wedgwood Factory and the Harecastle Tunnel from Anderton (82 locks)
Devizes and return from Aldermaston (88 locks)
Cheshire ring from Anderton (92 locks)
Four Counties Ring from Stone (93 locks)
Four Counties ring from Gailey (94 locks)
Four Counties Ring from Nantwich (94 locks)
East Midlands or Leicester Ring from North Kilworth (101 locks)
Four Counties ring from Anderton (102 locks)
Warwick and return from Kings Orchard (102 locks)
Oxford and return from Gayton (104 locks)
Stour Valley Ring from Worcester (105 locks)
Birmingham and return from Worcester (108 locks)
Four Counties ring from Wrenbury (112 locks)
Stourport ring from Alvechurch (118 locks)
Cheshire ring from Wrenbury (118 locks)
Warwickshire ring from Kings Orchard marina (120 locks)
Bingley and return from Anderton (128 locks)
Avon ring from Worcester (131 locks)
Four Counties ring from Whitchurch (132 locks)
Cheshire ring from Blackwater (138 locks)
Newbury and return from Hilperton (140 locks)
Bradford on Avon and return from Aldermaston (162 locks)
Reading and return from Hilperton (182 locks)
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