Last update 23 September 2024
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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) |
|---|---|---|
| AB | Albert Dock | |
| AC | Abbey Creek | |
| AD | Bank Dole Cut | |
| 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 | Blackwall Basin | |
| BC | Birmingham Canal Navigation | New Main Line |
| BD | Walsall Canal | Bradley Branch |
| 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 |
| BL | Dudley No 2 Canal | Boshboil Arm |
| BN | Spon Lane Locks | |
| BO | Birmingham Canal Navigation | Oozells Street Loop |
| BP | Birmingham Canal Navigation (Dudley Canal) | Dudley No 1 Canal |
| BQ | Bow Creek | |
| BR | Birmingham Canal Navigation (Wednesbury Old Canal) | |
| BS | Birmingham Canal Navigation | Soho Loop |
| BT | Bridgwater & Taunton Canal | |
| BX | Soho Loop | Hockley Port Branch |
| BZ | Dudley No 2 Canal | Bumble Hole Arm |
| CA | Calder & Hebble Navigation | |
| CB | Calder & Hebble Navigation | Dewsbury Arm |
| CC | Coventry Canal | |
| CD | Caledonian Canal | |
| CE | Leeds Dock | |
| CH | Chesterfield Canal | |
| CI | City Mill River | |
| CK | Caldon Canal | Leek Branch |
| CL | Caldon Canal | |
| CM | Cromford Canal | |
| CP | New Main Line | Cape Arm |
| CR | ||
| CV | Channelsea River | |
| CX | Calder & Hebble | Halifax Branch |
| CY | Canning Dock | |
| CZ | Canning Half Tide Dock | |
| DB | Droitwich Barge Canal | |
| DD | Dearne & Dove Canal | |
| DE | Birmingham Canal Navigation (Wyrley & Essington Canal) | Daw End Canal |
| DJ | Droitwich Junction Canal | |
| DU | Dukes Dock | |
| EL | Egerton Dock | |
| EM | Morpeth Dock | |
| ER | Erewash Canal | |
| FB | Stourbridge Canal | Fens Branch |
| FC | Forth & Clyde Canal | |
| FG | Forth & Clyde Glasgow spur | |
| FH | Fairies Hill Cut | |
| FI | Foxton Incline Arm | |
| FK | Stainforth & Keadby Canal | |
| FO | Fossdyke Canal | |
| FT | Sheffield & Tinsley Canal | |
| GA | Grand Union Canal | Aylesbury Arm |
| GB | Birmingham & Warwick Junction Canal | |
| GC | Coburg Dock | |
| GD | Grand Union Canal | Stratford Arm |
| GE | Leicester Line | Welford Arm |
| GF | Grand Union Canal | Saltisford Arm |
| 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 |
| GO | Walsall Canal | Gospel Oak Branch |
| GP | Grand Union Canal | Paddington Arm |
| GR | Grantham Canal | |
| GS | Gloucester & Sharpness Canal | |
| GU | Grand Union Canal | |
| GV | Grand Union Canal | Wendover Arm |
| GX | River Chess | |
| GZ | Dudley No 1 Canal | Grazebrook Arm |
| HA | Haines Branch Canal | |
| 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 | Limehouse Cut | |
| LL | Leeds & Liverpool Canal | |
| LM | Leeds & Liverpool Canal | Walton Summit Arm |
| LN | Lee Navigation | |
| LO | Old River Lea | |
| LP | Llangollen Canal | Prees Branch |
| LR | Leeds & Liverpool Canal | Rufford Branch |
| LS | Leeds & Liverpool Canal | Springs Branch |
| LT | St Helens Canal | |
| LW | New Main Line | Ladywood Arm |
| MA | Macclesfield Canal | |
| MB | Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal | |
| MC | Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal | |
| MD | Middle Branch Dock | |
| ME | Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal | Bolton Arm |
| MG | Montgomery Canal | Guilsfield Arm |
| MI | Millwall Inner Dock | |
| MO | Montgomery Canal | |
| MW | Millwall Dock | |
| ND | Northern Branch Dock | |
| NJ | New Junction Canal | |
| NW | Milwall Outer Dock | |
| OA | Sharpness Canal | Old Arm |
| OB | Oxford Canal | Brownsover Arm |
| OD | Oxford Canal | Dukes Cut |
| OE | Oxford Canal | Engine Arm |
| OF | Oxford Canal | Clifton Arm |
| OG | Boddington Reservior Canal | Feeder - inflow |
| OH | Oxford Canal | Hythe Bridge Street Arm |
| OK | Oxford Canal | Brinklow Arm |
| ON | Boddington Reservior Canal | Feeder - outflow |
| OR | Oxford Canal | Rugby Arm |
| OS | Oxford Canal | Stretton Arm |
| OW | Oxford Canal | Newbold Arm |
| OX | Oxford Canal | |
| PB | Peak Forest Canal | Bugsworth Arm |
| PC | Prescott Channel | |
| PD | Poplar Dock | |
| PF | Peak Forest Canal | |
| PL | Liverpool Link | |
| PO | Pocklington Canal | |
| QG | Brunswick Dock | |
| QN | Queen's Dock | |
| RC | Birmingham Canal Navigation (Rushall Canal) | |
| RD | Rochdale Canal | |
| RE | Regent's Canal | |
| RI | Ripon Canal | |
| RL | Ribble Link | |
| RO | River Ouse | |
| RS | River Severn Navigation | |
| RT | River Trent | |
| RU | Ure Navigation | |
| SA | Swansea Canal | |
| SB | Stourbridge Extension Canal | |
| SD | South Dock | |
| SE | Selby Canal | |
| SG | Stourbridge Canal | Stourbridge Town Arm |
| SH | Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigations | |
| SI | Worcester & B Canal | New Wharf Arm |
| SJ | Stroudwater Canal | |
| SK | North Stratford Canal | Kingswood Arm |
| SM | Shropshire Union Canal | Middlewich Branch |
| SN | North Stratford Canal | |
| SO | River Soar | |
| SP | Shrewsbury & Newport Canal | |
| SR | River Stort | |
| SS | South Stratford Canal | |
| ST | Stourbridge Canal | |
| SU | Shropshire Union Canal | |
| SW | Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal | |
| SY | ||
| SZ | Salthouse Dock | |
| TB | River Leven (Tees Navigation) | |
| TC | Titford Canal | |
| TD | Titford Canal | Tat Bank Branch |
| TE | Nottingham & Beeston Canal | |
| TG | Titford Canal | Causeway Green Branch |
| TH | Three Mills River | |
| TK | St Thomas Creek | |
| TL | Titford Canal | Jim Crow Arm |
| TM | Trent & Mersey Canal | |
| TN | Tees Navigation | |
| TP | Titford Canal | Portway Branch |
| TQ | Titford Canal | Titford Pools |
| TT | Nottingham Canal | |
| TV | Tame Valley Canal | |
| TX | Tees Slalom Course | |
| UD | Dee Branch (Shropshire) | |
| UN | Union Canal not confirmed | |
| UT | Upper Trent | |
| VT | Wapping Basin | |
| VZ | Wapping Dock | |
| WA | Birmingham Canal Navigation (Walsall Canal) | Anson Branch |
| WB | Worcester & Birmingham Canal | |
| WC | Weston Canal | |
| WE | Birmingham Canal Navigation (Wyrley & Essington Canal) | |
| WF | Wyrley & Essington Canal (Coventry) | |
| WG | Engine Arm | |
| WH | ||
| WI | River Witham | |
| WJ | Walsall Canal | Walsall Town Arm |
| WK | Waterworks River | |
| WL | Walsall Canal | Willenhall Branch |
| WM | Weaver Navigation | Frodsham Cut |
| 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) | |
| WT | Witton Brook (Weaver Navigation) | |
| 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 |
| XX | Old Main Line | Chemical Arm |