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Navigations and CRT Regions

Some canals and rivers are wholly within a single CRT Region, others pass through two or more.
The boundaries are intended to be at county council borders and are listed below from CRT's table, which gives more detail.

Navigation CRT Regions Boundaries between Regions
Aire & Calder (inc Selby) Yorkshire & NE  
Ashby East Midlands - West Midlands Marston Turn
Ashton North West  
Birmingham & Fazeley West Midlands  
BCN West Midlands  
Calder & Hebble Yorkshire & NE  
Caldon West Midlands  
Chesterfield Yorkshire & NE  
Coventry West Midlands  
Droitwich Barge West Midlands - Wales & SW Lock 1, Hawford Bottom
Erewash East Midlands  
Grand Union West Midlands - East Midlands Braunston Turn
  East Midlands - London & SE Cosgrove Iron Trunk aqueduct over River Great Ouse
Grand Union (Leicester Line) East Midlands  
Grand Union (Northampton Arm) East Midlands  
Hertford Union London & SE  
Huddersfield Broad Yorkshire & NE  
Huddersfield Narrow North West - Yorks & NE The Diggle Portal of Standedge Tunnel
Kennet & Avon Wales & SW  Blakes lock (No 107) at Reading 
Leeds & Liverpool North West - Yorks & NE 600m beyond the bottom lock (No 42) at Greenberfield 
Lee Navigation London & SE  
Llangollen Wales & SW - West Midlands Chirk Aqueduct
Macclesfield North West  
Manchester, Bolton & Bury North West   
Montgomery Wales & SW - West Midlands Bridge 92, Llanymynech
Mon & Brec Wales & SW  
New Junction Yorkshire & NE  
Oxford West Midlands - London & SE Lift Bridge 141, north of Claydon locks
  West Midlands - East Midlands Bridge 93/94 south side
Peak Forest North West  
Regent's London & SE  
Ripon Yorkshire & NE  
Rochdale North West - Yorks & NE  Bridge 30
  North West - Yorks & NE  Bridge 41
R Severn West Midlands - Wales & SW  Bridge 16
Shropshire Union North West - West Midlands Audlem top lock/Bridge 74
R Soar East Midlands  
South Yorkshire Navigation
(inc Sheffield, Stainforth & Keadby)
Yorkshire & NE  
Staffs & Worcs West Midlands - Wales & SW Severn Towing Path Bridge 
Stratford West Midlands  
R Stort London & SE  
R Trent East Midlands  Gainsborough Road Bridge (No 36)
Trent & Mersey North West - West Midlands Hardingswood Turn
  West Midlands - East Midlands Dove Aqueduct (No 23) between Burton and Willington
Ure Navigation Yorkshire & NE  
Worcs & Birmingham West Midlands Bridge 1 
Yorkshire Ouse Navigation Yorkshire & NE