Canal/river Police Forces
- Aberdare Canal Police (c.1846)
- Aire and Calder Navigation Police (1840–1948)
- Birmingham Canal Navigation Police (pre 1917 – 1948)
- Bristol River Police
- Clyde River Police (1858–1866)
- Gloucester Dock Police (1836–1874)
- Grand Junction Canal Police
- Grand Surrey Canal Police (1809 – 1855, became Grand Surrey Docks & Canal Police)
- Grand Surrey Docks & Canal Police (1855 – 1865, became part of Surrey Commercial Docks Police)
- Grand Union Canal Company Police (1929–1948)
- Leeds and Liverpool Canal Police (1840 – )
- Manchester Ship Canal Police (1893–1993)
- Regents Canal and Dock Police (c.1840 – 1929)
- River Lee Police (pre 1914 – 1949)
- River Tyne Police
- Sharpness Dock Police (1874–1948)
- Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation Police (1895 -)
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