Things to do | Canal & River Trust

About Us | Canal & River Trust

News and views | Canal & River Trust

Our cause | Canal & River Trust

Helping nature thrive | Canal & River Trust

Keeping history alive | Canal & River Trust

Threats to our waterways | Canal & River Trust

Providing places for people | Canal & River Trust

Wales | Canal & River Trust

Privacy Notice | Canal & River Trust

Lists (e.g., `<ul>` or `<ol>`) should only contain list items (`<li>`) as a direct descendant 
to ensure that screen readers can accurately report the amount of items contained in the list. 

## Example

In the following example, some screen readers would say this list has two items, instead of 
four: 

```html
<ul>
    <div class="some_class">
        <li>Example 1</li>
    </div>
    <div class="some_other_class">
        <li>Example 2</li>
        <li>Example 3</li>
        <li>Example 4</li>
    </div>
</ul>
```

To fix this, you would need to remove the `<div class="some_class">` and 
`<div class="some_other_class>` elements and ensure only `<li>` list items remain.

## Further reading

The [formal specification for the list element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ul)
shows what is and is not permitted inside an `<ul>` and `<ol>`.

See [Technique H88](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H88.html) for more information.

list-not-following-semantics

December 2025

November 2025

Canal & River Trust

Title / URL	Issues
Things to do \| Canal & River Trustcanalrivertrust.org.uk/things-to-do	10
About Us \| Canal & River Trustcanalrivertrust.org.uk/about-us	9
News and views \| Canal & River Trustcanalrivertrust.org.uk/news-and-views	8
Our cause \| Canal & River Trustcanalrivertrust.org.uk/our-cause	7
Helping nature thrive \| Canal & River Trustcanalrivertrust.org.uk/our-cause/helping-nature-thrive	7
Keeping history alive \| Canal & River Trustcanalrivertrust.org.uk/our-cause/keeping-history-alive	7
Threats to our waterways \| Canal & River Trustcanalrivertrust.org.uk/our-cause/threats-to-our-waterways	7
Providing places for people \| Canal & River Trustcanalrivertrust.org.uk/our-cause/providing-places-for-people	7
Wales \| Canal & River Trustcanalrivertrust.org.uk/wales	5
Privacy Notice \| Canal & River Trustcanalrivertrust.org.uk/the-publication-scheme/making-a-request-for-information/privacy-notice	3

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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