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Description
This attractive guidebook shows off just how rich our waterways heritage is. This fully updated new edition highlights 55 of Britain's most beautiful and interesting canals, with new photography, updated text throughout and a new 'places to visit' feature for each canal (picking out 3 places within walking distance, and another 3 slightly further away). In each of the 55 chapters, Stuart Fisher gives a lively background to the history, wildlife and pubs alongside each waterway, as well as a handy map and useful information for visitors.
Through the beautiful cities of London, Bath and Oxford, traversing stunning countryside and national parks, and exploring some of the best Victorian engineering and industry, this book is an inspiring and thoroughly enjoyable read, as well as a perfect resource for anyone thinking about a day out or holiday along Britain's wonderful canals.
Table of Contents
01 Birmingham Canal Navigations: Old Main Loop Line
02 Birmingham Canal Navigations: New Main Line
03 Wyrley & Essington Canal
04 Walsall Canal
05 Daw End Branch
06 Tame Valley Canal
07 Birmingham & Fazeley Canal
08 Coventry Canal
09 Ashby-De-La-Zouch Canal
10 Oxford Canal
11 Grand Union Canal
12 Grand Union Canal: Leicester Line
13 Cromford Canal
14 Erewash Canal
15 Grand Union Canal: Aylesbury Arm
16 Grand Union Canal: Paddington Arm and Regent's Canal
17 Basingstoke Canal
18 Kennet & Avon Canal
19 Grand Western Canal
20 Bridgwater & Taunton Canal
21 Gloucester & Sharpness Canal
22 Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal
23 Stratford-Upon-Avon Canal
24 Worcester & Birmingham Canal
25 Droitwich Barge Canal
26 Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal
27 Stourbridge Canal
28 Shropshire Union Canal
29 Llangollen Canal
30 Montgomery Canal
31 Shropshire Union Canal: Middlewich Branch
32 Trent & Mersey Canal
33 Macclesfield Canal
34 Caldon Canal
35 St Helens Canal
36 Bridgewater Canal
37 Leeds & Liverpool Canal: Leigh Branch and Bridgewater Canal: Stretford & Leigh Branch
38 Rochdale Canal
39 Ashton Canal
40 Peak Forest Canal
41 Huddersfield Narrow Canal
42 Calder & Hebble Navigation
43 Leeds & Liverpool Canal
44 Aire & Calder Navigation
45 Aire & Calder Navigation: Wakefield Section
46 Leeds & Liverpool Canal: Rufford Branch
47 Lancaster Canal
48 Pocklington Canal
49 Stainforth & Keadby Canal
50 Chesterfield Canal
51 Fossdyke Navigation
52 Union Canal
53 Forth & Clyde Canal
54 Crinan Canal
55 Caledonian Canal
Index
Product details
Published | 04 Mar 2021 |
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Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 352 |
ISBN | 9781472974075 |
Imprint | Adlard Coles |
Illustrations | Colour maps and photography |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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[This book] will enrich and deepen your boating experience ... and will appeal to anyone who loves the waterways, from boaters to fishermen or towpath joggers.
Towpath Talk
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A unique overview of the best our waterways have to offer
Welcome Anchorages 2016
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This isn't a typical waterways guide... It majors on the heritage of the routes it covers, and comes out with some snippets that you won't come across in many canal guides.
Canal Boat
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Attractively finished with gatefold covers both front and back, perfect for keeping your place, it is the ideal companion for walkers, cyclists, canoeists and boaters alike. The style is very readable with a wealth of local information, detailed maps accompanying each route and some wonderful photography....The perfect resource for anyone planning a day out or a longer holiday along Britain's wonderful waterways network.
Towpath Talk
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The Canal Guide...is an attractive guidebook and resource showing off the richness of the UK's heritage...providing a lively background to the history, wildlife, pubs and nearby attractions of each waterway.
Nautilus International Telegraph