Narrowboats & Canals

The bestselling guides to Britains canals and rivers for over 50 years. This established, popular and practical guide covers the canals a...

The bestselling guides to Britain's canals and rivers for 50 years. For all users of the inland waterways. This established, popular and...

Birmingham is famously reputed to have more miles of canals than Venice. These canals contributed much to the citys growth, bringing coal and merch...

Canals reached their zenith in the eighteenth century during the Industrial Revolution, before the arrival of the railways usurped their position, ...

This is the story of the men who built Britains canals and railways not the engineers and the administrators but the ones who provided the brawn a...

Journeying along London's waterways on a canal boat called Pike, Helen Babbs puts down roots for two weeks at a time before moving on. From Waltham...

The romantic dream of downsizing, giving up the rat race, and living life at 4mph on the inland waterways is proving more and more attractive. But ...

Throughout our islands' history we find tales of thieves, smugglers, thugs and murderers. Books have been written retelling tales of bandits, footp...

Thomas Telford was arguably the greatest civil engineer Britain has ever produced. This book reveals his humble beginnings and then describes his s...

Thoroughly revised, with all new photographs, this latest edition of a guide first published in 1983 has been increased in size from 112 page to 12...

'A colourful and comprehensive guide to life on the waterways. Practical, pretty and accessible, it's charmingly designed while providing excellent...