The Canal Guide

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.

As the editor of Canoeist magazine, Stuart Fisher has written monthly guides to the canals and waterways of Britain for many years, always researched from the water, and sometimes using a kayak to reach abandoned or isolated navigations.

Introduction
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
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