Canals of Britain: The Comprehensive Guide

Canals of Britain is a comprehensive and absorbing survey of the UK's canal network, providing a fascinating insight into the linked up waterways and isolated cuts. It covers construction, history, scenery, heritage, engineering, architecture, folklore, wildlife, and art, with enticing photographs and detailed maps. It is popular with walkers, cyclists, narrowboaters, canoeists, kayakers, and others wanting to get the most out of Britain's canals. The fourth edition has been revised to reflect the ever-changing landscape of Britain's canals and includes many new colour photographs.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 352 pages
Publication date: 19 January 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Canals of Britain is the most comprehensive and absorbing survey of Britain's canal network ever published. It provides a fascinating insight into the linked up waterways as well as the isolated cuts and quiet waters which may not be fully navigable by larger craft. Infinitely varied, it passes picturesque open countryside, wild moorland, coastal harbours, historic industrial buildings, modern city centres, canal-side public houses, and abundant wildlife. Stuart Fisher looks at every aspect of the canals - their construction, rich history, stunning scenery, heritage, incredible engineering, impressive architecture, and even their associated folklore, wildlife, and art. Enticing photographs give a flavour of each place, and places of interest close to the canals are included. Each canal is intricately mapped. For those who are keen to explore that little bit further, the book goes to points beyond which others usually turn back, with information on little-known parts of the system, offering a new insight into this country's unique, surprising, and beautiful canal network. Attractive, inspiring, and also a practical guide, Canals of Britain has proved very popular with walkers, cyclists, narrowboaters, canoeists, kayakers, and others wanting to get the most out of Britain's canals. This fourth edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect the ever-changing landscape of Britain's canals, and includes many new colour photographs to help bring them to life.

Weight: 1482g
Dimension: 213 x 296 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781472994929
Edition number: 4 ed