Britain’s thriving 3,000-mile network of navigable canals and rivers have featured in many movies and television shows over the years. […]
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Celebrate a Canal Anniversary in 2020
Britain’s historic canal network was built to transport goods and materials, enabling Britain to become the first industrial power in […]
Top 10 canal events in 2020
Britain’s canals and rivers host hundreds of exciting events each year, bringing people to the waterways and celebrating the things […]
Exploring the Ashby Canal
by Mark Whitley, editor of The Countryman magazine Friday It’s a sunny afternoon at Drifters’ Rugby Wharf narrowboat hire base, […]
Top 10 canal boat holidays for beginners
With a thriving 3,000-mile network of navigable inland waterways, the health benefits of spending time by the water proven and […]
Top 5 canal boat holidays for wildlife spotting
Britain’s 3,000-mile canal and river network provides great habitats for an abundance of wildlife species. Cruising gently through the countryside, […]
Top 5 Narrowboat Holidays on the Shropshire Union Canal
Stretching from Ellesmere Port in Cheshire the North to Autherley Junction near Wolverhampton in the South, the 77-mile long largely […]
Top 10 New Narrowboats for 2020
There are nearly 35,000 boats on Britain’s 2,000-mile canal network, more than at the time of the Industrial Revolution. But […]
Enjoy Christmas on the Canals
With quiet canals, frosty towpaths, historic waterside pubs and festive waterside destinations to enjoy, a holiday on Britain’s peaceful canal […]
Magnificent cathedrals to visit on a canal boat holiday
There are over 3,000 miles of navigable rivers and canals to explore in Britain, and hundreds of cultural and historic […]