The English canal network becomes increasingly popular and widely used each year. The main aim of this book is to explain how everything works - from locks and

Canals of Britain is a comprehensive and absorbing survey of the entire canal network of the British Isles - the first of its kind. It provides a fascinating in

A comprehensive guide to narrowboats, their history and uses, which includes details of types, engines and fittings, decoration, hiring, buying and living on th

The period of Britain’s Industrial Revolution was perhaps the most transformative era in the nation’s history. Between about 1750 and 1914, life and work, h