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The Canal Guide: Britain's 55 Best Canals

Autor Stuart Fisher
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 mar 2021
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.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781472974051
ISBN-10: 1472974050
Pagini: 352
Ilustrații: Colour maps and photography
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.79 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Adlard Coles
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Each canal accompanied by a lively introduction drawing out its most interesting aspects, and illustrated with a map and colour photographs

Notă biografică

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.

Cuprins

Introduction01 Birmingham Canal Navigations: Old Main Loop Line02 Birmingham Canal Navigations: New Main Line03 Wyrley & Essington Canal04 Walsall Canal05 Daw End Branch06 Tame Valley Canal07 Birmingham & Fazeley Canal08 Coventry Canal09 Ashby-De-La-Zouch Canal10 Oxford Canal11 Grand Union Canal12 Grand Union Canal: Leicester Line13 Cromford Canal14 Erewash Canal15 Grand Union Canal: Aylesbury Arm16 Grand Union Canal: Paddington Arm and Regent's Canal17 Basingstoke Canal18 Kennet & Avon Canal19 Grand Western Canal20 Bridgwater & Taunton Canal21 Gloucester & Sharpness Canal22 Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal23 Stratford-Upon-Avon Canal24 Worcester & Birmingham Canal25 Droitwich Barge Canal26 Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal27 Stourbridge Canal28 Shropshire Union Canal29 Llangollen Canal30 Montgomery Canal31 Shropshire Union Canal: Middlewich Branch32 Trent & Mersey Canal33 Macclesfield Canal34 Caldon Canal35 St Helens Canal36 Bridgewater Canal37 Leeds & Liverpool Canal: Leigh Branch and Bridgewater Canal: Stretford & Leigh Branch38 Rochdale Canal39 Ashton Canal40 Peak Forest Canal41 Huddersfield Narrow Canal42 Calder & Hebble Navigation43 Leeds & Liverpool Canal44 Aire & Calder Navigation45 Aire & Calder Navigation: Wakefield Section46 Leeds & Liverpool Canal: Rufford Branch47 Lancaster Canal48 Pocklington Canal49 Stainforth & Keadby Canal50 Chesterfield Canal51 Fossdyke Navigation52 Union Canal53 Forth & Clyde Canal54 Crinan Canal55 Caledonian CanalIndex

Recenzii

[This book] will enrich and deepen your boating experience ... and will appeal to anyone who loves the waterways, from boaters to fishermen or towpath joggers.
A unique overview of the best our waterways have to offer
This isn't a typical waterways guide... It majors on the heritage of the routes it covers, and comes out with some snippets that you won't come across in many canal guides.
Attractively finished with gatefold covers both front and back, perfect for keeping your place, it is the ideal companion for walkers, cyclists, canoeists and boaters alike. The style is very readable with a wealth of local information, detailed maps accompanying each route and some wonderful photography....The perfect resource for anyone planning a day out or a longer holiday along Britain's wonderful waterways network.
The Canal Guide...is an attractive guidebook and resource showing off the richness of the UK's heritage...providing a lively background to the history, wildlife, pubs and nearby attractions of each waterway.