'Stream in the sky': Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in Wales carries the Llangollen Canal in an iron trough 125ft above the River Dee On May 8, a flotilla of some 30 narrowboats will cruise along the Thames in ...

From industry to leisure Dug in the 18th century to carry coal and iron during the Industrial Revolution, Britain’s canal network became the backbone of trade before turning into a route for leisure.

I love slow travel and moving at a pace where the journey feels as rewarding as the destination. Britain’s canals capture that spirit. Gliding past swans, waving at walkers and tying up outside a pub ...

Slow travel is drawing Americans to Britain’s canals, where boats drift at walking speed to Stratford, Bath and Edinburgh. The appeal is in the iconic stops as much as the chance to linger along ...

Slow travel is drawing Americans to Britain’s canals, where boats drift at walking speed to Stratford, Bath and Edinburgh. The appeal is in the iconic stops as much as the chance to linger along ...

Slow travel is drawing Americans to Britain’s canals, where boats drift at walking speed to Stratford, Bath and Edinburgh. The appeal is in the iconic stops as much as the chance to linger along ...

Slow travel is drawing Americans to Britain’s canals, where boats drift at walking speed to Stratford, Bath and Edinburgh. The appeal is in the iconic stops as much as the chance to linger along ...

Join us on an extraordinary journey through the Birmingham Canal Navigation, a network boasting over 160 kilometres of waterways. With its impressive expanse surpassing even that of Venice, this ...

Movie"A fascinating history of Britain's beloved canal network: the navvies whose brawn created the waterways, and the engineers and architects responsible for some amazing tunnels and aqueducts." A ...

The Lancaster Canal has seen the most bridge strikes across the whole of the Canal and River Trust's 2,000 miles of waterways ...

Tucked away in the Cotswolds, up a potholed, no-through lane, is a quiet farming hamlet of six houses and a tiny church where a Norman arch is slowly turning in on itself as the hill imperceptibly ...