Britain's Waterways - a unique insight

Contents
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Contents
Coastline, rivers and canals
 An introduction

The National Waterways Network
About this book and how to find the waterways. A key map locates featured waterways and short strolls.

Directory of Waterways
An alphabetical listing of canal and river navigations with locations referenced to the regional maps. Includes detailed information and maps for 55 selected waterways. The 21 short strolls listed opposite explore 'what to see around' areas of special interest.

Regional Maps
Complete coverage of the waterways network on a national map.

Acknowledgements
Bibliography and general information.

Index
Full index to places and features of interest

Map Reference
Key to map symbols for featured waterways and short strolls.


What to see around;
 Bath Abbey
Bugsworth Basin
Bure Marshes
Castlefield 
Cutty Sark
Dudley Tunnel 
Foxton Incline
Guildford Boathouse
Ironbridge Gorge
Kew Gardens
Lapworth Locks
Lincoln; Brayford Pool
London Zoo 
Marple Aqueduct
Marsworth Reservoirs 
Oxford Gaol
 Skipton Castle
Symphony Hall 
 Wigan Pier 
Worsley Delph 
Victoria Quays

Special Features
Antonine Wheel
National Waterways Museum
Pickfords
 Horsepower
Josiah Wedgewood
 Restoration
Each Waterway listed below has it's own page which includes a larger scale map and expanded information
Aire and Calder Navigation
 Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal
Ashton Canal
Avon Navigation
Basingstoke Canal
Birmingham Canal Navigations
Birmingham & Fazeley Canal
Bridgewater Canal
Bridgwater and Taunton Canal
The Broads
Calder and Hebble Navigation
Caledonian Canal
Chesterfield Canal
Cotswold Canals
Coventry Canal
Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal
Forth and Clyde Canal
Fossdyke Navigation
Gloucester and Sharpness Canal
Grand Union Canal (four pages)
Great Ouse Navigation
Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal
Huddersfield Narrow Canal (and Sir John Ramsden's Canal)
Kennet and Avon Canal (two pages)
Lancaster Canal
Lee (and Stort) Navigation
 Leeds and Liverpool Canal (two pages)
 Macclesfield Canal
Medway Navigation
Middle level Navigations (The Fens)
Monmothshire and Brecon Canal
Nene Navigation (two pages)
Ouse (Yorkshire) Navigation
Oxford Canal
Peak Forest Canal
Rochdale Canal
Severn, Upper Reaches
Severn Navigation
Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation
Shropshire Union Canal (four pages)
Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal
Stratford-upon-Avon Canal
Thames, Royal River (two pages)
Tidal Thames
Trent and Mersey Canal (two pages)
Trent Navigation
Trent and Humber
Weaver Navigation (and St. Helens (Sankey) Canal)
Wey and Arun canal
Wey and Godalming Navigations
Wilts and Berks Canal
Witham Navigable Drains
Worcestershire and Birmingham Canal 		 
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