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Canal heritage spotter: turf-sided locks

Monkey Marsh Lock River Kennet

Martin Ludgate

What are turf-sided locks? Where can they be spotted on UK canals? Martin Ludgate seeks out some survivors from the days when sloping earth banks were common

A 52ft hybrid canal boat by Trinity Boats

Boat test: 'Whitsuntide No2' hybrid 52ft canal boat by Trinity Boats

Martin Ludgate

Marsworth bottom lock

Cruise Guide | Grand Union Canal, Part 3 | Tring summit to the Thames

Martin Ludgate

Above Lock 6

Weekend visits: a trip down Basingstoke canal

Julie Clark

Grand Junction Arms pub at Bulbourne

10 of the best pubs along: Grand Union Canal, Tring to the Thames

Martin Ludgate

Summerhill towpath work, with M6 Toll aqueduct in the background

Linking Lichfield: the Lichfield Canal restoration

Martin Ludgate

Admiral Nelson pub at Braunston

10 of the best pubs along: Grand Union Canal, Braunston to Marsworth

Martin Ludgate

Soulbury canal

Cruise Guide | Grand Union Canal, Part 2 | Braunston to Marsworth

Martin Ludgate

the wendover arm of grand union canal with two boats, a bridge and bystanders on the bank

Restoring & reopening the Wendover Arm of Grand Union Canal

Martin Ludgate

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House boat review - the Oyster Catcher permanent house boat

Boat test: “Oyster Catcher” the permanent house boat

Emily Damment

Black Boy Inn, Catherine-de-Barnes

Best pubs on: the Grand Union Canal, between Birmingham & Napton

Emily Damment

Stretching your narrow boat

Stretching your narrow boat: process and advice

Emily Damment

Grand Union Canal: former sand quarry line at Leighton Buzzard

The waterways heritage spotter: narrow gauge railway tracks

Emily Damment

Warwick Bar

Cruise Guide | Grand Union Canal, Part 1 | Birmingham to Napton

Emily Damment

Boats from the waterways network will return to Stroud for the first time in over 70 years

£9m boost will bring boats to Stroud

Emily Damment

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The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (the highest in the world) near Llangollen in Wales is one of the best kno

Best canal holidays in the UK

Some of the first holiday hirers enjoying the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Bruerne in early July (phot

Canal boat holidays return and are booking up quickly

Martin Ludgate

Day boat on L&L (photo: Martin Ludgate)

‘Let boaters sleep aboard’ says CRT chief

More scenes like this? Boats for sale after a hire fleet closed down

Can waterways businesses be saved?

Caen Hill Locks (photo: Martin Ludgate)

The canals are reawakening after lockdown

Don't be scared of getting stuck in

Hints and tips for outboard boats

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Start of haul

Rescuing a canal boat from the River Soar (with pictures)

Oxford bulb planting

Planting for future wildlife on the canals

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Second-hand canal boats for sale

The popular waterside Anchor Inn at Pyrford (photo: Derek Pratt)

10 pubs on the River Wey Navigation

Boat test: Shine (photo: Andy R Annable)

Boat test: Mothership Marine’s solar-powered semi-trad

Words Adam Porter. Photos Andy R Annable

A 52ft hybrid canal boat by Trinity Boats

Boat test: 'Whitsuntide No2' hybrid 52ft canal boat by Trinity Boats

Martin Ludgate

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House boat review - the Oyster Catcher permanent house boat

Boat test: “Oyster Catcher” the permanent house boat

Emily Damment

Soulbury canal

Cruise Guide | Grand Union Canal, Part 2 | Braunston to Marsworth

Martin Ludgate

Black Boy Inn, Catherine-de-Barnes

Best pubs on: the Grand Union Canal, between Birmingham & Napton

Emily Damment

Grand Junction Arms pub at Bulbourne

10 of the best pubs along: Grand Union Canal, Tring to the Thames

Martin Ludgate

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Brinklow becomes Castle’s 11th marina

Brinklow Marina on the northern Oxford Canal has become the 11th site operated by Castle Marinas
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Emily Damment

Brinklow Marina on the northern Oxford Canal has become the 11th site operated by Castle Marinas

Heading down the Paddington Basin arm from Little Venice
Credit: Martin Ludgate

Back to boating: leisure boats spotted as lockdown restrictions ease

Emily Damment

Canal boat hire companies are gearing up for summer and the lifting of lockdown restrictions after s

UK holiday hireboats preparing for great getaway

Emily Damment

Unless housing plans can be changed, this 2005 reopening of Froghall Lock and Basin is as far as the

Save the Uttoxeter Canal restoration!

Emily Damment

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Boat test: 'Whitsuntide No2' hybrid 52ft canal boat by Trinity Boats

A 52ft hybrid canal boat by Trinity Boats

Martin Ludgate

The Whitsuntide No.2 is a fitting tribute to the craftsmen of Trinity Boats who made sure this newbuild hybrid narrow boat had a home to go to...

two canal boars moored on a grass bank by a river

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Top 6 interiors hacks to make the most of your narrowboat

Ben Jones

House boat review - the Oyster Catcher permanent house boat

Boat test: “Oyster Catcher” the permanent house boat

Emily Damment

Stretching your narrow boat

Stretching your narrow boat: process and advice

Emily Damment

Grand Union Canal: former sand quarry line at Leighton Buzzard

The waterways heritage spotter: narrow gauge railway tracks

Emily Damment

Waterways

Canal heritage spotter: turf-sided locks

Monkey Marsh Lock River Kennet

Martin Ludgate

What are turf-sided locks? Where can they be spotted on UK canals? Martin Ludgate seeks out some survivors from the days when sloping earth banks were common

Above Lock 6

Weekend visits: a trip down Basingstoke canal

Julie Clark

Grand Junction Arms pub at Bulbourne

10 of the best pubs along: Grand Union Canal, Tring to the Thames

Martin Ludgate

Marsworth bottom lock

Cruise Guide | Grand Union Canal, Part 3 | Tring summit to the Thames

Martin Ludgate

Summerhill towpath work, with M6 Toll aqueduct in the background

Linking Lichfield: the Lichfield Canal restoration

Martin Ludgate