Product Description

Colour maps clearly showing locks, towpaths and boating facilities as well as comprehensive navigational notes. First published in the 1970s, the "Collins/Nicholson" guides to the waterways are designed for anyone and everyone with an interest in Britain's inland waterways - experienced boaters and those planning their first boat trip, walkers, cyclists and visitors. Maps show: locks, bridges, tunnels, aqueducts, winding holes and the towpath; waterpoints, sanitary stations, pump out facilities and refuse disposal; boatyards, pubs, restaurants and shops; mile markers and milestones (distance in miles and number of locks to strategic points along the waterways). Text includes: the history of each canal; local services and places of interest, pubs and restaurants; opportunities for walking and cycling. Comprehensive navigational notes include: maximum dimensions and low bridges; mileages, advice and potential hazards; navigation authorities and contact details. Waterways covered in this guide - Aire and Calder Navigation, Bridgewater Canal, Calder and Hebble Navigation, Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Huddersfield Broad Canal, Lancaster Canal, Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Macclesfield Canal, Peak Forest and Ashton Canals, Rochdale Canal, Trent and Mersey Canal.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #207762 in Books
• Published on: 2006-03-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• 184 pages

Customer Reviews

Unbeatable!
The best guide to the NW waterways ever. OK so the T&M isn't there in full, but then it's not exclusively a NW waterway or in the Pennines. The sheer wealth of detail both of maps and of navigational help, as well as that pertaining to local amenities is outstanding. One of the best things Nicholsons did was to introduce the spiral binding to a formerly thick and unwieldy book. This volume will lie flat on the boat roof, sit nicely in your pocket. I use it a lot - and I'm a walker!!

Watch out
If you are looking for a guide to the Trent & Mersey canal - watch out. It only covers part. You'll need to look at all guides 4/6 to see what covers where!