After narrow-boat cruising five times on the canals of England and Wales, my husband Joe and I decided we were perhaps too old to do it again. Then came new friends Rick and Mary Day, who heard about ...

On a canal boat, you can "step back in time to a slower era", said Paul Miles in The Telegraph. There are over 5,000 miles of inland waterways in the UK, snaking through some of the country's most ...

A litter-picking boat designed to help keep Walsall's canal network clean is a "fantastic addition", the borough's mayor has ...

More people are calling England’s canals — and the narrow boats used to navigate them — home as remote work options in the pandemic’s wake make a mobile lifestyle more possible. By Megan Specia LITTLE ...

On a recent trip to the UK, we decided to break up our land-based holiday with a unique adventure exploring the quintessentially English countryside on a longboat. Our destination of choice? Wiltshire ...

A historic canal boat that served through two world wars is set to be restored to its former glory Kilsby, which was built in 1912 and was one of 24 originally commissioned by Fellows Morton and ...

Narrowboater Andy Simpson handed out the free coal to residents on the Grand Union Canal in Milton Keynes. "I know it's a ...

That's because on Saturday, November 29, coinciding with the town's light switch-on, Middlewich will be hosting its very first 'Christmas on the Canal' event.

It’s Alice’s Day in Oxford, England. A winged griffin is playing a ukulele on Broad Street, awaiting the arrival of the Red Queen. At the nearby Bodleian Library, a caterpillar dispenses nutritional ...

Travel + Leisure Senior Editorial Director Nina Ruggiero oversees T+L's award-winning travel content across digital platforms. She is also the co-founder of Be A Travel Writer, an online course for ...

The Canal and River Trust will raise boat licence fees by 4.85% from April 2026 to support essential maintenance and fund its ...