I’m James, a narrowboat enthusiast and renovator! Since 2020, I’ve been restoring classic canal boats, starting with Sloe ...

I’m James, a narrowboat enthusiast and renovator! Since 2020, I’ve been restoring classic canal boats, starting with Sloe ...

“Just remember, if the boat’s on the cill you’ll sink,” says John Perks from Black Prince Holidays. We nod sombrely, whilst thinking "what the hell’s a cill", as he hands over the keys to our ...

One in 400 UK veterans experience homelessness. This small charity is using houseboats to lift them beyond the incoming tide.

Dudley MP Sonia Kumar has welcomed ambitious plans to extend and reinvigorate Dudley Canal and Caverns after raising the item ...

The name Pontcysyllte comes from Welsh pont (bridge) and cysyllte (junctions or connections) — literally the 'bridge of connections'. The star feature is the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, which is a ...

In the film Sir Cliff plays a "quite unlikeable" banker Tim Matthews, sent to Birmingham instead of taking up a dream job in ...

Martin and Leigh Carrigan are professional housesitters without a home of their own. They are part of a generation of people ...

The tallest and longest aqueduct in the UK and is often called the "stream in the sky" and you can walk all the way along it.

Th Incline Plane is a proposed system for connecting Winsford Bottom Flash to the Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal.

Nevertheless, the magnificent Welsh valley panorama below provides ample reason to return. Constructed from cast iron and ...

This winter, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) will illuminate Birmingham’s Symphony Hall with Bringing the ...