According to the Environment Agency, electric bikes pose a pollution risk because the batteries contain substances that can ...

In August 1939, newlyweds in their 20s set off from Banbury on a honeymoon with a difference: travelling the inland waterways of England in their “design for living”, a former cargo boat that ...

His 1944 book Narrow Boat, about his travels along the canals of England with his first wife Angela in a converted wooden cargo boat, complete with bath, was a bestseller.

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 NEW map published today shows how the ecological footprint of Britain’s canal network supports the country’s wildlife. The waterways boast 304 conservation areas and 68 sites of special scientific ...

Restoration works for Newry Ship Canal have been approved. The 300 year old canal structure, listed as a scheduled monument, ...

A quarter of a century later, just 25% of Britain's canals were able to pay a dividend at all. The new canal infrastructure, nonetheless, helped fuel England's industrial economy, ...