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Botley, once a small inland port, stands at the head of navigation on the River Hamble, and barges travelled upstream for corn, coal and timber until the early 20th century.

This scenic stretch of the Thames, by Christ Church Meadow, has long been a rowing reach; at one time the bank would have been lined with eye-catching college barges, which were used as clubhouses and

Although it looks like a Gothic folly, this roundhouse was lived in by a lengthmen and his family who collected tolls from passing barges on the Thames and Severn canal.

Botley, once a small inland port, stands at the head of navigation on the River Hamble, and barges travelled upstream for corn, coal and timber until the early 20th century.

In the past it was once busy with an incessant stream of barges laden with bales of cloth passing through this now-abandoned lock.

In the past it was once busy with an incessant stream of barges passing through this now-abandoned lock, laden with bales of cloth.

Here we see typical barge propulsion, with the animals taking a break as the photographer creates his picture.

Here, as we look downstream by the former ferry and towpath, working barges mingle with leisure rowing boats for hire.

Today traditional barges are moored along this reach, and in summer months a 'river bus' operates a regular service from the Malta Inn to Maidstone.

Ripon is the farthest north a barge can travel without being removed from the water.

This scenic stretch of the Thames, overlooked by Christ Church Meadow, has long been a rowing reach; at one time the bank would have been lined with eye-catching college barges, which were used as

This mill at Commercial End with its attached buildings started to decay in the 1930s, and by 1955 the last barge was sunk in the old fishpond.

As can be seen from the narrow water here, navigation is not what it was, although barges traded up to the cement works here right to the 1950s.

Until the railways came, coal from the Forest of Dean also arrived on board barges.

The Haling Path, from which this picture is taken, is the path along the river used by horses pulling barges.

The water seethes with punts, and one of the college barges is in the distance.

For its first 2 miles, it was a barge canal - as seen here.

A plywood mill imported timber from Africa, which came to the canal from Avonmouth docks by barge, as we can see here.

The towpath on the right bank was used by the horses which once pulled the barges.

Here we see barges clamouring at the lock gates.

The town's nautical connections are clearly seen is this early 20th-century view of the creek, crowded with sailing barges and boats.

A century ago, sailing barges from Plymouth once navigated almost to the bottom of the lane.

From here, the grain barges would travel to London and return with cargoes of coal, helping to make Ware prosperous from the 18th century onwards.

Barges travelled upstream for corn, coal and timber until the early 20th century.