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The long straight character of the Shropshire Union canal is plain to see here. The builder, Thomas Telford, believed in cutting through hills and bridging valleys.

In this panoramic view of the Golden Valley, the mill chimneys are visible in the background; the workers' cottages are on the lower slopes of the hill, and the canal winds its way along the valley

This view shows an early example of a houseboat on the Oxford Canal. As an inexpensive home, converted narrowboats are still popular, especially closer to Oxford where there are dozens to be seen.

On the left is Chalford Station and, just below it, the Thames and Severn Canal.

The Shropshire Union canal runs between Wolverhampton and Ellesmere Port. It passes through delightful countryside, especially around the Wheaton Aston area.

Great Haywood lies at the junction of the Trent & Mersey with the Staffs & Worcestershire canals.

The village lies on the banks of the Oxford Canal and the river Cherwell. A bloody Civil War battle took place near here in 1644.

The canal at Drayton Manor, with its unique Gothic-style footbridge, complete with battlements.

It was powered by the head waters of the River Ant, canalised in 1826 as the North Walsham and Dilham Canal.

This view, this time from the boathouse side of the canal, shows Frimhurst Lodge, with Frimhurst behind the trees in the background.

Graceful sailing ships are clustered alongside the quay on the Exeter Canal at the north end. The warehouse and Customs buildings around the Basin and riverside are beautifully preserved.

Just over a hundred years ago, the Thames and its network of canals were used as much for transporting goods as for pleasure boating.

The Lee and Stort Navigation north of London is a series of short canals linking the eponymous river­s. In this view, it is about to enter a canalised section in the industrial end of Ware.

In 1837 the local squire, Reverend Canon Rogers, commissioned James Rendell to design a harbour for the Loe.

A craft heads southwards towards Blisworth Tunnel on the Grand Union Canal.

In this view the pub, the river, and both bridges can all be seen. Note the pole sign for the pub standing in the river.

Two loaded narrowboats head north on the Grand Union Canal, their cargo concealed from both weather and prying eyes by careful sheeting.

The Royal Military Canal stretches parallel with the coast, hidden by the furthest trees in the middle distance. Note how little the seafront is built up at this time.

At the time this photograph was taken, Ulverston was still a busy commercial port linked to the River Leven by the mile-long Ulverston Canal, England's shortest.

Designed and constructed as a working tool, canals have become some of the most attractive and restful waterways in Britain.

To enable boats to trade further inland, in 1823-4 Lord Rolle dug a canal five miles to Torrington, but it eventually fell into disuse and was filled in.

With the closure of the Wey and Arun canal almost fifty years earlier, this stretch of the river saw little traffic.

The most distinctive feature of the church is its curious 'candle-snuffer' two-tier steeple, but the village also remembers that in 1560, its vicar was Edmund Drake, father of Francis Drake.

Exeter's canal was built at the request of the Tudor merchants, who were exasperated by the weirs on the Exe that obstructed their vessels.