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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.

The plan, which would have involved breaching the Loe Bar and running a canal inland all the way to Helston, was priced at £118,523; not surprisingly, it was never carried out.

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.

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.

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.

Its prosperity was increased after a canal was dug connecting the River Ant with the Broads.

This view looks north from the old Guildford Road Bridge, with the canal aqueduct across the Waterloo - Basingstoke line in the background.

Its prosperity increased after a canal was dug connecting the River Ant with the Broads.

Tibberton is situated to the north-east of Worcester on the line of the Birmingham to Worcester Canal.

At the height of the canal era, the Wharf was a bustling depot where up to ten large barges could load and unload.

A few yards from the site of photograph L122026, a pair of loaded boats head south towards the Trent & Mersey Canal. They were owned by Horsefield Ltd.

The mill is on the North Walsham and Dilham Canal. Sir William Cubitt, an engineer best known for inventing the prison treadmill, was born here in 1785.