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Church Street leads from the Market Square down to the Lancaster Canal, where a basin facilitated the handling of cargo on and off the barges.

This view towards the Ship Canal shows London Road free of today's endless stream of traffic.

Cookley is a rather over-grown village overlooking the River Stour; since the 1700s, it has also overlooked the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, which links Stourport and Kidderminster with

Cookley is a rather over-grown village overlooking the River Stour; since the 1700s, it has also overlooked the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, which links Stourport and Kidderminster with

In later years, both the River Stour and the associated canal system were used to transport carpets on the first stage of their journeys to the marketplaces of the world.

Stone for the building was cut on site by machinery brought to the estate by way of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal. The timber came from the Haigh and from Crawford's estates in Jamaica.

The volume of Raleigh's 'History of the World' has a hole burnt through 104 pages, supposedly caused by the poet Matthew Prior who fell asleep with an unguarded candle nearby.

This is the now-derelict Thames and Severn canal which linked the two rivers. As it climbs the area known as Golden Valley, the scenery is magnificent.

These are the Delph Locks at Brierley Hill on the Dudley No 1 Canal. They are universally known as 'The Nine', despite the fact that there are only 8.

On the River Erewash, close to the confluence of the Trent with Leicestershire's River Soar, this Derbyshire town was bisected by the Erewash Canal in 1779 and made readily accessible by

Just a few minutes walk from here, the Leeds & Liverpool Canal links up with the River Aire and the Aire & Calder Navigation, providing Leeds with an inland waterway from the Mersey to the Humber.

A tranquil mid-summer view of the Grand Junction or Union Canal, which reached the nearby town of Tring in 1799 as part of a massive construction, designed to link London and Birmingham and which subsequently

The river Torridge is to the left, and the straight line just to the right of it is the old course of the Rolle (or Great Torrington) canal.

This was part of a modernising programme undertaken in the 1930s in an unsuccessful attempt to enable the Grand Union Canal to compete with the Great Western Railway.

A further boost to the port's success came with the construction of a spur to the Lancaster Canal in 1826, and a huge basin was built to accommodate the barges that transported the cargoes inland.

This is Bude Canal Sea Lock in 1893, two years after the waterway had been reduced to the 1.25 mile stretch to Rodd's Bridge; in reality it was little more than an extension of the harbour, which continued

Situated below Winter Hill on Rivington Moor, Adlington developed as a textile town before the advent of the railway because of its proximity to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, which runs

Whilst the Latchford Viaduct is high enough to allow the tallest ships to pass beneath, a series of swing bridges allow vessels to pass through most road crossings along the canal.

In the foreground is the Grand Union Canal, with the houses of Blisworth and the 15th-century tower of the church to be seen on the opposite bank.

Here, children are trying their luck at fishing in the Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal. Just beyond the bridge is the delightfully named Hills and Partridges Lock.

Three hundred yards further north is Rennie's 1805 Dundas Aqueduct carrying the canal across the River Avon.

Castleton developed largely because of its proximity to the canal and railway, making it suitable for mill building.

They not only provided the post office, but also newspapers and the posters outside kept the locals abreast of events both national and local; sweets, chocolates, tinned foods, candles and basic

It was this canal, financed by the Duke of Bridgewater and built in 1761 by James Brindley, that was to bring about a complete change in the transportation of industrial materials and manufactured goods