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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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

This part of the canal has been recently restored. The track on the left runs from Westwood stone quarry.

The left-hand one – the 'Stafford' – sports its Fellows, Morton & Clayton livery, a company that stopped trading when the canals were nationalised in 1948.

New Canal commemorates one of the many open waterways which ran through the medieval streets until the 19th century. The largest of the waterways was known as Town Ditch and was filled in 1875.

New Canal commemorates one of the many open waterways which ran through the medieval streets until the 19th century. The largest of the waterways was known as Town Ditch and was filled in 1875.

Once a canal feeder, Chasewater was developed for recreational purposes in the late 1950s offering sailing and boating.

It takes its name from the deep cutting which was made through the hills for the Basingstoke Canal in 1791-92.

These were built wider than normal canal locks in order to take wherries, which were broader in the beam than ordinary barges.

Thorne was an important inland port linking the South Yorkshire coalfield and the River Don with the Aire and Calder Navigation and the River Humber via the Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

The Basingstoke canal of 1794 linked the Wey and Godalming Navigation (the River Wey) with Basingstoke.

John Smeaton and Thomas Telford were among the 18th-century engineers who designed this essential section of the Lea Navigation Canal and River Lea, which allowed hundred-ton ships to reach Hertford

The tunnels were lit only by candles stuck to the miners' broad-rimmed hats with a lump of clay.

The Shropshire Union canal was owned by a railway, the LMS, and was formed in 1864. It runs between Wolverhampton and Ellesmere Port.