Author Description

This guide to the waterways of the Severn, Avon and Birmingham area features four-colour Ordnance Survey mapping, with facilities and towpaths clearly shown, and comprehensive navigational notes. Newly restored/opened canals and rivers are included. The navigational notes contain information on planning a cruise, using a lock and bridges, winding holes, boatyards and local services. The notes also cover the history of each canal, places of interest, pubs and restaurants and opportunities for walking and cycling. The waterways covered in this guide are River Avon, Birmingham Canal Navigations, Droitwich Barge and Droitwich Junction Canal, Gloucester and Sharpness Canal and the River Severn, Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, Stourbridge and Dudley Canals, Stratford-on-Avon Canal and Worcester and Birmingham Canal.