'Stream in the sky': Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in Wales carries the Llangollen Canal in an iron trough 125ft above the River Dee On May 8, a flotilla of some 30 narrowboats will cruise along the Thames in ...

This episode takes narrowboating to the extreme on the Llangollen Canal in Wales—one of the narrowest and busiest canals in ...

From industry to leisure Dug in the 18th century to carry coal and iron during the Industrial Revolution, Britain’s canal network became the backbone of trade before turning into a route for leisure.

This episode goes underground into Standedge Tunnel, the longest, deepest, and highest canal tunnel in the UK. The boat is ...

Sometimes snaking through the centre of bustling cities, other times skirting around grassy banks near scraps of land far from any trace of society, Britain’s canal system works it away around nearly ...

Ditches and canals are the underdog of the freshwater world. These human-made waterways are often forgotten, devalued, and ...

Slow travel is drawing Americans to Britain’s canals, where boats drift at walking speed to Stratford, Bath and Edinburgh. The appeal is in the iconic stops as much as the chance to linger along ...

Slow travel is drawing Americans to Britain’s canals, where boats drift at walking speed to Stratford, Bath and Edinburgh. The appeal is in the iconic stops as much as the chance to linger along ...