'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 ...

LITTLE BOURTON, England — On a damp June afternoon, a floating home bobbed gently on the Oxford Canal, where it was moored just outside the village of Little Bourton, a blip on the map with just one ...

There are more than 2,000 miles of interconnected waterways in England and Wales. In my 17-metre narrowboat, I travelled from the northernmost point in the network – "within sight of the Lake District ...

A WEEK on a narrowboat is never going to be the obvious choice of holiday for the thrill-seeker. Travelling at 2mph on current-free water is about as sedate as it gets. I was inspired to take to the ...

Annemarie Uren and Kath Hopkins have lived on a narrowboat for four years, traveling through the UK's canal system. The coronavirus pandemic has put the couple's journey on hold. Besides their kitchen ...

Our train from London pulled into the tiny Gobowen station at exactly 2 p.m. on the button. After 20 minutes a lone taxi appeared and took us three miles to the Maestermyn Cruises rental office along ...

More people are calling England’s canals — and the narrow boats used to navigate them — home as remote work options in the pandemic’s wake make a mobile lifestyle more possible. By Megan Specia LITTLE ...