The bowcam dvds are filmed from a forward facing camera on the boat and, with a little editing, show a high speed journey along the canal. Rome2rio makes travelling from wolverhampton to autherley junction easy. Water regency 2 emma in autherley junction, staffordshire bh2259. Buy narrowboat nomads by steve haywood from waterstones today. Claymoore narrow boats ltd boat hire company has its address at the wharfpreston brook.
We usually have a night at the pub on the final night b. Autherley junction is the point where the shropshire union canal joins the staffordshire and worcestershire canal at pendeford. Jun 25, 2017 this week is the first video about wonderful narrow boat fiction books. Autherley junction norbury junction autherley junction. The explorer fleet boats are beautifully designed and fitted out for your cruising comfort and are available all season for short breaks, 1011 night holidays as well as weekly hire.
What narrow boating books should you read on narrowboat. Tattenhall marina newton lane, tattenhall, chester. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Water explorer 6 from autherley junction in autherley. The mileage is given in the top corner of the screen, with location information along the bottom so you always know where you are. From napton and autherley junction bases explorer fleet the explorer fleet boats are beautifully designed and fitted out for your cruising comfort and are available all season for short breaks, 1011 night holidays as well as weekly hire. This week is the first video about wonderful narrow boat fiction books. About autherley junction an excellent fleet of modern and beautifully designed narrowboats part of napton narrowboats based at the southern end of the shropshire union canal. Boat rental with autherley junction is a great way to explore everything there is to enjoy on the shropshire union canal, located in wolverhampton. This must have been very inconvenient for horsedrawn boats. Autherley junction, autherley junction staffordshire west. In this the first episode of travels by narrowboat, kevin takes a giant leap of faith as he leaves his previous life behind and heads many miles towards his new home a narrowboat called aslan. Having reached autherley junction they turned back on the coventry canal to. Wolverhampton to autherley junction 2 ways to travel via.
Autherley junction in autherley junction, staffordshire. The vessels evolved as the horse gave way to steam and diesel power and boatyards developed the skills to build beautiful boats, decorated with roses, castles, scrolls and geometric designs that brought colour and vibrancy. Napton narrowboats autherley junction oxley moor rd. I talk about some lovely books, some more historical and some compleatly unrealistic all set on narrow boats. A spacious interior and rear deck area guarantee a sociable and all seasons break with this innovatively designed narrowboat. This stretch takes in adderley locks, tyrely locks, norbury junction, gnosall and its wonderful boat inn, the area around wheaton aston, stretton aqueduct and autherley junction. Many narrow boat and barge chandleries now offer mail order and online purchase.
Autherley junction boating holidays in heart of england canals. A list and map of companies with canal boats for sale on or near the main canal branch of the grand union canal buying or selling a canal boat many people now wish to own their own narrowboats and there is a large market in new and used canal boats. Autherley junction grid reference is the name of the canal junction where the shropshire union canal terminates and meets the staffordshire and worcestershire canal near to oxley, north wolverhampton, west midlands, england history. Includes the basic theory of electricity, electrical circuits, the battery, wiring. Ideally placed to enjoy a superb choice of routes, they are extremely comfortable, quiet and well equipped craft with quality fittings and furnishings throughout. This year we had two boats on the shropshire canal and it had lovely scenery, beatiful villages and towns. We plan to visit this area in the spring and this gave a wonderful history of the area.
It describes a fourmonth trip that rolt took with his bride angela at the outbreak of the second world war. Mar 19, 2007 hello we are due to go on our first hols this year and are going with napton narrowboats this time from autherley junction, we normally aim to be back at the boat yard the night before we are due back, less hassle on the morning of handover. Boat hire day boats, narrow boats, bungalows, message email website. Narrow boats explores this, explains why their way of life persisted for so long, and looks at why and how it has changed.
Fixed berths for four people, plus saloon convertible to double or two singles. Buy narrow escape narrow boat books by browne, marie isbn. We have two lovely boutique narrowboats in our fleet lesley ann and chalkhill blue. The staffordshire and worcestershire canal was opened in 1772. Welcome to autherley junction located on the shropshire union canal. Terrys first book is the only modern boating travelogue that ive read, so steve haywoods books are quite high on my reading list. We have two bases available, both offering a wide choice of routes and attractions. Rolt trained as an engineer, but his fame rests on his classic biographies of brunel, telford, trevithick, and the stephensons, his superb volumes of autobiography landscape with machines, landscape with canals, and landscape with figures, his volumes of transport history, and red for danger, an account of railway disasters of britain. View adderley locks to autherley junction in a larger map. Originally published in 1944, it has continuously been in print since.
Waterway gazetteer for shropshire union canal birmingham and. The inclusions of the culture and the early history of narrow boating has changed. Our boats are available for weekly hire, as well as for short breaks and longer periods. Beatty was originally built in 1937 as a cargo carrying boat. The book is credited with a revival of interest in the english canals, leading directly to the creation of the inland waterways. The boats could not be wider then 7 foot, otherwise they would get stuck in some of the locks. Cruise north on the shropshire union canal through beautiful countryside, passing charming canalside villages like brewood, wheaton aston and gnoshall heath. Now all boats feature as part of the starboard fleet. In the early 1960s she was converted with a fulllength cabin and continues to cruise throughout the waterways system. Layout 1 two doubles plus saloon convertible to one double or two singles. Venetian marina poole, nantwich cheshire, cw5 6dd 01270 528122. You see the whole route, not just the highlights shown in the popular range.
Our family narrowboat, gosling, sleeps up to 6 and is suitable for pets, too. This years june canal holiday took us from autherley junction on the edge of wolverhampton, largely around the black country ring, but extended to take in the stourbridge canal. The regency fleet, our 1 st class fleet, offers all the super features of our edwardian elite with saloongalley at the rear of the boat, a new sociable rear deck design providing alfresco dining and tvs in all bedrooms and lots of extra features. The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 72 feet long and 7 feet wide. Rome2rio is a doortodoor travel information and booking engine, helping you get to and from any location in the world.
The staffordshire and worcestershire canal main line. Find prices and booking details for autherley junction in autherley junction, staffordshire. This year we had two boats on the shropshire canal and it had lovely scenery, beatiful villages and. We as a family have always really enjoyed narrow boat holidays, we have been on most of the canal network and still find each one different in many ways. Canal boat holidays in england and wales, luxury boats with ensuite, wide beds, onboard wifi and all mod cons home boats prices special offers bases napton marina autherley junction routes book contact. Find all the transport options for your trip from wolverhampton to autherley junction right here. Heading south from autherley the canal passes through lovely staffordshire countryside en route to the historic canal town of stourportonsevern with an array of welcoming pubs and restaurants. Autherley to great haywood and the shropshire union canal birmingham and liverpool junction canal main line. Napton narrowboats suggested routes from autherley junction. I have however read the original boating travelogue. Claymoore narrow boats ltd in warrington, cheshire, is a local boat hire company who offers boat hire, boat rides and boat trips.
Buy shropshire union canal waterways world canal guides by euan corrie isbn. It was one of the new generation of canals, which instead of following the contours, used cuttings and embankments to provide a more direct route, and had locks organised into flights where. An anticlockwise cruise from autherley junction west midlands, through shropshire, cheshire and staffordshire. Once, they were built to transport goods through the narrow canals of the british inland waterways. Welcome to the website of the historic narrow boat beatty. Autherley and the shropshire union canal birmingham and liverpool junction canal. Canal boat holidays in england and wales, luxury boats with ensuite, wide beds, onboard wifi and all mod cons. Books about boat ownership and maintenance pennine waterways.
Narrow boat is a book about life on the english canals written by l. The sequel, narrow minds describes their return to the water on. Aldersley to autherley with the staffordshire and worcestershire canal main line. Theres a good canalside pub waiting for you on arrival at norbury. Find goslings booking calendar at the bottom of this page choose your boat by clicking on this box. Twin bridges at penkridge allow the boat and pedestrianhorse to continue. The shropshire union canal was originally built as the birmingham and liverpool junction canal, designed by thomas telford. Autherley junction is a major waterways place at the junction of the staffordshire and worcestershire canal main line. Slowing down time on englands waterways and narrowboat dreams about his own travels and the history of the canals.
They move their children and dog onto a dilapidated narrowboat called happy go lucky and teach themselves about narrowboat life and boat refurbishment as they go along. Shropshire union canal waterways world canal guides. Narrow boat beatty website of the historic narrow boat. Uncovering the nuts and bolts of boat life, tony offers firsthand accessible advice on choosing the best boat for you, finding a suitable mooring, power usage and energy consumption, boating in all seasons, the highs and lows of boat life, the real cost of living aboard. Suggested routes from autherley junction napton narrowboats. Apr 30, 2014 to order your copy of the bookshop that floated away by sarah henshaw.
There is a wealth of printed and digital information about uk waterways, from books. This link will take you to a page with our marina preset as your destination. Napton narrowboats, autherley napton marina stockton southam cv47 8hx t. Marie brownes narrow margins is a modern tale of a family aboard, trying to make a new start after losing their it company and large house when rover went bust.
I bought this guide to help me plan a seven day narrowboat trip leaving from autherley junction. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. The last thing many people are thinking of is hiring a canal boat for the week. Autherley junction grid reference is the name of the canal junction where the shropshire union canal terminates and meets the staffordshire and worcestershire canal near to oxley, north wolverhampton, west midlands, england.
Pearsons canal companion four counties ring and trent. Water elite 4 plus grace from autherley junction in autherley. Aldersley junction is on the staffordshire and worcestershire canal main. Waterway gazetteer for staffordshire and worcestershire canal.
Book your holiday boat holiday at autherley junction, heart of england canals, autherley junction staffordshire west midlands, online with hoseasons, hoseasons, hoseasons, an excellent fleet of modern and beautifully designed narrowboats part of napton narrowboats based at. Narrow boat book news newspapers books scholar jstor june 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message. Autherley junction gazetteer canalplanac cached thu. Canal chandlers have spread right across the canal and inland waterway system in the last 30 years with the popularity of canal boat ownership, and larger narrowboat chandlers can carry over 10,000 items. In 1835, the birmingham and liverpool junction canal opened, connecting the chester canal at nantwich to the staffordshire and worcestershire at autherley. Recommended narrowboat books the real life of a narrowboat wife. Donations to the narrow way ministry are greatly appreciated and are used to sponsor radio evangelism, mission projects, and our general ministry as designated.
The southern section was built between 1826 and 1835. A cruise along the caldon canal from etruria junction in stokeontrent to its two ends. The business idea that transformed a journalists life battling to keep her business afloat, one woman came up with an idea that transformed her life. The narrowboat or narrow boat as these vessels are originally called are the most typical boats in the uk. Discover life on the english waterways with these entertaining titles by marie browne and michael rolfe. This laughoutloud series gives readers a fascinating insight. Autherley junction is the name of the canal junction where the shropshire union canal. Ginger bear has been idle in brentford since the end of october, so its time for another adventure destination llangollen in north wales. Police and ambulance crews were called to the autherley junction on oxley moor road, oxley at the staffordshire and worcestershire canal, at around 11. In this book tony reveals the pleasures and practicalities of living aboard on britains inland waterways. Autherley junction to stourbridge 6 and 7 june 2009. The current name shropshire union is a little misleading as most of it runs through cheshire, a slight deviation into shropshire at audlem then a long section in. Why winter may be the perfect time to go cruising canal boat tests.
Adderley locks to autherley junction in wolverhampton. Hello we are due to go on our first hols this year and are going with napton narrowboats this time from autherley junction, we normally aim to be back at the boat yard the night before we are due back, less hassle on the morning of handover. Kevin joins the shropshire union canal at autherley junction and journeys towards the small town of gnosall. Then having successfully purchased the boat and launched it, he embarks on his maiden voyage, along the leicester branch of the grand union canal.