The Kennet & Avon Canal (A User's Guide to the Waterways Between Reading and Bristol) by Niall Allsop

The fourth edition, updated in 1999, gives a compact and really useful guide to the canal and its surroundings. Usual price £6.95

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£5.99

Kennet & Avon Canal Guide by Euan Corrie

A new edition of this popular book. Usual price £6.95.

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£6.36

Pub Walks Along the K&A by Nigel Vile

A very useful little tome which gives details of walks on and near the K&A, beginning or ending at pubs (and probably with a pub in the middle, just in case!)

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NEW EDITION Nicholsons Ordnance Survey Guides

1.   London, Grand Union, Oxford & Lee

2.   Severn, Avon & Birmingham

3.   Birmingham & the Heart of England

4.   Four Counties & the Welsh Canals

5.   Thames, Wey, Kennet & Avon

These books have again been revised, and are the most comprehensive canal guide available. Whether for walkers or boaters, they are essential. Usual price £9.99. Click on the individual title to buy at the Amazon price of

£7.99

GeoProjects Waterways Maps

Inland Waterways of Britain

Basingstoke Canal

Birmingham Canal Navigations

Coventry, Ashby and the Birmingham & Fazely Canals

Grand Union Canal map 1 (Birmingham to Fenny Stratford)

Grand Union Canal map 2 (Braunston to Kings Langley)

Special Edition

Grand Union Canal map 3 (Fenny Stratford to The Thames)

Grand Union Canal map 4 (Leicester Line, R. Soar, Erewash Canal)

Kennet & Avon Canal

Llangollen & Montgomery Canals

Oxford Canal

Shropshire Union Canal

Thames

Very useful, pocket-sized folding maps with good coverage of surrounding roads, towns and cities. Usual price £4.75. Click on individual title to order at the Amazon price of

£3.80

Pearson's Canal Companions

South Midlands & Warwickshire Ring

East Midlands

Severn & Avon

Four counties Ring and Trent & Mersey Pennine Waters

Shropshire Union

Cheshire Ring

Stourport Ring

These guides are are informative and entertaining. Usual price £9.99. Click the title to buy at the Amazon price of

£7.95

Inland Waterways of Great Britain

by Jane Cumberlidge

This is the 7th edition of this classic and definitive reference book. Containing details of over 300 British commercial waterways, this is a real treasure-chest!

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£26.99

Philip's Navigator Atlas

This is the best map book of the British Isles. The 1.5 miles/inch scale allows all canals and locks, as well as the whole UK road and rail systems with most of the detail of the Ordnance Survey's 50000 scale maps. usual price £19.99.

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£15.99

The Cruising Guide to Inns & Taverns by Rose Lewis

An invaluable guide for thirsty boaters!

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£4.95

Britain's Waterways

by GeoProjects

A new reference work for the canal explorer. Waterway histories, suggested walks and directions to places of interest, plus maps of the whole system. Usual price £12.95.

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£8.42

The Narrowboat Builder's Book (3rd Edition)

by Graham Booth.

This is perhaps the most widely used reference work on fitting out a narrowboat. Fully revised and updated, it takes the reader all the way from selecting a shell to the final decorative touches. All current safety legislation is incorporated, and full lists of suppliers are included. Usual price £14.99.

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£14.24

Narrow Boats Care and Maintenance

by Nick Billingham.

Covering all systems from steelwork to electrics, installation, maintenance and repair, this is an invaluable reference work. Usual price £14.99

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Hadfield's British Canals

revised by Joseph Boughey

Covering the inland waterways of Britain and Ireland, this is essential for anyone interested in the past and present of our canals and rivers. Usual price £12.99

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Narrow Boat

by LTC Rolt

The book that began the current interest in the leisure use of the English canal system. Describes Rolt's journeys around the system in his boat Cressey. Now a classic.

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£6.59