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    • A-Z Canal & River Maps
      • Canals & Rivers A-B
        • Aire and Calder Navigation (Inc Selby Canal)
        • River Ancholme
        • Ashby Canal
        • Ashton Canal
        • River Avon – Warwickshire
        • River Avon – Bath to Bristol
        • Basingstoke Canal
        • Beeston Canal
        • Birmingham and Fazeley Canal - BCN
        • Birmingham Canal Network (BCN)
        • Bridgewater Canal
        • Bridgwater & Taunton Canal
      • Canals & Rivers C-E
        • Calder and Hebble Navigation
        • Caldon Canal Combined
        • Caledonian Canal
        • River Cam – Combined
        • Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation
        • Chesterfield Canal
        • Coventry Canal
        • Crinan Canal
        • River Derwent
        • River Douglas
        • Droitwich Barge and Droitwich Junction Canals
        • Erewash Canal
      • Canals & Rivers F-L
        • Forth and Clyde Canal
        • River Foss
        • Fossdyke Navigation
        • Gloucester & Sharpness Canal
        • Grand Union Canal – Combined
          • Grand Union – Aylesbury Arm
          • Grand Union – Market Harborough Arm
        • Grand Western Canal (Tiverton)
        • Hertford Union Canal
        • Huddersfield Broad Canal
        • Huddersfield Narrow Canal
        • River Hull & Driffield Navigation
        • Kennet and Avon Navigation
        • Lancaster Canal
        • River Lark
        • Llangollen Canal and Montgomery Canal
        • Lee and Stort Navigation
        • Leeds and Liverpool Canal
      • Canals & Rivers M-O
        • Macclesfield Canal
        • Manchester Ship Canal
        • Market Weighton Canal
        • River Medway
        • Middle Level Navigations Combined
        • Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
        • Montgomery Canal (Llangollen Canal)
        • River Nene Navigation
        • Norfolk Broads – Combined
        • Nottingham Canal
        • Great River Ouse – Combined
        • River Ouse, Ure and Rippon Canal
        • Oxford Canal
      • Canals & Rivers P-S
        • Peak Forest Canal
        • Pocklington Canal – Navigable Section
        • Regents Canal
        • Ribble Link
        • River Ribble
        • Rochdale Canal
        • River Severn
        • Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation
        • Shropshire Union Canal – Main Line
        • Shropshire Union Canal – Middlewich Branch
        • Stainforth and Keadby Canal
        • Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal
        • Stratford Canal
        • Stroudwater Navigation
        • Stourbridge Canals
      • Canals & Rivers T-Z
        • River Thames
        • River Trent – Tidal
        • River Trent – Non Tidal
        • River Trent – Western End
        • Trent and Mersey Canal
        • Union Canal
        • River Way navigation (Inc. Godalming Navigation)
        • River Weaver
        • 
Wilts and Berks Canal
        • River Witham
        • Worcester and Birmingham Canal
        • Wyrley and Essington Canal - BCN
    • Silver Propeller Challenge (Beta)
  • Our Trips
    • Avon Ring 2021
      • Planning Our Next Trip – The Avon Ring
      • Part 1 - To Stratford-upon-Avon
      • Part 2 - To Tewkesbury
      • Part 3 - Back to Droitwich Spa Marina
    • Stourport Ring 2022
      • Part 1 – The Plague Boat
      • Part 2 – Regroup and Repair
      • Part 3 – A New Start
      • Part 4 – Birmingham to Wolverhampton
      • Part 5 – Wolverhampton to Stourport-On-Severn
      • Part 6 – Stourport-On-Severn and back to Droitwich Spa Marina
    • Droitwich to Birmingham and Back 2023
      • Part 1 - A little adventure, Droitwich to Birmingham
      • Part 2 - A really Tardebigge adventure
      • Part 3 - Birmingham Engine Lows and Highs
      • Part 4 - Lost dog and diner out at Ju Ju’s Cafe
      • Part 5 - Screwfix almost saves the day
    • Summer 2024 - Around Birmingham
      • Part 1 – Starting at the Black Country Museum and Dudley Canal and Caves.
      • Part 2 – Cruise to Birmingham
      • Part 3 – Birmingham by the Canal
      • Part 4 – Escaping the Windy City
      • Part 5 – Finally the family gathers
      • Part 6 – Make the Family work
      • Part 7 – Four Tunnels and a Funeral
      • Part 8 – Last few locks to home
  • Guides
    • Knowing when to pump-out before it to late?
    • Canal Boat Solar Planning Guide
      • Part 1 – Planning & Position
      • Part 2 – Panel Mounting Options
      • Part 3 – Types of Panels
      • Part 4 – MPPT vs PWM solar controllers
      • Part 5 – Cable sizes, lengths and resistance.
      • Part 6 – Panels in Serial or Parallel
      • Part 7 – Buying the cable and Circuit breakers
      • Part 8 – Buying Solar Panels and Mountings
      • Part 9 – Wiring
      • Part 10 – Drilling, Tapping and Fitting
      • Canal Boat Solar Panel Kit Parts List
      • Floydtilla Power Generation and Usage
    • Installing MC4 Solar Connectors
    • Voltage drop calculator for Solar PV Cable
    • Solar Controller – Victron SmartSolar MTTP 100|50
    • Batteries and Battery Monitors
      • Part 1 – Why we needed one
      • Part 2 – Battery Selection
      • Part 3 – The State of Charge (SOC) Calculation
      • Part 4 – Battery Monitor & The Shunt
    • Buying an Ex-Hire Boat
    • Navigation Guides
  • Useful Companies/Groups/Blogs
    • Blogs, Vblogs and Fuel Boats
    • Canal Societies/Groups/Trusts
    • Useful Contacts

Canals T-Z

  • River Thames
  • River Trent – Tidal
  • River Trent – Non Tidal
  • River Trent – Western End
  • Trent and Mersey Canal
  • Union Canal
  • River Weaver
  • River Wey Navigation
  • Wilts and Berks Canal
  • River Witham
  • Worcester and Birmingham Canal
  • Wyrley and Essington Canal – BCN

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