Narrow Boat Collection

Canal, village and Waterways Museum, Stoke Bruerne, Grand Union Canal, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Narrow boat cruising the Llangollen Canal, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Narrow boats on the Liverpool Leeds canal at Skipton, Yorkshire Dales National Park, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

River Thames at Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Brightly painted barge and oast houses on the River Medway, Yalding, near Maidstone, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Kennet and Avon Canal at Pewsey near Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Narrow boat entering the bottom lock of the five lock ladder on the Liverpool Leeds canal, at Bingley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Narrow boat and lock, Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Kennet and Avon Canal at Pewsey near Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Narrow boat entering a tunnel, Llangollen Canal, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Top lock, the Tardebigge flight of locks, Worcester and Birmingham canal, Tardebigge, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A narrow boat on the Stratford upon Avon canal, Preston Bagot flight of locks, Warwickshire, Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Narrow boat crossing the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, built by Thomas Telford and William Jessop, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Llangollen Canal, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Moored narrow boat, Llangollen Canal, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Narrow boats on the Liverpool Leeds canal, in the basin at Skipton, Yorkshire Dales National Park, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Narrow boats on the Liverpool Leeds canal, negotiating the five lock ladder at Bingley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Knowle Locks, Autumn, The Grand Union Canal, West Midlands, England

Narrow boat on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Tardebigge Locks, Worcestershire, Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Canal basin, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Illustration of narrowboat entering, moving up, and leaving lock

North East Wales
Wrexham, Llangollen Canal, Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal, World Heritage Site, iron trough carrying canal high over Dee valley

Narrowboat moving through canal staircase lock, Bunbury Locks, Shropshire Union Canal, Bunbury, Cheshire, England, january

Narrow boat moored waiting to enter Craft Lock, Sutton Green, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Narrowboat on river Ouse in centre of York

Water spanned by water: the Bridgewater Canal crossing the Manchester Ship Canal, 1909

Repairing the gates at Netham Lock, Bristol on the Feeder canal in 1963

Children of barge familys seen here being educated on the canal bank by a floating school which is a converted narrow boat. Circa 1960

Scotland, Edinburgh, Union Canal. Canal Boat moored near the Lochrin Basin on the Union Canal near Fountainbridge

Canal Lock 35109_022
A widebeam canal boat ascending the Hanwell Lock Flight on the Grand Union Canal, Greater London, 2021

England, Hampshire, Basingstoke, Odiham, Basingstoke Canal and Narrowboat

UK, England, West Midlands, Droitwich Spa, Vines Park, The Droitwich canal

Europe, UK, England, London, Hackney, Regents Canal, houseboats, trees with colourful Autumn leaves, reflection in still water

Narrowboat on the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Powys, Wales

Little Venice, Paddington, London, England, UK

UK, England, Manchester, Deansgate, 1761 Bridgewater Canal –the
UK, England, Manchester, Deansgate, 1761 Bridgewater Canal - the worlds first true canal system, in the background is the Beetham Tower also known as the Hilton Tower

England, London, Little Venice, Annual Canalway Cavalcade, Detail of Narrowboat Colourful Canalware

Cargo Barges
circa 1929: Barges at St Catherines dock in London with cargo. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

A canoe, 1850
3330647 A canoe, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving of a canoe, a lightweight narrow boat, typically pointed at both ends and open on top)

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal - Canal Boat, 1917. The C&O Canal operated from 1831 until 1924 along the Potomac River between Washington, D.C. and Cumberland, Maryland

England, West Midlands, Kinver. Narrowboat moored on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal near Kinver

Couple By Seine
14th March 1957: A couple sit on the banks of the Seine at Paris in fine spring weather. A barge passes by. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Fen Flood
24th May 1862: An attempt to form a dam in the middle-level drain during the Great Flood in the Fens. Original Publication: Illustrated London News (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Les Andelys, Cote d Aval, 1886. Creator: Paul Signac
Les Andelys, Cote d Aval, 1886

Pushing a monkey boat through a lock at Brentford (sepia photo)
STC347593 Pushing a monkey boat through a lock at Brentford (sepia photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The boats to the left are barges)

Fire Float Practice. Members of the Birmingham Auxiliary Fire Service Naval Detachment seen here exercising on their 70 foot Fire Float, a converted narrow boat 19th October 1939

Hard Realities: Its a man-sized job shifting a huge timbered canal narrow boat through a cumbersome and ageing lock on the Grand Union Canal

At Lapworth where an arm of the canal joins the Grand Union, and continues as a useful navigable waterway to Birmingham

Catch! And over the water sails a mooring line, expertly thrown by 71 year old Jack Smith

A young angler wearing a panama hat fishing in the Grand Union Canal between Rickmansworth and Watford. Circa 1950

A young angler fishing in the Grand Union Canal between Rickmansworth and Watford. Circa 1950

A young angler wearing a panama hat fishing in the Grand Union Canal between Rickmansworth and Watford. Circa 1950

Blomfield Rd, Grand Union Canal, London, 2 / 9 / 10. Creator: Ethel Davies
Blomfield Rd, Grand Union Canal, London, 2/9/10. Canal boats on Blomfield Road on the Regents Canal arm of the Grand Union Canal, London, W2, England, UK

David Essex singer and actor on a barge boat carring a woman in a scene from his TV series

On the Grand Junction canal at Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, seen here in the 19th century. From English Pictures, published 1890

England, West Midlands, Stourbridge Canal. Narrowboats moored at Delph Marine, known locally as the boat yard, located near the Delph Nine Locks at Brierley Hill in the Black Country

Pushing a Monkey Boat Through The Lock at Brentford, c1935. Creator: Unknown
Pushing a Monkey Boat Through The Lock at Brentford, c1935. Narrow boats at Brentford in west London, used to transport cargo around the country

Canal Barge
10th October 1874: A canal barge carrying powder and petroleum. Original Publication: Illustrated London News (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Regents Canal
1827: The Double Lock and East Entrance to the Islington Tunnel on Regents Canal, London

A laden dahabiyeh, Egypt, c1890. Artist: Newton & Co
A laden dahabiyeh, Egypt, c1890

Dahabiyehs on the river ready for a Nile voyage, Egypt, 1905

The River Trent, England, 1883. Artist: A Willmore
The River Trent, England, 1883

River Avon long boats and ferris wheel, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Canal houses on the Prinsengracht, Amsterdam
A view on several houses along the Prinsengracht canal which is part of the Unesco World Heritage, bin Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Venice Canals
Venice is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is situated across a group of 117 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by bridges

Canal at Ladbroke Grove in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Barges
circa 1923: Narrow boats carrying cargo on the River Aire. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

A panorama of Hungerford, Berkshire, England

Bridge Construction
The construction of Tower Bridge, London, which was completed in 1894. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Seaplane Race
4th September 1919: Jacques Schneider Trophy National Seaplane Race, Hawkers Sopwith seaplane at East Cowes. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

London Fogbound
A bargee sitting on the stern of his barge waiting for the London fog to lift before he can start work. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Canal Barge
1907: A canal barge moving along the Grand Union Canal near Crick, Rugby. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Tower Bridge
24th September 1912: Tower Bridge and barges on the Thames. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Horse-Drawn Barge
4th January 1938: A horse pulling a barge along the Regents Canal, Regents Park, London. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Barges carrying barrels of stout in Dublin
February 1911: Steam-powered barges carrying barrels of stout in Dublin. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Coal Discharger
7th June 1926: Barges waiting for access to Regents Canal from Regents Canal Dock, viewed from one of two new electric coal dischargers erected at the dock at Limehouse

Coal Barge
25th April 1917: A motor coal barge on Regents Canal unloading its cargo. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

North East Wales
Wrexham, Llangollen Canal, Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal, World Heritage Site, iron trough carrying canal high over Dee valley

North East Wales
Wrexham, Llangollen Canal, Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal, World Heritage Site, iron trough carrying canal high over Dee valley

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Cruising through the picturesque Llangollen Canal in England, a narrow boat gracefully glides along the tranquil waters. As it passes by, one can't help but be captivated by the stunning scenery that surrounds it - from the brightly painted barge and charming oast houses on the River Medway near Maidstone to the idyllic village and Waterways Museum at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal in Northamptonshire. Further south, on the banks of River Thames in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, another narrow boat makes its way through this historic waterway. The sight is a testament to both modern-day leisure cruising and centuries-old traditions that have shaped these iconic canals. Venturing northwards to Skipton in Yorkshire Dales National Park, narrow boats line up along Liverpool Leeds canal. Their vibrant colors create a striking contrast against the lush greenery of their surroundings. Here, they patiently await their turn to enter into one of five locks - an engineering marvel known as "the five lock ladder. " Aylesbury Arm of Grand Union Canal in Buckinghamshire offers yet another enchanting scene where a narrow boat gently navigates its way through a lock. This peaceful moment captures both serenity and harmony between man-made structures and nature's beauty. Moving towards Pewsey near Marlborough in Wiltshire, Kennet and Avon Canal welcomes us with open arms. A narrow boat gracefully glides across its calm waters while reflecting upon nearby towns' rich history. The adventure continues as we witness a narrow boat entering into a tunnel along Llangollen Canal once again. In this subterranean world beneath our feet lies an entirely different realm waiting to be explored. Across Cambridgeshire's Ely region lies River Great Ouse - home to yet more captivating scenes of narrow boats meandering through its gentle currents. These waterways hold stories untold; each journey embarked upon reveals hidden treasures within the heart of England.