This area of England is blessed with a network of waterways and locks, an admirable work of engineering in the early 19th century providing essential transport for materials and manufactured goods.

Today these picturesque canals are a source of leisure and pleasure. Walkers and cyclists use the towpaths, anglers cast lines, dogs are exercised and narrow boats gently motor the waters, navigate the locks, mooring along the reeds and paths whenever and wherever they fancy.