First Mate Guides

About the guides
The First Mate guides contain details of everything that is within 20 minutes walking time of the relevent waterway eg. doctor, dentist, vet, chemist, bank, post office, internet cafe, bus stop, railway station, shops, supermarkets, take aways, launderette, as well as some water points, rubbish disposal and toilet emptying places that aren't in the normal waterway guides.

They do not act as a cruising guide showing all the locks and bridges etc., and pubs are not shown.

Please read the description to see the total area covered by each guide.

First Mate Guide No 2 - Grand Union Ref: 2348
Area Covered - Grand Union Main Line (Saltley Gate to Brentford), Leicester Section (Crick to Leicester), Aylesbury, Slough, Paddington Arm (Greenford to Edgware Road), Regents Canal ( Camden Town to Limehouse), River Lee (Waltham Abbey to Hertford), River Stort (Roydon to Bishop's Stortford).

Soft back, ring bound, 124 pages. Colour maps. 2011.

Price: £12.00

First Mate Guide No 3 - Birmingham Ref: 2349
Area Covered - Birmingham Canal Navigations, Stourbridge, River Avon (Bidford on Avon to Tewkesbury), Birmingham & Fazeley Canal (Fazeley to Minworth), Gloucester & Sharpness Canal (Gloucester to Sharpness), Grand Union (Saltley Gate to Knowle), River Severn (Worcester to Upton upon Severn), Staffs & Worcs Canal (Pendeford to Stourport on Severn), Stratford Canal (Brandwood to Stratford upon Avon), Worcs & Birmingham Canal (Birmingham to Alvechurch & Worcester).

Soft back, ring bound, 140 pages. Colour maps. 2011.

Price: £12.00

First Mate Guide No 4 - East Midlands Ref: 2350
Area Covered - North Oxford Canal (Braunston to Hawkesbury Junction), Coventry Canal (Coventry to Whittington), Ashby Canal (Hinckley to Measham), Trent & Mersey Canal (Alrewas to Shardlow), Erewash Canal (River Trent to Eastwood), Nottingham, River Soar (Kegworth to Leicester), Grand Union Leicester Section (Leicester to Crick including Market Harborough & Welford), Grand Union (Weedon & Bugbrooke), River Nene (Northampton to Peterborough), Middle Level (Whittlesey to Upwell/Outwell), River Great Ouse (Downham Market to Bedford), River Cam (Waterbeach & Cambridge).

Soft back, ring bound, 148 pages. Colour maps. 2011.

Price: £12.00

First Mate Guide No 5 - Four Counties Ref: 2351
Area Covered - Trent & Mersey Canal (Handsacre to Barnton), Caldon Canal (Hanley to Leek & Cheddleton), Shropshire Union Canal (Pendeford to Ellesmere Port), Llangollen Canal (Wrenbury to Llangollen), Montgomery Canal (Pant to Newtown), Staffs & Worcs Canal (Pendeford to Milford), River Weaver (Northwich & Winsford), Bridgewater Canal (Runcorn to Manchester), Ashton Canal (Manchester & Ashton under Lyne), Peak Forest Canal (Hyde to Whaley Bridge), Macclesfield Canal (Marple to Kidsgrove).

Soft back, ring bound, 150 pages. Colour maps. 2011.

Price: £12.00

First Mate Guide No 6 - North East Ref: 2352
Area Covered - Nottingham, River Trent (West Bridgford to Gainsborough), Fossdyke & Witham (Saxilby to Boston), Chesterfield Canal (Misterton to Kiveton Park), Stainforth & Keadby (Keadby to Stainforth), Sheffield & S. Yorks (Barnby Dun to Sheffield), Aire & Calder (Old Goole to Leeds), Selby, River Ouse (Naburn Lock to Boroughbridge), Ripon, Calder & Hebble (Wakefield to Sowerby Bridge).

Soft back, ring bound, 124 pages. Colour maps. 2010.

Price: £10.00

First Mate Guide No 7 - North West Ref: 2353
rea overed - Manchester, Rochdale Canal (Newton Heath to Mytholmroyd), Calder & Hebble (Sowerby Bridge to Brighouse), Huddersfield Canals (Bradley to Ashton under Lyne), Bridgewater Canal (Trafford Centre to Leigh), Leeds & Liverpool Canal (Liverpoo to Leeds & Tarleton), Lancaster Canal (Preston to Carnforth & Glasson).

Soft back, ring bound, 152 pages. Colour maps. 2010.

Price: £10.00