Nicholson's Canal Guides

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In March 2012, Nicholson's brought out new editions of their guides.

I was under the impression that only 2 of the guides were going to be updated and the rest were just reprints, but the guides 1-7 all say 'new edition 2012' inside, I have compared 4 of them and there are differences. Only the Norfolk Broads guide says 'reprint'.

Copies of the 2009 & 2007 guides that are still available are listed at the bottom of the page.

Guide No 1 - Grand Union, Oxford & the South East (2012) Ref: 2519
AREA COVERED - Birmingham (Gas St Basin to Salford Junction, Digbeth Branch, Oozells St, Icknield Port and Soho Loops), Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation (Chelmsford to Maldon), Regents Canal (Limehouse to Little Venice), Grand Union Canal Main Line (Brentford to Salford Junction), Aylesbury Arm (Marsworth to Aylesbury), Northampton Arm (Gayton Junction to Northampton), Paddington Arm (Bulls Bridge Junction to Paddington), Slough Arm (Cowley Peachey Junction to Slough), Wendover Arm (Bulbourne Junction to Wendover), Hertford Union Canal, Limehouse Cut, Lee Navigation (Thames to Hertford), Stort Navigation (Feilds Weir to Bishop's Stortford), Stratford Canal (Hockley Heath to Lowsonford), River Medway (Tonbridge to Rochester), Oxford Canal (Oxford to Hawkesbury Junction), Coventry Canal (Bridges 6-14), River Thames (Brentford to Thames Flood Barrier).

CONTENT - General information for canal users, history, places of interest & description of route, colour pictures, pubs & restaurants, boat yards & facilities, maximum craft dimensions, towpath notes for walkers and cyclists, and an index.

DETAILS - Scale 2" to 1 mile. Size 16cm x 21cm approx. Soft back, spiral bound. Back cover folds round as page marker. 196 pages. (2012)

Price: £14.75

Guide No 2 - Severn, Avon & Birmingham (2012) Ref: 2520
AREA COVERED - River Avon (Tewkesbury to Alveston Weir), Birmingham Canal Navigations Main Lines (Gas Street Basin to Aldersley Junction), Oozells Street, Icknield Port and Soho Loops, Titford Pools, Walsall Canal, Wyrley & Essington Canal, Cannock Extension, Angelsey Branch, Rushall Canal, Wednesbury Oak Loop, Tame Valley Canal, Birmingham & Fazeley Canal (Old Turn Junction to Tyburn), Grand Union Canal (Bordesley Junction to Salford Junction and Kingswood Junction to Knowle Locks), Digbeth Branch, Droitwich Canals (River Severn to Worcs & B'ham Canal), Gloucester & Sharpness Canal (Sharpness to Gloucester), River Severn (Gloucester to Bewdley), Staffs & Worcs Canal (Stourport to Great Haywood), Stourbridge Canal (Stourton Junction to Black Delph & Town Arm), Dudley Nos 1 & 2 Canals (Black Delph to Hawne Basin), Stratford upon Avon Canal (Kings Norton to Stratford), Worcs & Birmingham Canal (Worcester to Gas Street Basin),

DETAILS - Scale 2" to 1 mile. Size 16cm x 21cm approx. Soft back, spiral bound. Back cover folds round as page marker. 176 pages. (2012)

Price: £14.75

Guide No 3 - Birmingham & the Heart of England (2012) Ref: 2521
AREA COVERED - Ashby Canal (Marston Junction to Moira), Birmingham Canal Navigations Main Lines (Gas Street Basin to Aldersley Junction), Digbeth Branch, Birmingham & Fazeley Canal (Old Turn Junction to Fazeley Junction), Coventry Canal (Coventry to Fradley Junction), Erewash Canal (Trent Lock to Langley Mill), Grand Union Canal Leicester Section (Norton Junction to Leicester including the Welford & Market Harborough Arms), River Soar (Leicester to Trent Lock), Grand Union Canal (Norton Junction to Salford Junction), Oxford Canal (Braunston to Hawkesbury Junction), Staffs & Worcs Canal (Aldersley Junction to Great Haywood), Stratford on Avon Canal (Kings Norton to Lowsonford), Worcs & Birmingham Canal (Wast Hill Tunnel to Gas Street Basin), Trent & Mersey Canal (Trent Lock to Great Haywood Junction).

DETAILS - Scale 2" to 1 mile. Size 16cm x 21cm approx. Soft back, spiral bound. Back cover folds round as page marker. 176 pages. (2012)

Price: £14.75

Guide No 4 - Four Counties & the Welsh Canals (2012) Ref: 2522
AREA COVERED - Caldon Canal (Etruria to Froghall & Leek), Llangollen Canal (Hurleston Junction to Llangollen), Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal (Brecon to Newport & Pontywaun), Neath & Tennant (Ysgwrfa to Briton Ferry and Port Tennant), Swansea Canals (Cwmtawe to Clydach), Montgomery Canal (Frankton Junction to Newtown), Shropshire Union Canal (Autherley Junction to Ellesmere Port including Dee & Middlewich Branches), Staffs & Worcs Canal (Aldersley Junction to Great Haywood Junction), Trent & Mersey Canal (Trent Lock to Preston Brook), River Weaver (Winsford to Weston Point Docks).

DETAILS - Scale 2" to 1 mile. Size 16cm x21cm approx. Soft back, spiral bound. Back cover folds round as page marker. 184 pages. (2012)

Price: £14.75

Guide No 5 - North West & the Pennines (2012) Ref: 2523
AREA COVERED - Aire & Calder Navigation (Leeds to Wakefield), Bridgewater Canal (Preston Brook and Runcorn to Manchester & Leigh), Calder & Hebble Navigation (Wakefield to Sowerby Bridge), Huddersfield Broad Canal (Cooper Bridge to Aspley Basin), Huddersfield Narrow Canal (Portland Basin to Aspley Basin), Ribble Link Navigation (Lancaster Canal to Lock 9). Lancaster Canal (Preston to Tewitfield including Glasson Branch), Leeds & Liverpool Canal (Liverpool to Leeds including Rufford & Leigh Branches), Macclesfield Canal (Hardings Wood to Marple Junction), Peak Forest Canal (Whaley Bridge to Dukinfield Junction), Ashton Canal (Dukinfield Junction to Manchester), Rochdale Canal (Sowerby Bridge to Ducie Street Junction), Trent & Mersey Canal (Hardings Wood Junction to Preston Brook).

DETAILS - Scale 2" to 1 mile. Size 16cm x 21cm approx. Soft back, spiral bound. Back cover folds round as page marker. 208 pages. (2012)

Price: £14.75

Guide No 6 - Nottingham, York & the North East (2012) Ref: 2524
AREA COVERED - Aire & Calder Navigation (Castleford to Goole), New Junction Canal, Chesterfield Canal (Chesterfield to West Stockwith), River Derwent (Stamford Bridge to Barmby), Fossdyke & Witham Navigations (Torksey to Boston including Kyme Eau), Ripon Canal & Rivers Ure & Ouse (Ripon to Goole), Pocklington Canal (Cottingwith to Pocklington), Selby Canal (Bank Dole Junction to Selby), Sheffield & S. Yorks Navigation (Sheffield to Keadby), River Trent (Derwent Mouth to Trent Falls).

DETAILS - Scale 2" to 1 mile. Size 16cm x 21cm approx. Soft back, spiral bound. Back cover folds round as page marker. 176 pages. (2012)

Price: £14.75

Guide No 7 - River Thames & the Southern Waterways (2012) Ref: 2525
AREA COVERED - Basingstoke Canal (Woodham Junction to Greywell Tunnel), Bridgwater & Taunton Canal (Taunton to Bridgwater), Grand Western Canal (Tiverton to Lowdswells), Exeter Ship Canal (Exeter to Exmouth), Kennet & Avon Canal (Avonmouth to Reading), River Thames (Inglesham to the Thames Flood Barrier), River Wey (Shepperton to Godalming).

DETAILS - Scale 2" to 1 mile. Size 16cm x 21cm approx. Soft back, spiral bound. Back cover folds round as page marker. 200 pages. (2012)

Price: £14.75

Nicholson Guide - Norfolk Broads (2012) Ref: 2526
AREA COVERED - Rivers Ant, Bure, Chet, Thurne, Waveney, Wensum, Yare, Breydon Water & Meadow Dyke.

CONTENT - Getting on to the water, boating need to know, navigation notes, other activities, where to get more information, eating out, waterway signs and journey times, Broads maps, where to hire, wildlife of the Broads, places to visit and an index.

DETAILS - Scale 3cm to 1km, 2" to 1 mile. Size 16cm x 21cm approx. Soft back, spiral bound. Back cover folds round as page marker. 96 pages. (2012)

Price: £7.99

Nich - Inland Waterways map of Great Britain (2011) Ref: 2527
CONTENT - Single sided map showing the national waterway network, colour coded to match the 7 Guides to the Waterways, featured above this item. Wide and narrow canals indicated. Enlarged maps of the Birmingham Canal Navigations, Norfolk Broads & London, with insets of Scottish canals. Distance & locks between specific points. Hire bases, some navigational notes and major roads shown.

DETAILS - Scale 1" to 9 miles approx on the main map. Size 5½" x 9½" folded, 55" x 37" when opened out. 2011 edition.

Price: £7.99

Book - Nicholson Boating Handbook Ref: 1674
by Emrhys Barrell.

Described as the essential guide to getting afloat it has sections on where you can go, hiring and booking your boat, preparation, your first trip, boat handling, locks, safety, buying and owning your own boat.

Then follow 34 pages of maps for the UK and Ireland, 10 pages for Europe, and a final section on where to get more information.

Firm paperback with flaps that can folded around to mark pages. 6" x 8½" approx. Colour photos. 224 pages.

Price: £9.99

Previous Editions
Listed below are the remaining copies of previous editions of the maps and guides.

Guide No 5 - North West & the Pennines (2009) Ref: 1968
AREA COVERED - Aire & Calder Navigation (Leeds to Wakefield), Bridgewater Canal (Preston Brook and Runcorn to Manchester & Leigh), Calder & Hebble Navigation (Wakefield to Sowerby Bridge), Huddersfield Broad Canal (Cooper Bridge to Aspley Basin), Huddersfield Narrow Canal (Portland Basin to Aspley Basin), Ribble Link Navigation (Lancaster Canal to Lock 9). Lancaster Canal (Preston to Tewitfield including Glasson Branch), Leeds & Liverpool Canal (Liverpool to Leeds including Rufford & Leigh Branches), Macclesfield Canal (Hall Green to Marple Junction), Peak Forest Canal (Whaley Bridge to Dukinfield Junction), Ashton Canal (Dukinfield Junction to Manchester), Rochdale Canal (Sowerby Bridge to Ducie Street Junction), Trent & Mersey Canal (Hardings Wood Junction to Preston Brook including Hall Green Branch).

DETAILS - Scale 2" to 1 mile. Size 160mm x 210mm approx. Soft back, spiral bound. Back cover folds round as page marker. 208 pages. (2009)

Price: £12.00

Nich - Inland Waterways Map of the Norfolk Broads Ref: 1675
CONTENT - Single sided map showing the waterways, enlarged map of Norwich, diagram of South Breydon Water and Breydon Bridge. Journey times between specific points. Where to hire bicycles and boats, boat trips and sailing schools, places to visit, navigational notes and major roads shown.

DETAILS - Scale 1¼" to 1 mile approx on the main map. Size 5½" x 9½" folded, 55" x 37" when opened out. 2007 edition.

Price: £4.00