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Find out about the history, geography, the boating facilities and boating holiday opportunities on the Oxford canal, the Kennet and Avon, Leeds and Liverpool, Regents Canal. There are 100 miles of lovely miles of canal countryside Trent and Mersey etc.</font></strong></p>   <p class="general"><strong><font color="#337AB7">Originally made to transport of heavy or fragile goods, the canals now have a new life as a leisure opportunity for dedicated canal boaters, fisherman, walkers, birders, cyclists, gongozolers etc.</font></strong></p> </div> <p></p> <div align="center">  <br />    <table border="1" width="80%"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="25%"> <h2><strong><font color="#337AB7"><u>Central England</u></font></strong></h2> <p><strong><font color="#337AB7"><a class="canal" href="https://www.canalguide.co.uk/pagerequests/click.php?id=53" itemprop="url">Birmingham & Fazeley Canal</a><br /> <a class="canal" href="https://www.canalguide.co.uk/pagerequests/click.php?id=52" itemprop="url">Coventry Canal</a><br /> <a class="canal" href="https://www.canalguide.co.uk/pagerequests/click.php?id=51" itemprop="url">Grand Union Canal From Napton To Birmingham</a><br /> <a class="canal" href="https://www.canalguide.co.uk/pagerequests/click.php?id=50" itemprop="url">Grand Union Canal From Norton To<br /> Leicester & River Soar</a><br /> <a class="canal" href="https://www.canalguide.co.uk/pagerequests/click.php?id=49" itemprop="url">Oxford Canal North</a> <br /> <a class="canal" href="https://www.canalguide.co.uk/pagerequests/click.php?id=48" itemprop="url">Staffordshire & Worcester Canal</a><br /> <a class="canal" href="https://www.canalguide.co.uk/pagerequests/click.php?id=47" itemprop="url">Stourbridge & Dudley Canals</a><br /> <a class="canal" href="https://www.canalguide.co.uk/pagerequests/click.php?id=46" itemprop="url">Stratford on Avon Canal</a><br /> <a class="canal" href="https://www.canalguide.co.uk/pagerequests/click.php?id=45" itemprop="url">Worcester & Birmingham Canal</a></font></strong></p> </td> <td width="25%"> <h2><strong><font color="#337AB7"><u>North West & The Pennines</u></font></strong></h2> <p><strong><font color="#337AB7"><a class="canal" href="https://www.canalguide.co.uk/pagerequests/click.php?id=44" itemprop="url">Bridgewater Canal</a><br /> <a class="canal" href="https://www.canalguide.co.uk/pagerequests/click.php?id=43" itemprop="url">Calder & Hebble Canal</a><br /> <a class="canal" href="https://www.canalguide.co.uk/pagerequests/click.php?id=42" itemprop="url">Huddersfield Narrow Canal</a><br />  <a class="canal" href="https://www.canalguide.co.uk/pagerequests/click.php?id=41" itemprop="url">Lancaster Canal</a><br /> <a class="canal" href="https://www.canalguide.co.uk/pagerequests/click.php?id=40" itemprop="url">Leeds & Liverpool Canal</a><br /> <a class="canal" href="https://www.canalguide.co.uk/pagerequests/click.php?id=39" itemprop="url">Macclesfield Canal</a><br /> <a class="canal" href="https://www.canalguide.co.uk/pagerequests/click.php?id=38" itemprop="url">Peak Forest & Ashton Canal</a><br /> <a class="canal" href="https://www.canalguide.co.uk/pagerequests/click.php?id=37" itemprop="url">Rochdale Canal</a><br /> <a class="canal" href="https://www.canalguide.co.uk/pagerequests/click.php?id=36" itemprop="url">Shropshire Union Canal</a><br /> <a class="canal" href="https://www.canalguide.co.uk/pagerequests/click.php?id=35" itemprop="url">Trent & Mersey Canal</a> </font></strong></p> </td> <td width="25%"> <h2><strong><font color="#337AB7"><u>Southern England</u></font></strong></h2> <p><strong><font color="#337AB7"><a class="canal" href="https://www.canalguide.co.uk/pagerequests/click.php?id=34" itemprop="url">Chelmer Canal</a><br /> <a class="canal" href="https://www.canalguide.co.uk/pagerequests/click.php?id=33" itemprop="url">Basingstoke Canal</a><br /> <a class="canal" href="https://www.canalguide.co.uk/pagerequests/click.php?id=32" itemprop="url">Grand Union Canal Brentford To Braunston</a><br /> <a class="canal" href="https://www.canalguide.co.uk/pagerequests/click.php?id=31" itemprop="url">Grand Union Canal Paddington Arm</a><br /> <a class="canal" href="https://www.canalguide.co.uk/pagerequests/click.php?id=30" itemprop="url">Kennet & Avon Canal</a><br /> <a class="canal" href="https://www.canalguide.co.uk/pagerequests/click.php?id=29" itemprop="url">Lee & Stort Canal</a><br /> <a class="canal" href="https://www.canalguide.co.uk/pagerequests/click.php?id=28" itemprop="url">Oxford Canal South</a><br /> <a class="canal" href="https://www.canalguide.co.uk/pagerequests/click.php?id=27" itemprop="url">Regents Canal</a><br /> <a class="canal" href="https://www.canalguide.co.uk/pagerequests/click.php?id=26" itemprop="url">Wey Navigation Canal</a></font></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <h2><strong><font color="#337AB7"><u>Canals in Scotland</u></font></strong></h2> <p><strong><font color="#337AB7"><a class="canal" href="https://www.canalguide.co.uk/pagerequests/click.php?id=25" itemprop="url">Caledonian Canal</a><br /> <a class="canal" href="https://www.canalguide.co.uk/pagerequests/click.php?id=24" itemprop="url">Crinan Canal</a><br /> <a class="canal" href="https://www.canalguide.co.uk/pagerequests/click.php?id=23" itemprop="url">Forth & Clyde Canal</a><br /> <a class="canal" href="https://www.canalguide.co.uk/pagerequests/click.php?id=22" itemprop="url">Union Canal from Falkirk to Edinburgh</a><br /> <a class="canal" href="https://www.canalguide.co.uk/pagerequests/click.php?id=21" itemprop="url">Feature for Falkirk Wheel</a></font></strong></p> <h2><strong><font color="#337AB7"><u>Canals in Wales</u></font></strong></h2> <p><strong><font color="#337AB7"><a class="canal" href="https://www.canalguide.co.uk/pagerequests/click.php?id=20" itemprop="url">Llangollen Canal</a></font></strong></p> <p><strong><font color="#337AB7"><a class="canal" href="https://www.canalguide.co.uk/canals/monmouthshireandbreconcanal.html" itemprop="url">The Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal</a></font></strong></p>  <p></p> <br /> <strong><font color="#337AB7"> </font></strong> <table border="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong><font 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