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Canal revolution

A Guardian Cities series looking at what our changing waterways reveal about modern British cities

29 August 2019

  • Houseboat owners may own their boats but not the moorings, and therefore have no security of tenure.

    'No real security': why don't houseboat residents get rights like other tenants?

    More people in the UK are opting to live on houseboats than ever before, but without the same protections as house renters – leaving them vulnerable

30 July 2019

  • Word on the Water, the London Bookbarge, is a floating bookshop moored on Regent’s canal at King’s Cross

    Roaming cafes and pirate boats: readers' favourite floating traders

    We asked you to recommend canalboat shops, and you did not disappoint

29 July 2019

  • A heron prepares to strike

    Hungry herons and the great otter comeback: the wildlife of canals

  • Paddington Basin on Regent’s Canal

    Pushing the boater out: London's property crisis spreads to the water

28 July 2019

  • This illustration also features on the cover of our canal revolution print supplement, produced as part of this Sunday’s Observer newspaper.

    The short story of a long paddle on the Leeds and Liverpool canal – a poem

    The illustrated city: This week we combine poetry and illustration to explore the story of Britain’s waterways
  • Hawkeye in his boat moored in Ware, Hertfordshire.

    Canalboat owners on life afloat: 'It forces you to be green'

    Seasoned boaters give their insights into daily life on the water, ‘towpath chic’ and gongoozlers
  • Anna Chancellor stars in the Boddingtons TV ad from 1993.

    'By 'eck it's gorgeous': how a 1993 beer advert changed Manchester

    Twenty five years ago, Manchester passed as Venice in a classic ad for Boddingtons beer – and the canals were never the same again

27 July 2019

  • Help keep the canal atmosphere calm by being a good neighbour

    Toilet chat and double-mooring: a guide to canal etiquette

  • Cyclists and pedestrians share the path by Regent’s Canal in London

    On roads, cyclists are vulnerable – but on towpaths they're the menace

    Mark Townsend

26 July 2019

  • A grey heron hunting at Kennet and Avon canal in Bath, Somerset

    Don't stare too long: why our feral, polluted canals are so beguiling

  • Officers from the north-west police underwater search and marine unit take Ian Wylie through a search exercise on Rochdale canal

    Bring up the bodies: on the beat with Manchester's underwater police

25 July 2019

  • Rochdale canal, Manchester

    The dramatic transformation of Britain's canals – photographs then and now

  • A modern mania for canal developments is reshaping cities by offering oases of calm in fast-moving town centres.

    The canal revolution: how waterways reveal the truth about modern Britain

20 July 2019

  • Canal narrowboat selling cheese, moored on the Grand Union Canal.

    Tell us about your favourite canal boat shop

    There are more licensed boats using Britain’s canals than at the height of the industrial revolution – and barge-based businesses are booming too. Tell us which canal shops float your boat
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