The Grantham Canal offers a peaceful setting for coarse fishing, with towpath access, quiet rural pounds, reed-fringed banks, and a changing landscape between…
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Fishing for coarse fish on the Grantham Canal: a beginner’s guide
First-time boating tips for the Grantham Canal
The Grantham Canal offers a very different experience from a busy, broad commercial waterway. Its route winds through quiet Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire…
The Grantham Canal and the Grantham to Nottingham Railway
The Grantham Canal and the railway between Grantham and Nottingham tell two connected stories about movement, industry, and landscape in the East Midlands.…
Canal art and decorating your narrowboat on the Grantham Canal
A narrowboat moving slowly along the Grantham Canal becomes part of the landscape. Its painted panels, brass fittings, colourful chimney, and carefully chosen…
Navigating The Grantham Canal At Night: Safety And Scenery
The Grantham Canal changes character after sunset. Daytime traffic, distant roads, and familiar towpath landmarks fade into a quieter setting of dark water,…
Circular Walks Along the Grantham Canal and Countryside
The Grantham Canal offers an unusually varied setting for a day on foot. Its towpath passes quiet villages, working farmland, wooded cuttings, restored locks,…
Flora of the Grantham Canal hedgerows: a field guide
The hedgerows beside the Grantham Canal form a living boundary between water, towpath, pasture, arable fields, gardens, and scattered woodland. Their plants…
The Grantham Canal and Lincolnshire’s Industrial Transformation
The Grantham Canal is a 33-mile waterway linking Grantham in Lincolnshire with the River Trent at West Bridgford. Built during the closing years of the…
Wildlife Encounters Along The Grantham Canal
The Grantham Canal crosses a changing landscape of pasture, hedgerows, villages, woodland edges, wetlands, and open farmland. Its towpath offers a gentle route…
Volunteering on the Grantham Canal
The Grantham Canal is a waterway with a strong sense of place. It runs for around 33 miles between the River Trent near Nottingham and Grantham, passing…