Published by The Lancaster Canal Trust

Fouth, revised edition Including the Ribble Link, this book will take you from the lively town of Preston, through peaceful scenery to the historic City of Lancaster, past the end of the navigable section at Tewitfield. On via towpath and footpath along the beautiful Northern Reaches to Kendal and the canal's original terminus.

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By Janet Rigby

Janet Rigby was born in Preston and married into a family with a long history of working on the Lancaster Canal. The result of extensive research, Janet has used archived reports, newspapers, tapes, films and interviews. This book is about the people of the canal and their education, housing, horse-keeping, life on board, cargoes, working practices and accidents.

By Robert Philpotts

A book full of facts and figures presented in such a way as to make reading easy. It manages to give the reader a feel of the time and encourages you to read on using its colouful narrative.

By Robert Swain

This book does not claim to be a complete history of the canal. There are many gaps in its story as things which were looked upon as commonplace at the time and went unrecorded would now be of real historical interest. Never the less, this book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in the history of the cut.