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Now
in its fifth edition, Dr. Essex-Lopresti has fully updated and revised
the definitive text on Nash’s well known London waterway.
The Regent’s Canal was originally constructed in 1812 and still provides
both transport and pleasure for Londoners and visitors today, some 175
years later.
Dr. Essex-Lopresti’s book serves both as a history and as a detailed
guide, and is a companion volume to his “Exploring The New River”,
also published by Brewin Books.
The author has owned a canal boat since 1972 and while cruising with his
wife, they have taken the opportunity of exploring the countryside and
visiting places of interest alongside the waterway.
The history of inland waterways in Britain is an absorbing study and when
asked by the Inland Waterway Association in 1976 to institute guided walks
along the Regent’s Canal in London, he happily undertook the necessary
research and the monthly walks continue after over thirty years. |
