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Type of British canal boat
A narrowboat is a particular type of barge, built to fit the narrow locks of the United Kingdom. The UK's canal system provided a nationwide transport
Narrowboat
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Historic narrowboat Stour at the Black Country Living Museum
Stour_(narrowboat)
Canal boat in the style of a British narrowboat with a wider beam
A widebeam is a canal boat built in the style of a British narrowboat but with a beam of 2.16 metres (7 ft 1 in) or greater. The Canal and River Trust
Widebeam
British canal boat
Historic narrowboat Birchills at the Black Country Living Museum
Birchills_(narrowboat)
Particular steam-powered narrowboat
President is a historic, steam-powered narrowboat, built in 1909 by Fellows Morton & Clayton (FMC) at their dock at Saltley, Birmingham, England. It is
President_(narrowboat)
Flat-bottomed watercraft for transport of bulk goods
development of the widebeam canal boat. The narrowboat (one word) definition in the Oxford English Dictionary is: Narrowboat: a British canal boat of traditional
Barge
2019 British TV series or programme
inland waterways of England and Wales along its canal network on his narrowboat The Naughty Lass, whilst giving an honest look into the highs and lows
Canal_Boat_Diaries
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Design element of ships and automobiles
one of the key design choices when specifying a narrowboat, because the widest part of a narrowboat is rarely more than 7 feet across, so even a modest
Tumblehome
Narrowboat in the West Country Living Museum, England
Historic narrowboat Bessie at the Black Country Living Museum
Bessie_(narrowboat)
Different types of boats used the canals: the most common was the traditional narrowboat. At the outset the boats were towed by horses, but later they were driven
History of the British canal system
History_of_the_British_canal_system
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North_Star_(narrowboat)
Topics referred to by the same term
gauge railways Narrow vs wide format, a style of displaying tabular data Narrowboat or narrow boat, a boat of a distinctive design made to fit the narrow
Narrow
Author
These books, which humorously (and frequently poetically) describe his narrowboat travels with his wife Monica and pet whippet Jim, have sold over a million
Terry_Darlington
Canal boat of the United Kingdom
Historic Ships UK. Retrieved 26 June 2021. "Friends of President, steam narrowboat". Black Country Living Museum. Black Country Living Museum. Archived from
Kildare_(narrowboat)
British children's television show
until 23 July 2004. Rosie and Jim are two rag dolls who live aboard a narrowboat called the Ragdoll. There, they sit with a concertina on their lap and
Rosie_and_Jim
Dock with moorings and facilities for yachts and small boats
that is used exclusively by non-industrial pleasure craft such as canal narrowboats. Marinas may be located along the banks of rivers connecting to lakes
Marina
Canal boat pulled by a horse on a towpath
Shropshire on the Montgomery Canal. Maria is Britain's oldest surviving wooden narrowboat, built in 1854 by Jinks Boatyard in Marple, and was never converted to
Horse-drawn_boat
Type of Motorboat which has a cabin for the captain and passengers
found on the navigable rivers rather than canals.[citation needed] Boat Narrowboat Motor launch Launch "Cabin Cruiser". mBoat.eu. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
Cabin_cruiser
Network of inland waterways
South Yorkshire) in 1905. As competition intensified, horse-drawn single narrowboats were replaced by steam and later diesel powered boats towing an unpowered
Canals_of_the_United_Kingdom
Topics referred to by the same term
American river excursion steamboat President (narrowboat), a preserved English, steam-powered narrowboat HMS President, the name of several British ships
President
British narrowboat built in 1915
Peacock is a British narrowboat. She was built as a flyboat for Fellows Morton & Clayton (FMC) at Saltley, Birmingham in 1915, as fleet number 102. FMC
Peacock_(narrowboat)
English touring theatre company
believes itself to be the only theatre company in the world which tours by narrowboat. The company had its origins in an Edinburgh Fringe show in 1963. The
Mikron_Theatre_Company
boat Missile boat Monitor Motorboat Motor Launch (naval) Top of page Narrowboat Naval ship Nordland Norfolk wherry Top of page Oiler (ship) Optimist Outrigger
List_of_boat_types
Canal in England
single narrowboat 7 feet (2.1 m) wide by 72 feet (22 m) long, while the wide locks can accommodate boats 14 feet (4.3 m) wide, or two narrowboats next to
Trent_and_Mersey_Canal
Boatbuilder in Poynton, Cheshire, England
Braidbar Boats are a narrowboat building company based at Lord Vernon’s Wharf on the Macclesfield Canal at Poynton, Cheshire. In 1983 Braidbar Boats was
Braidbar_Boats
Top edge of the hull of a ship or boat
reinforced with wood, plastic or aluminum, to carry the thwarts. On a narrowboat or canal boat, the gunwale is synonymous with the side deck[citation needed]—a
Gunwale
Marina in Hertfordshire, England
also referred to as Apsley Lock Marina, is a basin used for mooring narrowboats on the east side of the Grand Union Canal at Apsley, Hertfordshire, England
Apsley_Marina
(usually in the United Kingdom), used for turning a canal boat such as a narrowboat. In sea ports an area for turning ships is usually called a turning basin
Winding_hole
Topics referred to by the same term
Canal Boat may refer to: Barge, a flat-bottomed craft for carrying cargo Narrowboat, a specialized craft for operation on the narrow canals of England, Scotland
Canal_boat
Small watercraft
Dinghy Dory Flatboat Halkett boat Inflatable boat Launch (boat) Log canoe Narrowboat Naval architecture Panga (boat) Pirogue Poveiro Rescue craft Sampan Ship's
Boat
2016 black comedy film
London and tells the story of the disappearance of a young couple on a narrowboat. Zac (Will Sharpe) is a lonely, highly strung city trader on the edge
The_Darkest_Universe
Topics referred to by the same term
Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Butty may refer to: Butty boat, a type of narrowboat Julius Butty, Canadian record producer Butty, diminutive of Butt The Butties
Butty
Waterway in Wales
northeast Wales. The 19-arched stone and cast iron structure is for use by narrowboats and was completed in 1805 having taken ten years to design and build
Pontcysyllte_Aqueduct
Canal in England
The Oxford Canal is a 78-mile (126 km) narrowboat canal in southern central England linking the City of Oxford with the Coventry Canal at Hawkesbury (just
Oxford_Canal
English musician (born 1954)
last four series of Rosie and Jim. Brewer played the role of a musical narrowboat owner, who while floating along the rivers and canals, would make up songs
Neil_Brewer
Canal in England
'broad' canal – that is, its locks were wide enough to accommodate two narrowboats abreast (side by side) or a single wide barge up to 14 feet (4.3 m) in
Grand_Union_Canal
Boat used as a home
provides a large grey area about what a houseboat is, because owners of a narrowboat, or other inhabitable vessels (see list of the types of canal craft in
Houseboat
Tunnels between Marsden and Diggle in northern England
of bare rock were left exposed. The tunnel is only wide enough for one narrowboat for much of its length and, to save on cost, a towpath was not provided
Standedge_Tunnels
1984 British TV series
for divorce. His son Steve has gone missing. Returning to his beloved narrowboat, Harmony, Lomax embarks on a long search for his son - and for the man
Travelling_Man_(TV_series)
Topics referred to by the same term
training aircraft Mazda MX-5 (NB), the second generation of the Mazda MX-5 Narrowboat ship prefix National Battlefield, a protected area in the United States
NB
City in Occitania, France
the Mediterranean coast of France aboard their 60 foot (18.3 meters) narrowboat. Théophile Barrau, French sculptor, b. 1848 Gilbert Benausse, French rugby
Carcassonne
British sports shooter (born 1937)
Queensland, Australia. Since retiring, Dagger has become a narrowboat owner and is active in the narrowboat communities, the boat is called Shooters Delight.[citation
Barry_Dagger
Unit of length equal to 660 feet or about 201 metres
miles and furlongs. Also distances along English canals navigated by narrowboats are commonly expressed in miles and furlongs. The city of Chicago's street
Furlong
Preserved county of Wales
Narrowboat crossing the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
Clwyd
Canal boat powered by hybrid hydrogen engine
The canal boat Ross Barlow is a hybrid hydrogen narrowboat, power-assisted by an electric motor whose electricity is supplied by a fuel cell or a battery
Ross_Barlow
Boat show in Northamptonshire, England
narrowboat contrasting a fairly traditional exterior with a bright modern interior. 2013 Navigations Narrowboats Emily: a 58 ft tug-style narrowboat with
Crick_Boat_Show
2024 animated film by Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham
Gromit manage to free themselves as they pursue Feathers down a canal on narrowboats while Mackintosh and Mukherjee, who expresses doubts about Wallace's
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Wallace_&_Gromit:_Vengeance_Most_Fowl
Creator of prominent visual messages
Canal narrowboat in England being signwritten
Signwriter
River in Staffordshire, England
Churnet (Staffordshire) A narrowboat has just locked down into the Churnet river at Oak Meadow Ford lock Location Country England Region Staffordshire
River_Churnet
City in Lancashire, England
Canal to the River Ribble. Featuring a series of locks, the Link allows narrowboats and other small watercraft to transit between the two waterways.[citation
Preston,_Lancashire
barges, Barges Dutch barges Cabin cruisers Canoes and kayaks Mersey flat Narrowboats Stand-up paddleboard Open powered boats Rowing boats Sail boats Widebeams
List of the types of canal craft in the United Kingdom
List_of_the_types_of_canal_craft_in_the_United_Kingdom
Three Mills Residential Moorings is a community of twenty residential narrowboats moored on the Three Mills Wall River Weir near Three Mills in Mill Meads
Three Mills Residential Moorings
Three_Mills_Residential_Moorings
Flat-bottomed shoal-draught sailing barge
and wave conditions for vessels in each class: Canal mooring Lighter Narrowboat – a British canal boat able to enter a 7-foot wide (2.13 m) narrow lock
Dutch_barge
killed by someone involved in the drug trade. Royce camps in an unoccupied narrowboat and tracks down Ryan cycling alone on his way home from school. Royce
List_of_Happy_Valley_episodes
Network of the English canal system
navigable, and the majority of traffic is from tourist and residential narrowboats. The earliest mention of the Birmingham Canal Navigation appears in Aris's
Birmingham_Canal_Navigations
2014–2021 British television series
television series in which a pair of presenters take canal barge and narrowboat trips in the United Kingdom, Europe, India and Egypt. The series was originally
Great_Canal_Journeys
Canal in England
had fallen into a long decline. Just before 5am on 2 October 1874 the narrowboat barge Tilbury which was loaded with sugar, nuts, three barrels of petroleum
Regent's_Canal
River Avon. The company has four boats: the river launch Tower Belle, narrowboat Redshank, glass-topped Bagheera and locally built Flower of Bristol. The
Bristol_Packet_Boat_Trips
Fictional county of the United Kingdom
introducing and concluding the character and the other (Chigley) featuring a narrowboat, a crane, a beam engine a steam train and a factory whistle concluded
Trumptonshire
English novelist
(2009) Soldier Girl (2010) All the Days of our Lives (2011) Narrowboat Girl Series The Narrowboat Girl (2001) Water Gypsies (2004) Other Works A Wartime Secret
Annie_Murray_(writer)
Low aspect ratio rudder with endplates
A CAD model of a Schilling rudder to be fitted to a canal narrowboat, some compromise to the shape has been made to reduce the likelihood of it catching
Schilling_rudder
Structure for securing floating vessels
beach so that it can be accessed at all tides. A mooring used to secure a narrowboat (capable of traversing narrow UK canals and narrow locks) overnight, during
Mooring
Diesel-hydraulic railway locomotive used in Great Britain
October 1971 Scrapped 13 October 1972 at Swindon Name plates now on a narrowboat D816 Eclipse 17 February 1960 1 January 1972 Scrapped 22 September 1972
British_Rail_Class_42
Town in Warwickshire, England
river cruises. The Stratford-upon-Avon Canal is busy with colourful narrowboats passing through or mooring up in the canal basin. There are often jugglers
Stratford-upon-Avon
English actress (born 1935)
Go Barging, exploring canals around Staffordshire and Warwickshire by narrowboat. In September 2025, Barrie published her second autobiography, I'm Still
Amanda_Barrie
European light vessel of Dutch origin
miles per hour in the modern, leisure-dominated era. A fly-boat is also a narrowboat which works all day and all night (24/7) on the English canal system without
Flyboat
Recreational canal watcher in the UK
Boat, in 1944. A gawn is also a small ship of lading, such as a working-narrowboat. The term gongoozler may also be used in any circumstance in which people
Gongoozler
2026 film by Tom Harper
as was previously agreed. Tommy plans to have the Blinders travel by narrowboat to Liverpool to confront Beckett's Nazi mercenaries, while he travels
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
Peaky_Blinders:_The_Immortal_Man
1988 British TV series or programme
Aunty Betty to get rid of her. At the very end of Episode Six, Sarah's narrowboat explodes after Tom forgets to replace a faulty gas pipe on it. Sarah,
The_River_(British_TV_series)
Art style associated with British canals
Roses and Castles is a style of art used to decorate narrowboats and their fittings. As well as depicting roses and/or castles, the designs often include
Roses_and_Castles
waterway skills Researching history of boats and waterways Preservation of narrowboats Community involvement The trust's objects were to advance the public
Chester_Canal_Heritage_Trust
River in southern England
The confluence of the Rivers Thames and Brent. The narrowboat is heading up the River Brent. From this point as far as Hanwell the Brent has been canalised
River_Thames
Canal in London
countryside within a mile of many Londoners who could afford the hire of a narrowboat. The Paddington Arm retains a present tourist function. These facilities
Paddington_Arm
Dutch sail- and horse-drawn boat
licensed line shipping in the Netherlands in the same era Dutch barge Narrowboat – similar type of boat used in the British Isles Advertisements in the
Trekschuit
District of London, England
small creative work units. This stretch has an old double-fronted pub The Narrowboat, one side accessed from the towpath. The canal was constructed in 1820
Islington
Device that transmits rotational power into linear thrust on a fluid
cables, nets and plastics. British narrowboats invariably have a weed hatch over the propeller, and once the narrowboat is stationary, the hatch may be opened
Propeller
Canal tunnel in Wales
complete towpath inside. The tunnel is designed for a single standard narrowboat, so passing is not possible. The tunnel is straight enough to be able
Chirk_Tunnel
British sitcom
performances. For Mark's stag do, he and Jeremy spend a weekend on a narrowboat on the Shropshire Union Canal, where they meet two sisters in a pub. After
Peep_Show_(British_TV_series)
Canal ring in North West England
boats approximately one week to complete the circuit, it is suited to narrowboat holidays that start at and return to the same location. The route has
Cheshire_Ring
Not having a fixed geographical location as a residence
Travellers); as well as individuals who adopt a mobile lifestyle, living in narrowboats, recreational vehicles or the like. People with multiple residences who
No_fixed_abode
Canal tunnel in the West Midlands, England
working of narrowboats; and is brick lined throughout. It has towpaths running through it, one on each side, which enabled horse-drawn narrowboats to be pulled
Netherton_Tunnel_Branch_Canal
Bridge with arch-shaped supports
in Wales, with a narrowboat crossing The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct over the River Dee viewed from the Vale of Llangollen, with a narrowboat crossing The Almond
Arch_bridge
Artificial channel for water
and Juliana Canal. Smaller transportation canals can carry barges or narrowboats, while ship canals allow seagoing ships to travel to an inland port (e
Canal
Farthest navigable point up a waterway
Thames that generally restricts navigation to smaller vessels such as narrowboats and cabin cruisers, and the long reach above St John's Lock, the first
Head_of_navigation
Waterway alongside or at the end of a canal
canal basins are more usually used to moor residential and recreational narrowboats. A canal basin at Williamsport, MD on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Cushwa
Canal_basin
Town in the West Midlands, England
1 Canal. This places Stourbridge on the Stourport Ring, navigable by narrowboat and popular with holidaymakers. There is one college in Stourbridge. King
Stourbridge
Canal in Derbyshire, England
other forms of transport was making itself felt and the last commercial narrowboat delivered its cargo in 1952. The British Transport Commission closed the
Erewash_Canal
Town in West Midlands, England
five locks at Knowle added in the 1930s which are wide enough to allow narrowboats to navigate together, side by side. The Stratford-upon-Avon Canal passes
Solihull
British television series
are detecting, and the pair want to stop them. Kate visits Toni on her narrowboat and tells her that she is thinking of moving out of Lance's home, and
Detectorists
Area of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England
fast food outlets. It is known locally as Aspley Wharf. There is a small narrowboat marina adjacent to the Huddersfield Broad Canal and the Huddersfield Narrow
Aspley,_Huddersfield
Place in West Midlands, England
which had been built narrow so the locks could accommodate only a single narrowboat. The section between Napton and Camp Hill Top Lock was rebuilt to take
Camp_Hill,_Birmingham
Town in West Yorkshire, England
Ramsden Canal, and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal are both navigable by narrowboat; the broad canal by wider craft, wind around the south side of town. To
Huddersfield
Navigable aqueduct in Greater Manchester, England
vessels using the ship canal to pass through and smaller craft, both narrowboats and broad-beam barges, to cross over the top. The aqueduct, the first
Barton_Swing_Aqueduct
Museum in Northamptonshire, England
Canal and River Trust. Retrieved 12 October 2024. "All change—again". Narrowboat World. 14 April 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2015. The waterways museums at
The_Canal_Museum
Village and civil parish in Worcestershire, England
platform were completed and officially opened. The village is accessible by narrowboat along a rural canal. Alvechurch Marina is on the Worcester and Birmingham
Alvechurch
County in England
areas in Shropshire, along with the restored canal-network which provides narrowboat holidays on the Shropshire Union Canal and other canals in the region
Shropshire
1977 novel by Jilly Cooper
series. Octavia is an upper-class, spoilt woman, who meets Gareth on a narrowboat holiday. Initially they do not see eye-to-eye, but ultimately fall in
Octavia_(novel)
GlasgowLive plural of gracht Marktordening in Amsterdam (in Dutch; archived) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tour boats. Narrowboat List of boat types
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