Welsh Waters: Shropshire Union, Llangollen, Brecon and Montgomery Canals (Pearson) 2022 edition

This extended 11th edition of Michael Pearson’s Welsh Waters Canal Companion focusses on the Llangollen, Montgomery and Monmouthshire & Brecon canals in Wales, and the Shropshire Union Canal in England. Over 200 miles of Welsh waters expertly interpreted to inspire you, on foot, afloat or by bicycle.

40 years and counting! That’s how long Pearson’s Canal Companion guidebooks have been catering for all kinds of inland waterway lovers: informing, inspiring and, yes, sometimes even cajoling, so that you derive the most satisfaction and enjoyment from your journeys.

Moreover, the clue is in the suffix, for these are above all friendly guidebooks, sketching the lie of land before you go, expertly interpreting it while you’re there, and providing a lasting souvenir upon your return; deposits in the memory bank guaranteed to garner a handsome return down the years.

Painstakingly researched, insightfully presented, and thoroughly up to date, Pearson’s are the ‘go to’ guides preferred by the cognoscenti!

Thoroughly revised, with all new photographs, this latest edition of a guide first published in nineteen-eighty-two has been increased in size from 112 pages to 160 pages and features a square backed spine with sewn sections for added durability.

Featuring the popular Llangollen Canal, this guide also includes coverage of the Shropshire Union Canal (including the Middlewich Branch and connecting link with ‘world famous’ Anderton Boat Lift; the Montgomery Canal (subject of a rolling restoration programme); and the picturesque Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal in South Wales.