Pearson’s Canal Companion: Leeds & Liverpool – West Yorkshire Waterways (2022) (Canal Companions)

Canals turn Tourists into Pilgrims! At three miles an hour – a foot or afloat – there’s time to savour the landscape in ways that most ‘hundred mile an hour’ lifestyles won’t allow. Not without irony 18th & 19th century trade routes are now a powerful source of rest and relaxation for millions from all walks of life. Pearson’s Canal Companions have been guiding people to a greater understanding of the inland waterways network for thirty-five years. They are the equivalent of a programme at a concert, theatre production or sporting event: a source of inspiration, interpretation and souvenir all wrapped up within one traditionally sign-written cover. This companion, updated in 2022, recaptures the north for Pearson’s, exploring the Calder & Hebble, Aire & Calder and Leeds & Liverpool. Featuring for the first time the deservedly popular ‘Liverpool Link’, and the river Aire and Selby canal. Over 200 miles of characterful inland waterways expertly interpreted to inspire discovery, on foot, afloat or by bicycle. Key places featured include Sowerby Bridge, Wakefield, Castleford, Selby, Goole, Leeds, Bingley, Skipton, Burnley, Blackburn, Wigan, Leigh, Burscough and Liverpool. The Canal Companions have been chugging along ‘the cut’ for over thirty years; conveying facts and figures, insight and entertainment, wit and wisdom: from Brentford to Burscough, from Shardlow to Sharpness, from Tipton to Todmorden. All manner of folk have been encouraged to explore the inland waterways using these guides, which have become as much a part of tradition as their subject matter. – ASIN: 0992849217 | ISBN13: 9780992849214 | ISBN-13: 978-0992849214