ask pupils to find Worcester on a map of the UK. They could go on to look at online maps of the Worcester area. Can they spot the canal that William Whiskerson travelled along? Ask: "What are the ...

The canal basin where he went into the water is well-known in Walsall for such events. The building was constructed in 1895 and is located at the head of the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal.

As global attention focuses on climate change at the UK’s COP26 conference in November, the Canal & River Trust is highlighting how the nation’s 200-year-old canals offer huge ‘blue’ opportunities to ...

Afterwards, take a boat trip through the 3,100-foot Dudley Tunnel, the second largest navigable canal tunnel in the UK, exploring its unique limestone caverns, underwater locks and handcrafted ...

Liz McIvor looks at who built the nation's canal network, who funded it, those who worked on it and how they were regenerated following WWII. Britain's relationship with the canals of the ...