{"id":29049,"date":"2023-07-27T10:00:36","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T08:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/?post_type=purple_issue&#038;p=29049"},"modified":"2023-07-27T10:28:09","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T08:28:09","slug":"countryfiles-best-walks-canalside-strolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/2023\/07\/27\/countryfiles-best-walks-canalside-strolls\/","title":{"rendered":"Countryfile&#8217;s Best Walks: Canalside strolls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Once thriving with industrial activity, canals now offer calm havens for people and wildlife alike. Step into serenity on these waterside days out<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"no-tts aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/07\/EA9GJH_preview-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-29408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/07\/EA9GJH_preview-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/07\/EA9GJH_preview-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/07\/EA9GJH_preview-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/07\/EA9GJH_preview-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/07\/EA9GJH_preview-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>A canal boat chugs into the Falkirk Wheel from the Union Canal, ready to sail into the sky on the world\u2019s only rotating boat lift (walk 10)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif dropcap\">There are thought to be some 5,000 miles of navigable canals and rivers in Britain, 2,700 miles of which are connected to form a vast waterways network. In England and Wales alone, this liquid labyrinth is supported by 1,582 locks, 55 tunnels, 2,949 bridges and 280 aqueducts. Once thronging with industrial activity, these structures are now a sanctuary for many wild things; water voles build burrows in the banks and kingfishers hunt for minnows. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">This union of heritage and wildlife makes canals serene places to walk beside in the summer. Here, we reveal 10 of our favourite routes, from a dizzying crossing of Wrexham\u2019s Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and a tour of the Falkirk Wheel in Stirlingshire to an amble along a section of the mighty Grand Union Canal in Hertfordshire. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"sans-serif article-byline\"><strong>Danny Graham, <\/strong>outdoors editor<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"no-tts aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/07\/Countryside-best-canal-walks-map.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-29410\" width=\"530\" height=\"674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/07\/Countryside-best-canal-walks-map.jpg 707w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/07\/Countryside-best-canal-walks-map-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead\"><strong>HOW TO USE OS MAPS ON YOUR DEVICE <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center article-full-body sans-serif\"><strong><strong>OS Maps gives unlimited access to OS maps throughout Great Britain. <\/strong><\/strong><br><strong>Discover <\/strong>hundreds of thousands of ready-made routes at your fingertips. <br><strong>No signal? <\/strong>No problem. Download maps and routes and use them wherever you go. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center article-full-body sans-serif\"><strong>Get access <\/strong>to the whole of Britain for only \u00a328.99 for a year\u2019s subscription.<br><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"footer\">OS map images: \u00a9 Crown copyright Ordnance Survey Photo: Alamy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Step into serenity on these waterside days 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