Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Waterways

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Welcome to the Waterways of the United Kingdom WikiProject.

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Scope
  • The project covers all articles about canals, navigable rivers and related features (locks, reservoirs, bridges, aqueducts, boats, people, etc.) located in the United Kingdom.
  • To add coordinates and microformats as appropriate

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Waterway stub icon  This United Kingdom canal-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This location-related article lacks geographic coordinates. You can help by adding them. Please don't be overly precise.

This article about a linear feature lacks geographic coordinates. You can help by adding them, for each end, and perhaps the middle and any other significant points. Please don't be overly precise.

for articles with multiple sets of coordinates; allows users to export them as KML files or see them on Google maps. (other services to be added).

to mark an article which may have speculative or changeable information about restoration. This may not be appropriate for canals where the proposed changes may be very long term or to a minority of the canal.

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[edit] Canals + places

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[edit] Articles in need of attention

[edit] Miscellaneous Improvements needed

  • "GWR took over K&A", and "GWR owned 213 miles of canal". (Entire coverage in article!)
  • doesn't properly mention canals, despite them closing many of them! (Doesn't actually cover railways that well, either!!!)
  • an unreference article, but I have put a hint of what happened to the canals in it and it is linked to British Waterways Board.
  • Charles Hadfield - needs Bibliography
  • Trent and Mersey Canal]] - copy edit; remove bulletted lists
  • Manchester Dock - Badly needs expanding, especially bearing in mind it has recently been unearthed.
  • Westport Canal little sub about a Somerset canal but I'm having problems finding any info about it.
  • Fens Waterways Link Overall map a bit like the one here (not diagram) showing route options.

[edit] Images needed

[edit] Route-map needed

[edit] Coordinates needed

[edit] References

The following may be useful; the indented lines are included here for ease of cut & pasting. Add a "pages=" attribute, if appropriate:

  • Allsop, Niall (1987). The Kennet & Avon Canal. Bath: Millstream Book. ISBN 0-948975-15-6. 
    • {{cite book |last=Allsop |first=Niall |title=The Kennet & Avon Canal |year=1987 |publisher=Millstream Book |location=Bath |id=ISBN 0-948975-15-6 }}
  • Hadfield, Charles (1969). Canals of the West Midlands. Newton Abbott: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4660-1. 
    • *{{cite book|author=Hadfield, Charles|title=Canals of the West Midlands|publisher=[[David & Charles]]|location=Newton Abbott|year=1969|isbn=0-7153-4660-1}}
  • Pearson, Michael (2003). Kennet & Avon Middle Thames:Pearson's Canal Companion. Rugby: Central Waterways Supplies. ISBN 0-907864-97-X. 
    • {{cite book |last=Pearson |first=Michael |authorlink= |title=Kennet & Avon Middle Thames:Pearson's Canal Companion |year=2003 |publisher=Central Waterways Supplies|location=Rugby |id=ISBN 0-907864-97-X}}
  • Perrott, David; Mosse, Jonathan (2006). Nicholson Waterways Guide 1 - Grand Union, Oxford & the South East. Collins. ISBN 978-0-00-721109-8. 
    • *{{cite book|author=Perrott, David|coauthors=Mosse, Jonathan|title=Nicholson Waterways Guide 1 - Grand Union, Oxford & the South East|publisher=[[HarperCollins|Collins]]|year=2006|isbn=978-0-00-721109-8}}
  • Perrott, David; Mosse, Jonathan (2006). Nicholson Waterways Guide 2 - Severn, Avon & Birmingham. Collins. ISBN 978-0-00-721110-4. 
    • *{{cite book|author=Perrott, David|coauthors=Mosse, Jonathan|title=Nicholson Waterways Guide 2 - Severn, Avon & Birmingham|publisher=[[HarperCollins|Collins]]|year=2006|isbn=978-0-00-721110-4}}
  • Perrott, David; Mosse, Jonathan (2006). Nicholson Waterways Guide 3 - Birmingham & the Heart of England. Collins. ISBN 978-0-00-721111-1. 
    • *{{cite book|author=Perrott, David|coauthors=Mosse, Jonathan|title=Nicholson Waterways Guide 3 - Birmingham & the Heart of England|publisher=[[HarperCollins|Collins]]|year=2006|isbn=978-0-00-721111-1}}
  • Perrott, David; Mosse, Jonathan (2006). Nicholson Waterways Guide 4 - Four Counties & the Welsh Canals. Collins. ISBN 978-0-00-721112-0. 
    • *{{cite book|author=Perrott, David|coauthors=Mosse, Jonathan|title=Nicholson Waterways Guide 4 - Four Counties & the Welsh Canals|publisher=[[HarperCollins|Collins]]|year=2006|isbn=978-0-00-721112-0}}
  • Priestly, Joseph (1831). Historical Account of the Navigable Rivers, Canals, and Railways, Throughout Great Britain. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green. 
    • *{{cite book|last=Priestly|first=Joseph|authorlink=Joseph Priestly|title=Historical Account of the Navigable Rivers, Canals, and Railways, Throughout Great Britain|publisher=Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green|year=1831}}
  • Shill, Ray (1999). Birmingham's Canals. Sutton. ISBN 0-7509-2077-7. 
    • *{{cite book|author=Shill, Ray|title= Birmingham's Canals|publisher=Sutton|year=1999|isbn=0-7509-2077-7}}
  • Quinlan, Ray (1994). Canal walks of England and Wales. Sutton. ISBN 0750906081. 
    • *{{Cite book|publisher = Sutton|isbn = 0750906081|last = Quinlan|first = Ray|title = Canal walks of England and Wales|date = 1994}}