A resurgence in canal restoration has seen many British canals reopen in the past three decades, but many are still abandoned, some even vanished under roads, railways and buildings.

Many thousands of route miles of canal and navigation once used to criss-cross the British Isles, serving collieries, iron mines, steelworks, towns and villages. From the start of the twentieth century onwards, many of these canals closed down as a result of lack of trade. Many of the lost canals are in the industrial belts of Scotland and Wales, with a smattering of Irish routes, from the Rockville Navigation via the Monkland Canal, now under the M74 motorway, and the Aberdare Canal.

Andy Wood gives us a brief history of each of the lost canals, from the Athlone Canal to the Trewydda Canal.

• The latest title in Amberley’s Inland Waterway series

• The first book to detail all of Scotland's Ireland's and Wales' abandoned, lost and vanished canals.
• Recent resurgence in canal restoration
• Explores the river’s history, hidden secrets
• Review coverage in the local press and radio
• Full colour, bringing the landscape and history of the

  Rivers to Life