- Goals
- Improve Wikipedia's coverage of canals, navigable rivers in the UK.
- 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
Participants
You don't need to be British to help with this WikiProject. We welcome all registered editors good with layout and prose, and non-British editors who can point out when we've wrongly assumed we don't need to explain or define something for the reader, or failed to properly establish the context of an article.
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- To add your name to the table, please visit the participants page.
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Location |
Interests and specialist knowledge |
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| EdJogg* (talk) |
Guildford |
Founding member and WikiGnome.
Interested in canal restoration in general, and local (southern) canals in particular: Wey & Arun, Basingstoke, Kennet & Avon, Wilts & Berks, Grand Union, Slough Arm, etc. |
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| Grunners* (talk) |
London |
Interested in canals primarily, but the navigable inland waterway network as a whole. Have made many contributions to Canals of Great Britain and articles linked to from there. |
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| Parrot of Doom* (talk) |
Manchester |
In addition to the Greater Manchester Wikiproject, I'm interested in waterways. |
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| hmallett* (talk) |
Powys |
Montgomery Canal, Llangollen Canal, Ellesmere Canal |
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| Bob1960evens* (talk) |
Worksop |
Interested in canals of Wales and River Don Navigation particularly, UK canals generally, and mapping |
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| Spoonfrog* (talk) |
South West England |
Interested in aqueducts and abandoned canals |
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| Robert EA Harvey* (talk) |
Lincolnshire |
Been tidying up a lot of things on the Lincolnshire Project and that includes several venerable navigation projects.
I also have a deep interest in fen drainage, without it I would be underwater.
Been interested in Transportation since a boy, and local history. |
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| David* (talk) |
Shropshire |
Shropshire and the Loughborough area |
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| User:Shantavira* (talk) |
Birmingham |
Birmingham area, and benchmarking |
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- Adambro - Founding member.
- Andy Mabbett - Founder. Interested in Birmingham/ Black Country canals, and the application of coordinates using the Geo and hCard microformats.
- BeeTea as a Canadian who has never set foot in the UK, I cannot help much with individual articles, but I am mightily interested in the templates for this and for WP:TRAIL as well because I want to see them ready for roll-out in application to Canadian railways, canals and trails.
- Catwhoorg an expat right now, but with a lot of background in the UK waterways, deeper knowledge of the Northern network than the other regions.
- David Morris - active member of Chesterfield Canal Trust, tripboat skipper on Chesterfield Canal at Retford, living close to path of canal once restored, interested in keeping local sites current
- DDStretch Canal-related matters in Cheshire and contact for Cheshire Project.
- Derek Andrews expat now in Canada, formerly restoration volunteer and boater (c1973-c1985), interested in anything canal related, but especially the built heritage.
- Erebus555 - Founding member.
- Geni abandoned canals and canals under restoration mostly.
- jmbatchelor - Lives next to the Basingstoke Canal.
- L.J.Skinner interested in Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation and the Grand Union Canal, particularly around Tring, Pitstone, Aylesbury, Marsworth etc.
- Lynbarn - Founding member. Interested in, rather than expert in waterways, but keen to learn! Also doing some work with the stripmap templates for rail and waterways.
- Martin Cordon - Founding member. Originator of articles on Butterley and Norwood Canal Tunnels and Worsley Navigable Levels. Mainly interested in canal tunnels and the canals in my area. These are the Erewash, Cromford, Derby, Nottingham and Nutbrook Canals.
- Dave Mayall Narrowboat Mr Jinks, moored on the Peak Forest Canal, interested in expanding articles in the local area, and in improving image and map content.
- Oosoom - currently interested in local history of Birmingham and an old interest in canals.
- Pyrotec canals around Birmingham / Black Country, plus a few others, such as the Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal.
- Rafmarham - Been on hire boat holidays for much of my life.
- Renata - Back again after a long absence. Moved from Derbyshire to Edinburgh last Sept. Interests: active canal boater (mainly Union Canal); history etc. of Scottish and other UK canals; UK rivers/waterways; Edinburgh and the Lothians; and more.
- Ron Jones Narrowboat "Betsey Trotwood", moored at Whixall Marina on Llangollen Canal, previously at Hallingbury Marina on River Stort - general interest.
- Simply south - some general stuff
- Smurrayinchester - interested in boat lifts/locks etc. and technical stuff (esp. templates)
- Traveler100 - photos
Parentage
The parents of this WikiProject are
Articles in need of attention
Miscellaneous Improvements needed
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- "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 listsManchester 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.- Hugh Henshall - newly created, any help would be appreciated.
Louth Navigation - needs more detail- Humber - has hardly anything about shipping, or inland commercial working
- Illustrations - most pictures seem to come from Geograph, which is good, but there is a contemporary bias. Historic illustrations add depth & interest.
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 |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 |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|author2=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|author2=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|author2=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 978-0-00-745259-0.
- *{{cite book|author=Perrott, David|author2=Mosse, Jonathan|title=Nicholson Waterways Guide 4 - Four Counties & the Welsh Canals|publisher=[[HarperCollins|Collins]]|year=2006|isbn=978-0-00-745259-0}}
- 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}}
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