Books

We currently have the following books available:

Walkers Guide

The Walker's Guide to the Cromford Canal (revised)

Written and produced by Friends Val Roberts & Mike Harrison, this fully revised and profusely-illustrated full-colour book tells you all you need to know about walking the Canal (and the Pinxton Arm and Leawood branch), including, most importantly, the details of all the pubs!

The book is available for £4.50 from the Sales Stand or by post from the Sales Department at £5.50 including p&p

Portal to Portal

Portal to Portal

A short history of the Butterley Tunnel by Des Greenwood. This 49 page softback booklet contains rare photographs of the tunnel interior and the unique loading loading wharf from the Butterley Works to boats waiting below.

The book is available by post from the Sales Department at £6.50 plus £1.85 p&p

Cromford Canal Act

The Cromford Canal Acts of
1789 and 1790

This is available either as a printed book of just over 100 pages or as a CD-ROM.

Book: £10.00 + £1.00 for p&p
CD: £5.00 + £0.50 for p&p

There And Back Again

ON THE BOATS

Recollections of travelling on the last boats to carry coal from Hartshay to Cromford, with many photographs of the canal as it was in its last days of carrying

NEW PUBLICATION

The book is available by post from the Sales Department at £5 plus £1 p&p

There And Back Again

There and Back Again

"There and Back Again" by Simon Stoker. 128 page softback book telling of the restoration of the upper part of the canal between 1968 and 1988, profusely illustrated with colour and black and white pictures.

SPECIAL OFFER:

Now available for £12.50 plus £2.20 p&p (normally £14.99)

Cromford Canal Book

The Cromford Canal

Written by our Archivist Hugh Potter and published by Tempus Publishing, this 128-page book contains a wealth of pictures showing the canal from its earliest days up to about 1989 - a "must read" for anyone with an interest in the Canal.

The book is available by post from the Sales Department at £12.99 plus £2.20 p&p (or direct from the Sales Stand)