COVERAGE: River Severn (Worcester-Stourport)

Staffs & Worcs Canal (Stourport to Great Haywood): BCN Main Line (Aldersley to Birmingham)

Worcs & Birmingham Canal (Birmingham to Worcester)

Birmingham & Fazeley Canal (Birmingham-Fazeley)

Coventry Canal (Fazeley- Fradley)

Trent & Mersey canal (Fradley-Great Haywood)

Stourbridge & Dudley Canals (Stourton-Netherton)

BCN Northern Waters (Wolverhampton-Walsall-Brownhills etc) STOURPORT RING 9th Edition: The new ninth edition of the Stourport & Black Country Rings/Birmingham Canal Navigations Canal Companion marks a step-change in format. Page count has increased from 96 pages to 160 pages, maps from 41 to 48 and photographs from 65 to 153. THE CANAL COMPANIONS: A good guidebook should fulfil three functions: encourage you to go; explain the lie of the land when you're there; and provide a lasting souvenir of your journeys. The Canal Companions tick all three boxes - and more besides. 76 editions have been published to date, amassing sales in excess of half a million books.