Barry is talking on The Water Road, a fortnightly podcast about travelling the canals of England and Wales on a narrowboat.

At the start of the year, I began living on a narrowboat, partly due to high house prices, but also because I yearned for a ...

About 50 narrowboat owners fear becoming homeless as falling water levels put their vessels at risk. Some at Islington Marina ...

"Move where you want to be.” Couple trades traditional home for floating 'narrowboat' tiny house: 'A house I could get used to' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Jay Saunders, a veteran who left the armed forces due to complex post-traumatic stress disorder, says a new charity has "revolutionised" his prospects. Forces Veterans Afloat (FVA) provides former ...

A nudist couple has ditched their lives to go off the grid and transform a 70-foot narrowboat into a naturist haven. Last year, longtime naturists Fiona Discombe, 54, and her husband Michael, 51 ...

A narrowboat is a type of canal boat, built especially to fit the UK's narrow waterways. Most are around six feet wide and either moored semi-permanently or constantly cruising.

We did keep about a hundred books, which is still quite a lot for a narrowboat, but we have more space than you might imagine. Our boat is 60 feet long, and, like most narrowboats, 6’10” wide.

A 27-year-old firefighter has found a unique and affordable alternative to traditional bricks and mortar: a renovated narrowboat. El Sutcliffe, from Burton-on-Trent, opted to transform a formerly ...

Narrowboat dwellers are some of the most energy-conscious people in London. And Amy Cross and Wes Arthur are no exception. The couple have spent much of the summer navigating London's waterways on ...

NARROWBOAT RENTALS: Most boat rental companies rent by the week but also offer “short breaks” -- three-day weekends or four weekdays. The season runs mid-March-Oct. 30.