Pratt, Derek – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk Henley-on-Thames Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:47:21 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Bell-Background-Blue-32x32.png Pratt, Derek – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk 32 32 Discovering London’s canals https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/discovering-londons-canals/ Thu, 11 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=32543 Discover the beauty and delights of London’s waterways, on foot or by boat, with Derek Pratt and Richard Mayon-White’s fascinating and thorough guide.

To really explore London’s canals is to see the city in a way you’ve never seen it before. A different world, away from the hustle-bustle of overladen streets and towering skyscrapers, the waterways offer a unique paradise, full of wildlife, brightly coloured narrowboats, lush greenery and an environment steeped in history. Discovering London’s Canals will open your eyes to this world and show you all it has to offer, walking with you along the vast stretches of each canal, pointing out the many sights to see and enjoy, pubs to quench your thirst in and history to marvel at. Enjoy whole days out with family and friends, or just an hour or two, choosing a stretch of canal and discovering so many sights and attractions either on or within a short walk from the water’s edge.

With information boxes, travel directions, clear maps and beautiful photography, along with insightful travel writing from the kings of the waterways, Derek Pratt and Richard Mayon-White, Discovering London’s Canals is the perfect guide for anyone who loves walking, wildlife and the waterways of the great city of London. The book covers more than 60 miles of waterways in London, easy to get to and walkable for just an hour, an afternoon or a whole day, and each route is great for walking, running or cycling, with many traversable at any time of year. Go out there and see for yourself – there is a wonderful network of waterways just waiting to be explored in parts of London you hardly knew existed.

]]> The Thames: A Photographic Journey from Source to Sea https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-thames-a-photographic-journey-from-source-to-sea/ Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-thames-a-photographic-journey-from-source-to-sea/ The Thames is unique, emerging as a small stream in idyllic countryside and growing into the country’s largest river, passing through some of the world’s most iconic urban environments. Linking London to the countryside and the sea, the Thames is the heart of the capital and its waters the lifeblood of England. This beautiful book celebrates the entire river from source to sea, and with wonderful photography and quirky text follows it on a voyage through Britain’s history. London has so often been the beginning and the end of the Thames story, and whilst it forms a major part, this book gives an altogether more complete and unexpected view of one of the most remarkable and well-loved rivers in the world. We see the famous views and also learn lesser-known facts, such as Dick Turpin’s secret hideaway (complete with an underground stable for Black Bess), the home of the notorious Chancellor Sir Francis Dashwood (the only Chancellor to have delivered his budget speech drunk) and the scene of the Monty Python fish-slapping dance. First published in 2007, this gorgeous coffee table book has been updated for its second edition with new text and photography (including the Jubilee pageant), and continues to be the perfect gift for anyone living near, visiting or enjoying this magnificent river, with its visual variety, hidden secrets and fascinating history.

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