See boat-renting-nicols.co.uk or call 02392 401320. MORE INFO: Nicols has 18 bases across France, including Burgundy, Franche Comte, Alsace, the Loire Valley, Brittany and the Canal du Midi ...

Its designer Edwin Clarke went on to create similar boat lifts on other European canal routes, but Anderton remains the benchmark and the most famous. It was in operation for over 100 years but in ...