Pearson Canal Companion – Four Counties and Cheshire Rings

The Four Counties Ring Canal Companion was the first guide Pearson's published and has gone through ten editions since first appearing in print in 1982. Its core route is a 109 mile / 94 lock circuit through the counties of Staffordshire, West Midlands, Shropshire and Cheshire; especially popular with hire boaters. For the first time, this guide now includes full coverage of the Cheshire Ring – the Trent & Mersey, Macclesfield, northern Peak Forest, and Ashton Canals, the Rochdale Canal in central Manchester, and the Bridgewater Canal from Manchester to Preston Brook. This was hitherto covered by a separate Companion.

Two other waterways of contrasting character are also included: the Caldon Canal, which runs from the Potteries up into the Staffordshire Moorlands; and the Weaver Navigation, a former inland shipping route which pivots on the legendary Anderton Lift; one of the Seven Wonders of the Waterways.