The New Islington Marina is centred on Old Mill Street in an area of Ancoats, Manchester, that has seen considerable urban regeneration since the Millennium. The marina services both the Ashton Canal on one side and the Rochdale Canal on the other, although there is no direct connection between the two canals.
The Zozagardo is a 57ft, metal-hulled narrowboat from the River Weaver that has been based at the New Islington Marina since 2011.
The large central basin off the Rochdale Canal has a number of permanent moorings.
Some narrowboats have been moored at New Islington long enough to develop their own canal-side garden.
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Oh how I love narrow boats I would love to take a canal holiday but my husband feels it would be too much for us to manage the locks!
ReplyDeleteZappy name for the longboat !
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ABCW team,
Hi Gerald, thanks for your comments on my blog.
ReplyDeleteI would be delighted to learn of lock free stretches of the canals...my e-mail is
< di.westwell@btopenworld.com>many thanks, Di xx.
That's a narrow but long boat. And a garden right by the boat shows a sense of permanence. Interesting photos.
ReplyDeleteReally nice photos. It's good to see how New Islington Marina has developed.
ReplyDeleteHave wonderful weekend!
Alexander
Alex's World! - http://alex.kakinan.com
Actually its not called a long boat or a narrowboat its a Widebeam (10ft wide)
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