Hampshire Waterways

Portsmouth & Arundel Canal and the Chichester Ship Canal

More information

Whilst this website gives a fairly detailed account of the canal, those seeking further information might find the following resources of interest. However, it is not claimed that this page is exhaustive.

Websites

Further information about the waterway can be found on the websites in the table below. There are also a number of websites and blogs about the experiences of walkers following the canal that are not listed here.

Videos

There are a number of videos available online about the waterway. The following are available free on YouTube about the waterway, some of which include footage taken by drone. The list is not exhaustive and more are added each year.

Books

Further information about the waterway can also be found in the following books. Note: all these books are currently out of print but may be found secondhand via the internet, bookshops or even your local library. If you know of any other books that feature this waterway, please contact the webmaster via the Feedback link at the bottom of this page.

Books dealing with the Portsmouth & Arundel Canal / Chichester Canal

	Title	Author	ISBN & Size	Publisher	Notes
	The Canals of South and South East England	Charles Hadfield	978-0715346938 Pages: 393 (215mm x 135mm)	David & Charles - Nov 1969.	A comprehensive history of English inland waterways east of Bristol and south of and including the Thames. Approx 45 pages on the water route from London to Portsmouth. This book is a considerably extended version of part of “The Canals of Southern England” of 1955.
	Hampshire Waterways	P A L Vine	978-0906520840 Pages: 96 (232mm x 165mm)	Middleton Press - Nov 1990.	Includes 13 pages of text and illustrations on the Portsea Canal, Portsbridge Creek and Hampshire portion of the ‘bargeways’.
	West Sussex Waterways	P A L Vine	978-0906520246 Pages: 96 (232mm x 165mm)	Middleton Press - Nov 1985. Reprinted in 1993, 1998.	Includes 12 pages of text and llustrations covering the Sussex portion of the waterway.
	London to Portsmouth Waterway	P A L Vine	9781873793435 Pages: 96 (232mm x 165mm)	Middleton Press - Nov 1994.	Text and illustrations of the waterway route between these two places. 10 pages cover the Portsmouth & Arundel Canal.
	Portsmouth and Arundel Navigation	P A L Vine	978-0752445182 Paperback: 978-0752445189 Pages: Number and size unknown.	The History Press Ltd - Oct 2008	A history of the Navigation. Have been unable to find any copies of this book via the internet, new or used. Seems not to have been actually published although referred to in a number of places.
	London’s Lost Route to Portsmouth	P A L Vine	Hardback: 978-1860772832 Paperback: 978-1860775147 Pages: 208 (245mm x 167mm)	Phillimore & Co Ltd - Hardback: Sep 2005. Paperback: Nov 2007 (now published by The History Press Ltd ?).	Detailed history of the Portsmouth & Arundel Canal. Hardback edition includes endpaper maps not in paperback. Further books by P A L Vine cover the Arun Navigation, Wey & Arun Canal, Basingstoke Canal and the River Rother Navigation to Midhurst.
	The History of Chichester’s Canal	Alan H J Green	Third extended edition - Paperback: 978-0951203620 Pages: 100 (210mm x 144mm)	Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society - Paperback: 2009.	100 pages. A history of the Portsmouth & Arundel Canal with an emphasis on the Sussex section. First edition published 2005. Second edition with minor corrections 2006.
	The Chichester Canal: The Chichester Papers No 11	F D Heneghan	No ISBN Pages: 24 + 4 of photos (215mm x 155mm)	The Chichester City Council - Paperback: 1958.	A history of the Chichester Canal.
	Portsmouth’s Lost Canal	Ted Cuthbert; Edited By Mark Tuddenham, Liz Meechan, Celia Clark	Not known. Dewey number: 386.4809 42279 Pages: 52 (210mm x 297mm)	The Environmental Education Project - Manpower Services Commission - Soft covers: 1988.	Detailed history of the Portsea Canal (as part of the Portsmouth & Arundel Canal) with extracts from contemporary documents, maps and diagrams.
	Lost Canals of England and Wales	Ronald Russell	Hardback: 978-0715354175 Pages: 272 (215mm x 135mm)	David & Charles - Oct 1971.	Contains 2½ pages on the Portsmouth & Arundel Canal. “Lost Canals & Waterways of Britain” is an expanded and updated version of this book (see below).
	Lost Canals & Waterways of Britain	Ronald Russell	Hardback: 978-0715380727 Paperback: 978-0722175620	David & Charles - Hardback: Jan 1982. Sphere - Paperback: April 1983.	Includes 7 pages on Wey & Arun and Portsmouth & Arundel Canals. Expanded and updated version of “Lost Canals of England and Wales” (see above).

The Canals of South and South East England

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West Sussex Waterways

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London’s Lost Route to Portsmouth

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The History of Chichester’s Canal

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The Chichester Canal: The Chichester Papers No 11

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Further research

If you wish to delve even deeper into the waterway’s past, there is a page on this website which provides information about various resources that might help you to find out more than the above items provide.

Details of various resources, local and national, can be found here.