Quentin Page is a coracle raiser who makes traditional-style crafts. Simple, sustainable, and lightweight, the coracle definition is a traditional circular fishing boat designed to carry one and made ...

During the 1930’s, the river authorities decided that angling as a sport would be more profitable if there were no nets on non-tidal sections of west Wales rivers. At this time, a license lasted the ...

An attempt is being made to keep the art of coracle-making alive through a two-day workshop. Organiser Simon Rouse, from Shrewsbury, Shropshire said he felt the skills involved have been slowly ...

You might expect a fragile boat that consists of basketwork covered with calico, weighing only 25lb and looking like an upturned turtle when carried on the back, would sink the moment a full-sized ...

Marion Blockley (right), with Julia Tinker from the Ironbridge Coracle Trust, said the slipway would reconnect the coracle shed with the River Severn ByJim Hawkins BBC Radio Shropshire A brick slipway ...

Before licensing was introduced in the later half of the 19th Century, many households would have used a coracle to catch fish in order to feed the family. The diet of such households would have ...