Find out more about the Fund Britain’s Waterways action group
All the fun and benefits – but caring for the environment too.
Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to visit as many of the nation’s underused waterways as you can by boat or canoe.
We are the only independent, national charity campaigning for Britain’s canals and rivers
We are passionate about protecting and restoring Britain’s network of canals and navigable rivers for everyone to enjoy.
The inland waterways are special outdoor places – sometimes tranquil and sometimes bustling – whose unique landscape, heritage and habitats are under threat from many pressures, not least inadequate Government support.
We are the only national charity that campaigns locally and nationally for all the country’s canals and river navigations.
We provide leadership, resources and practical support for the waterway restoration sector.
We lobby parliament, champion regeneration, run events, and fight to improve the waterways for all legitimate users’.
We are the navigation authority for the Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation in Essex; we know how to run a waterway.
Our Waterway Recovery Group undertakes civil engineering works and provides practical support across the country.
Our local branches provide support to waterways in their communities, and a social network for our members.
Our national committees and panels provide expertise and guidance across the sector.
Only IWA does all this, and more.
Our members are waterways-lovers from all walks of life who want to preserve and improve the network for future generations.
If you love the waterways, then join us.
Introducing the Waterways for Today report and IWA’s vision for the future…
Sign up to receive the latest waterways news and campaign updates.
We are campaigning for boating on canals and rivers to be more sustainable.
Britain’s canals and rivers are a unique, living heritage. But that heritage is at risk.
Hundreds of miles of waterways are currently starved of funding.
Bringing Britain’s blue infrastructure back to life is good for people and places.
Help protect and restore the waterways you love.
Britain's waterways are vital; together we can campaign for them now and for the future.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| __stripe_mid | 1 year | Stripe sets this cookie to process payments. |
| __stripe_sid | 30 minutes | Stripe sets this cookie to process payments. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement | 1 year | Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie records the user consent for the cookies in the "Advertisement" category. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | 1 year | Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie records the user consent for the cookies in the "Analytics" category. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | 1 year | The GDPR Cookie Consent plugin sets the cookie to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | 1 year | Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie records the user consent for the cookies in the "Necessary" category. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | 1 year | Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie stores user consent for cookies in the category "Others". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | 1 year | Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie stores the user consent for cookies in the category "Performance". |
| CookieLawInfoConsent | 1 year | CookieYes sets this cookie to record the default button state of the corresponding category and the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie. |
| PHPSESSID | session | This cookie is native to PHP applications. The cookie stores and identifies a user's unique session ID to manage user sessions on the website. The cookie is a session cookie and will be deleted when all the browser windows are closed. |
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| _fbp | 3 months | Facebook sets this cookie to display advertisements when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting the website. |
| _ga | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors. |
| _ga_* | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. |
| _gat_gtag_UA_* | 1 minute | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store a unique user ID. |
| _gat_UA-* | 1 minute | Google Analytics sets this cookie for user behaviour tracking.n |
| _gid | 1 day | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store information on how visitors use a website while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the collected data includes the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. |
| CONSENT | 2 years | YouTube sets this cookie via embedded YouTube videos and registers anonymous statistical data. |
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| test_cookie | 15 minutes | doubleclick.net sets this cookie to determine if the user's browser supports cookies. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 5 months 27 days | YouTube sets this cookie to measure bandwidth, determining whether the user gets the new or old player interface. |
| YSC | session | Youtube sets this cookie to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages. |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | never | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos. |
| yt-remote-device-id | never | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos. |
| yt.innertube::nextId | never | YouTube sets this cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
| yt.innertube::requests | never | YouTube sets this cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
