This section provides links to IWA’s reports, policies and a range of other published documents

IWA Gaptracker Survey Results

Our Unique Heritage – Case Studies: Lost and Saved

IWA’s Vision for London (March 2019)

IWA Vision for Sustainable Propulsion on the Inland Waterways

Waterways Heritage

Waterways in Progress

HTML – PDF – Design Standards for Construction, Restoration and Maintenance of Inland Waterways

HTML – PDF – Freight on Inland Waterways

HTML – PDF – Heritage Policy

HTML – PDF – Moorings on Navigable Waterways

HTML – PDF – Operability of Locks and Moveable Bridges

HTML – PDF – Provision of Boaters Facilities

HTML – PDF – Residential Boating

HTML – PDF – Restrictions on Waterway Use

HTML – PDF – Riparian Owner Statutory Rights

HTML – PDF – Towpaths Policy

HTML – PDF – Unauthorised Renting of Boats

HTML – PDF – Vegetation Management

Waterways Magazine

Navvies – Waterway Recovery Group’s journal

Aegre – IWA East Midlands Region’s newsletter

Cargoes – IWA South East Region’s newsletter

Sou’Wester – IWA South West Region’s newsletter

IWA Chelmsford Branch Newsletter

The Packet Boat – IWA Chester & Merseyside Branch newsletter

Grapevine – IWA Chiltern Branch newsletter (ceased publication 2015)

Wolds Waters – IWA East Yorkshire Branch newsletter

Ouse News – IWA Great Ouse Branch newsletter

Anglian Cuttings – former IWA Ipswich Branch newsletter (ceased publication 2016)

Towing Path Topics – Lancs & Cumbria Branch newsletter

Lee & Stort Recorder – IWA Lee & Stort Branch newsletter

Lichfield Lines – IWA Lichfield Branch newsletter

Towpath Telegraph – IWA Milton Keynes Branch newsletter

Meridian Cuttings – IWA North & East London and South London branches newsletter

Northern Navigation News – IWA North Riding Branch newsletter (ceased publication 2014)

Knobsticks – IWA North Staffordshire & South Cheshire Branch newsletter

Endeavour – Northampton Branch newsletter

Hereward – Peterborough Branch newsletter (ceased publication 2020)

Shroppie Fly Paper – Shrewsbury District & North Wales Branch newsletter

Keels & Cuckoos – South Yorkshire Branch newsletter (ceased publication 2015)

Bear Essentials – Warwickshire Branch newsletter (ceased publication 2019)

West London (formerly Middlesex) Branch newsletter

Milepost – West Riding Branch newsletter (ceased publication 2019)

Articles of Association

Annual Report & Financial Statements for the year ending 31st December 2018

Annual Report & Financial Statements for the year ending 31st December 2019

Annual Report & Financial Statements for the year ending 31st December 2020

Epic Engineering

Young Volunteers and Waterway Restoration – Engaging the Next Generation

The government’s advisory body on inland waterways, The Inland Waterways Advisory Council (IWAC), was abolished on 2nd July 2012 following an initial announcement in July 2010.  Before its demise, IWAC authorised IWA to publish any of its works (including those of its predecessor, The Inland Waterways Amenity Advisory Council, so that its reports and research were not lost to the benefit of the inland waterways community.  

These reports are available on a separate page.