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Water flow over a lock gate on the River Nene

News

IWA Response to EA Registration Fees Increase

Boating

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04 Jan 2025

Guided Walk

Montgomery Canal Walk from Llanymynech

Llanymynech

10 Mar 2025

Talk

Canals in Europe – IWA Manchester Branch Meeting

Manchester

10 Dec 2024

Meeting

IWA Chester & Merseyside Branch – Talk on how Families Lived on old working narrowboats

Ellesmere Port

16 Dec 2024

Talk

Greener Boating – IWA Birmingham BC&W Branch talk

Halesowen

14 Feb 2025

Social

Researching the Nicholsons Guides – IWA North Staffs & South Cheshire Branch Talk

Stoke-on-Trent

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21 Jan 2025

Webinar

IWA Lancs and Cumbria branch – Online talk by Steve haywood – author

Online

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15 Dec 2024

Guided Walk

Moulton, The River Weaver and Surrounding Countryside

Northwich

17 Dec 2024

Social

Branch Christmas Social – Quiz and Videos

Chorley

All-Party Parliamentary Group - Ruth Jones (Newport West), Wendy Morton (Aldridge and Brownhills), Bill Esterson (Sefton Central), Lord German, Adam Thompson (Erewash)

News

All-Party Parliamentary Group Reconstituted

IWA

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14 Dec 2024 2 days

Weekend Digs

WRG BITM weekend dig – Wilts & Berks Canal

Chippenham

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18 Jan 2025 2 days

Weekend Digs

WRG BITM weekend dig – Cotswold Canals

Lechlade

News

Canal access to the Kelpies to close for months

Boating

News

IWA welcomes Hugh Pearman as Chair of the Heritage Advisory Panel

Heritage

16 Dec 2025

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Northampton

07 Dec 2025

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Northampton

18 Nov 2025

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Northampton

02 Nov 2025

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Northampton

21 Oct 2025

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Northampton

05 Oct 2025

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Northampton

16 Sep 2025

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Northampton

News

IWA Concern at Cam Conservancy Financial Situation

Underfunding

News

IWA Concern about the Financial Sustainability of the Broads

Underfunding

Winning photography competition entry in 2019, taken inside Braunston tunnel

News

Engaging with the Grand Union Water Transfer Scheme Consultation

Boating

News

Lithium-ion Batteries and your boat

Boating

10 Apr 2025

Industrial Archaeology

IWA Kent & East Sussex Branch Talk – “The Wreck” – SS Richard Montgomery

Strood

13 May 2025

Social

IWA Northampton Branch Social – Walk/guided tour of Weedon Depot

The Depot, Weedon Bec

08 Apr 2025

'Drywood' in front of canal boat Gifford

Social

IWA Northampton Branch Social – ‘ Songs From the Back Cabin’

Stoke Bruerne

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31 Jan 2025 2 day event

Weekend Digs

WRG North West weekend dig – Uttoxeter Canal

Uttoxeter Canal

07 Sep 2025

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Northampton

19 Aug 2025

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Northampton

03 Aug 2025

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Northampton

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IWA Response to EA Registration Fees Increase

Montgomery Canal Walk from Llanymynech

Canals in Europe – IWA Manchester Branch Meeting

IWA Chester & Merseyside Branch – Talk on how Families Lived on old working narrowboats

Greener Boating – IWA Birmingham BC&W Branch talk

Researching the Nicholsons Guides – IWA North Staffs & South Cheshire Branch Talk

IWA Lancs and Cumbria branch – Online talk by Steve haywood – author

Moulton, The River Weaver and Surrounding Countryside

Branch Christmas Social – Quiz and Videos

All-Party Parliamentary Group Reconstituted

WRG BITM weekend dig – Wilts & Berks Canal

WRG BITM weekend dig – Cotswold Canals

Canal access to the Kelpies to close for months

IWA welcomes Hugh Pearman as Chair of the Heritage Advisory Panel

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

IWA Concern at Cam Conservancy Financial Situation

IWA Concern about the Financial Sustainability of the Broads

Engaging with the Grand Union Water Transfer Scheme Consultation

Lithium-ion Batteries and your boat

IWA Kent & East Sussex Branch Talk – “The Wreck” – SS Richard Montgomery

IWA Northampton Branch Social – Walk/guided tour of Weedon Depot

IWA Northampton Branch Social – ‘ Songs From the Back Cabin’

WRG North West weekend dig – Uttoxeter Canal

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

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IWA Response to EA Registration Fees Increase

All-Party Parliamentary Group Reconstituted

Canal access to the Kelpies to close for months

IWA welcomes Hugh Pearman as Chair of the Heritage Advisory Panel

IWA Concern at Cam Conservancy Financial Situation

IWA Concern about the Financial Sustainability of the Broads

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