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Boat decorated for xmas

Social

IWA Northampton Branch – Christmas Natter & Noggin

Stoke Bruerne

Painting of inclined plane

Social

IWA Northampton Branch Social – Guided tour of Foxton Locks

Foxton Locks (Meet at Foxton Canal Museum)

freight barge on the Aire & Calder

News

88 extra lorries forced on to Yorkshire’s Roads Every Week Due to Six-Week Canal Lock Closure

Freight by Water

27 Feb 2026 2 day event

Weekend Digs

London WRG Weekend dig – Shrewsbury and Newport Canals

Shrewsbury

24 Oct 2025 2 day event

Volunteers working on the Wey &Arun canal restoration

Weekend Digs

London WRG Weekend dig – Wey and Arun Canal

Bramley, Guildford

Fund Britain’s Waterways – Little Ouse Campaign Cruise

Brandon, Suffolk

News

Langport’s River Regeneration Celebrated in New Film

Access for all

02 May 2026 3 day event

Festival

IWA Canalway Cavalcade 2026

Little Venice (W9 2PF and W2 6NE)

Pic of 1950's Boat rally

Social

IWA Northampton Branch Talk – The 1950 Market Harborough Festival & Rally of Boats

Stoke Bruerne

Electric hireboat charging

News

IWA makes a Submission to the Department for Transport Call for Evidence

Boating

22 Nov 2025 2 day event

Weekend Digs

Waterway Recovery Group Reunion 2025

Wantage, Oxfordshire

Social venue TheBoat

Social

IWA Northampton Branch annual dinner

Stoke Bruerne

News

IWA Welcomes HS2 Safeguarding Removal

Restoration

News

Frustrations Continue with the Environment Agency Over Closure of Popular Thames Bridge

Boating

News

Welsh Government Announces £5million Investment for Mon & Brec Canal

Boating

Waterway

Wyrley and Essington Canal

Part Navigable; Part Restoration

Hatherton Canal

Waterway

Lichfield & Hatherton Canal

Restoration

Waterway

Boston to Peterborough Wetland Corridor & Navigable Black Sluice

New waterway

Waterway

Toll End Canal

Derelict

Waterway

Titford Canal Portway Branch

Derelict

Waterway

Titford Canal Causeway Green Branch

Derelict

News

Missed Opportunities as Boating Sector Overlooked in Spending Review

Boating

News

IWA at the Senedd Urging Welsh Government to Protect the Mon & Brec Canal

Water Resources

News

IWA calls for urgent action as Cam Conservancy faces crisis

Boating

News

All Party Parliamentary Group for the Waterways Discusses Waterway Restoration

Restoration

News

Waterways Restoration Conference 2025

Restoration

Boats at Saul Junction on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal.

News

IWA Response to CRT Commission on Licensing

Boating

News

Navigation saved with details finalised for formation of new charity

Access for all

News

IWA responds to the Independent Water Commission consultation

Conservation

HYDROTREATED VEGETABLE OIL (HVO): A GREENER BOATING FUEL for Recreational Boaters

HYDROTREATED VEGETABLE OIL (HVO): A GREENER BOATING FUEL for Recreational Boaters

News

Better by Barge: A Smarter, Greener Future for Freight

Freight by Water

News

Fund Britain’s Waterways flotilla to Westminster

Underfunding

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Parliamentary Group Hears Urgent Evidence on Climate Change Impacts to UK Waterways

This week (14th October), under the secretariat of the Inland Waterways Association (IWA), the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the Waterways convened…

News

IWA Responds to Proposed Broads Navigation Charges

The Broads Authority has invited comments on its proposal for a below-inflation increase in 2026/27 boat tolls of 2.5%, coupled…

Mike Wills presenting the Cyril Styring award to Helen Whitehouse.

News

IWA National Awards & the Sustainable Boating Awards 2025

At this year’s AGM at the Jubilee Conference Centre in Nottingham, we celebrated the winners of the Sustainable Boating Awards,…

News

IWA’s 66th AGM takes place in Nottingham

IWA’s 66th Annual General Meeting was packed with updates, campaigns, awards and community spirit.

freight barge on the Aire & Calder

News

88 extra lorries forced on to Yorkshire’s Roads Every Week Due to Six-Week Canal Lock Closure

The Canal & River Trust (CRT) has issued a notice of plans to close Sykehouse Lock, on the New Junction…

News

Langport’s River Regeneration Celebrated in New Film

Regeneration of the riverside in Langport, Somerset, has given this traditional market town a new lease of life. Five years…

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