THIRD CAMPAIGN CRUISE TO THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT – 7TH MAY 2025
The third and largest to date Campaign Cruise to the Houses of Parliament took place on Wednesday 7th May 2025, when 26 boats cruised upriver from Limehouse to stand off the Palace of Westminster and sound their horns in unison just before 11.00am. The flotilla included a pair of working fuel boats, a historic narrowboat, a Dutch barge and privately owned narrowboats from across the country. Together the boats presented a colourful and clearly audible spectacle, which was reinforced by supporters with banners on Westminster Bridge. Representatives of FBW were on the terrace of the Palace at the kind invitation of Uma Kumaran MP, Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Waterways, and joined MPs, Peers and senior Canal & River Trust staff in welcoming the boaters and discussing the campaign.
[Photo: the flotilla from Westminster Bridge – by Liz Rayner]