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UK Canal Map

Our UK canal map shows all the navigable British waterways. It includes all the rivers and canals in England, Wales and Scotland that are suitable for boating along.

UK Canal Map

Vazon Sliding Bridge David Morris via Wikicommons

News

IWA Concern over Vazon Bridge Opening

Boating

News

Fund Britain’s Waterways Government Spending Review Submission

Access for all

Talk

‘WWW’ – Wellington, Waterloo and Waterways – IWA Lancashire & Cumbria Branch Talk

Chorley

Social

Branch 50th Anniversary – IWA North Staffs & South Cheshire Branch Social

Stoke-on-Trent

Social

cruises along the Rhone and the Rhine – IWA North Staffs & South Cheshire Branch Talk

Stoke-on-Trent

Industrial Archaeology

Stourport Heritage Open Day

Stourport

Guided Walk

Lancaster Canal and Tram Road – Preston

Preston

Mosaic pic

Social

IWA Northampton Branch Meeting with AGM plus Quiz

The Boat Inn, Stoke Bruerne

Old pic of Newport Pagnell canal

Social

IWA Northampton Branch Talk-Discovering the Newport Pagnell Canal

The Boat Inn, Stoke Bruerne

Historic Boat show

Social

IWA Northampton Branch Talk – Braunston’s Historic Boat Show

The Boat Inn, Stoke Bruerne

Guided Walk

Barbridge Countryside and Shropshire Union Canal, Middlewich Branch, Walk

Barbridge, Nantwich.

Pic of canal art

Social

IWA Northampton Branch Talk – the myths and misconceptions of the history of canal folk art

Stoke Bruerne

Social

IWA Northampton Branch Talk – Lighting the Touch Paper

Stoke Bruerne

Social

IWA Northampton Branch Talk – Waterway Curiosities

Stoke Bruerne

Social

London’s Canals – IWA Chiltern Branch Talk

Rickmansworth

Social

The Spey Story – the Story of a Narrow Boat – IWA Chiltern Branch Talk

Rickmansworth

Social

The Story of Panama: Columbus to the Present – IWA Chiltern Branch Talk

Rickmansworth

Social

Puffing along the Caledonian Canal – IWA Chiltern Branch Talk

Rickmansworth

News

IWA Chiltern Branch at Marsworth Steam Rally: A Community Celebration

Heritage

Meeting

IWA Kent & East Sussex Branch Talk – The Basingstoke Canal

Strood

News

Lancaster Canal Isolated from the Sea

Boating

News

Reservoir Opportunity for the Wilts & Berks Canal

Restoration

Guided Walk

Guided walk around Curdworth and the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal

Curdworth

Feature

The English and Bristol Channels Concern

Heritage

News

IWA Signs the way at Reach Lode

Boating

Talk

IWA Great Ouse Branch Talk – AGM and EA Update

Cambridge

Talk

IWA Great Ouse Branch Talk – A Journey through time

Cambridge

Talk

IWA Great Ouse Branch Talk – IWA Update

Cambridge

News

IWA Concerned at Lengthy Bridge Closure on the River Hull

Boating

News

The Susan Returns to the Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation

Heritage

Feature

The Rebuilding of Schoolhouse Bridge on the Montgomery Canal

Restoration

Feature

The Ashton and Peak Forest Canals – Reopened 50 Years Ago

Restoration

News

Disappointment as Popular Boat Festival is Cancelled

Boating

07 Jun 2025 2 day event

IWA Harborough 75 2025 rally

Boat Gathering

2025 Waterways Festival at Market Harborough

Market Harborough

Meeting

Annual General Meeting 2024 (AGM)

Leicester

Boaters' Survey results

News

Results of IWA Boaters’ Survey

Boating

Feature

IWA Leases Moorings at Stoke Bardolph on the River Trent

Boating

Social venue TheBoat

Social

IWA Northampton Branch annual dinner

Stoke Bruerne

News

Anglian Waterways isolated by closures

Boating

Feature

Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil Update – May 2024

Boating

News

IWA Chiltern Branch Leisurely Journey Along the Grand Union Canal

Boating

News

How to vote as a Live-Aboard Boater

Boating

Regeneration

Caldon Canal 50th anniversary event at Stoke on Trent Boat Club

Stoke-on-Trent

News

Canalway Cavalcade attracts thousands of visitors

IWA

Waterway Restoration Conference 2024

News

Waterway Restoration Conference 2024

Restoration

Feature

The Titford Canal – Re-opened 50 years ago this year

Restoration

Feature

IWA Chiltern Branch Fundraising started from the Chiltern Tunnel

Volunteering

photography competition 2023 winner

News

2023 Photography Competition Results

IWA

Weekend Digs

WRG BITM – Cotswold Canals Weekend Dig

Lechlade

Restoration

Work Party on the Cheshire Locks

Stoke-on-Trent

News

New Design Unveiled for Lancaster Canal Tramway Bridge

Restoration

Volunteer

IWA London Region – Planning and Conservation Lead

Volunteer

IWA Kent & East Sussex Branch Socials and Meetings Organiser

Volunteering

Work Party – Burslem Port

Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

Volunteering

Work Party – Burslem Port

Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

Volunteering

Work Party – Burslem Port

Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

Volunteering

Work Party – Burslem Port

Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

Volunteering

Work Party – Burslem Port

Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

Volunteering

Work Party – Burslem Port

Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

Volunteering

Work Party – Burslem Port

Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

Restoration

Work Party on the Cheshire Locks

Stoke-on-Trent

Social

Caldon Canal Reopening 50th Anniversary – IWA North Staffs & South Cheshire Branch Talk

Stoke-on-Trent

Volunteers busy by lockside

News

Winter Maintenance Complete!

Conservation

News

Stand Off Between Navigation Authorities Leaves Boaters Stuck

Boating

News

Survey Launch: IWA Campaign Seeks Boater Input on 2023 Cruising Experience

Underfunding

News

IWA Announces Results of Members’ Survey

IWA

News

Planning Permission for Stroudwater Missing Mile

Restoration

Aberdulais Aqueduct #SaveWaterwaysHeritage

News

IWA mounts campaign to save Scheduled Ancient Monument from needless destruction.

Conservation

Talk

IWA Great Ouse Branch Talk – The Cut Off Channel

Cambridge

News

Monty’s new Schoolhouse Bridge

Restoration

News

IWA West Country Branch celebrates 50 years work in Somerset and Mid Devon

Conservation

News

Navigation Authorities to be quizzed

Underfunding

News

IWA Supports FBW Weekend of Action

Underfunding

News

IWA Appoints New National Chair

IWA

Volunteers from IWA’s Lichfield Branch have been busy cutting back protruding offside vegetation on the Trent and Mersey Canal.

Feature

Volunteers get to work on Offside Vegetation

Volunteering

Task Party 5th Nov 23

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Northampton Arm

04 Oct 2024 2 day event

Weekend Digs

London WRG weekend dig – Shrewsbury and Newport Canal

Shrewsbury

News

IWA Responds to Broads Navigation Charges Increase Challenge

Access for all

News

IWA Concern at threatened closure of access to the Neath Canal

Access for all

Feature

IWA Chiltern Branch – Waverley Trip Report

Boating

Task Party

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Northampton Arm

task party March 22

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Northampton Arm

Painting a lock

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Northampton Arm

task party March 22

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Northampton Arm

Task Party 5th Nov 23

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Northampton Arm

UsingCRTchipper

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Northampton Arm

FilmReel-videos

Talk

IWA Milton Keynes Branch talk – Waterway Videos

Milton Keynes

Talk

IWA Milton Keynes Branch talk – Waterways of the Low Countries

Milton Keynes

Talk

IWA Milton Keynes Branch talk – Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway Update, and AGM

Milton Keynes

Talk

IWA Milton Keynes Branch talk – Canal Architecture

Milton Keynes

News

WRG’s 2024 Canal Camps Programme is now live!

Restoration

19 Oct 2024 7 days

Canal Camps

Dudley No2 Canal Camp 2024

Halesowen, West Midlands

News

Leisure boaters move closer to using subsidised biofuel in battle to decarbonise waterways

Boating

School volunteering

Feature

School pupils volunteer to improve the towpath through Berkhamsted

Volunteering

News

IWA and Towpath Talk Launch the ‘IWA/Towpath Talk Sustainable Boating Award’

Boating

News

Market Weighton Canal Trail Launched

Access for all

Annual Dinner 2023

News

IWA Northampton Branch 2023 Annual Dinner Report

IWA

News

Memory lane wharf services

Boating

Loughborough Mooring Rings Location

News

Loughborough mooring rings now in place

Boating

News

Winding ways

IWA

News

Join the Festival of Water Committee

IWA

Diesel pump

News

Parliamentarians hear about Achieving Net Zero on UK Leisure Craft

Boating

News

Wendover Arm Towpath Upgrade

Access for all

News

Great Haywood Canal Junction Saved!

Conservation

News

Chester’s Waterways, Wharf and Weir

Heritage

News

IWA Announces 2024 National Trailboat Festival

Boating

News

IWA Responds to HS2 Cancellation

Conservation

Volunteer

IWA Shrewsbury District & North Wales Branch – Newsletter Editor

News

Council leader delighted to be at Local Canals Exhibition in Shrewsbury

Restoration

News

John Dodwell awarded the Christopher Power Prize

Restoration

News

IWA National Awards 2023

Boating

Moored boats at the Hatherton Marina on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal

News

IWA Concern Regarding CRT Licence Fee Rises

Boating

News

#FBWOnTour With Atlas and Malus

Boating

News

Restoration Successes on the Montgomery Canal

Boating

News

Recent News and Updates From the Eastern Front

Boating

News

IWA Festival Of Water delights crowds during August Bank Holiday weekend

Boating

21 Sep 2024 2 days

Weekend Digs

WRG BITM – Maidenhead Waterways Weekend Dig

Maidenhead

News

New Guide to Electric Boats Published

Boating

waterways heritage industrial landscape canal

Campaign

Waterways Heritage at Risk

Campaign

Sustainable Boating Now and in the Future

News

Preston Basin – proposed redevelopment of former lancaster canal terminus

Restoration

News

The North West Waterways Restoration showcase

Heritage

News

Mayor backs Birmingham Campaign Cruise organised by Fund Britain’s Waterways

Underfunding

Volunteer

Festival of Water Team Members

Volunteer

IWA East Midlands Region – Newsletter Editor

News

HS2 Select Committee Report Acknowledges IWA Concerns

Conservation

Social

Canals of the Eastern USA

Lichfield

Himalayan Balsam flower

News

IWA Lancs and Cumbria Clear Himalayan Balsam at Haslam Park

Conservation

News

Waterways are the focus of Chester City’s Heritage

Boating

Fund Britain's Waterways action group

News

Fund Britain’s Waterways Responds to Canal & River Trust Funding Announcement

Underfunding

Walk

East Cottingwith to Melbourne, Pocklington Canal Walk

East Cottingwith, near York

News

Government’s Waterways Funding Cuts will hit UK Economy, Ecology And Health

Underfunding

News

Wigan flight of locks awarded red wheel plaque

Heritage

News

IWA Supports Fund Britain’s Waterways

IWA

Fund Britain's Waterways action group

News

Fund Britain’s Waterways Action Group Launched

Underfunding

News

The Shropshire Union Canal Society has been awarded IWA North West Region’s Tetlow Memorial Cup

Restoration

Framing the path for gravel

News

Here Comes Summer!

Conservation

News

Nominations are open for the 2023 Awards

IWA

2023 Canalway Cavalcade

News

Canalway Cavalcade celebrates 40th anniversary

IWA

News

IWA publishes new guide to the Denver Crossing

Boating

16 Nov 2024 2 day event

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal

Little Lever, Bolton

21 Dec 2024 2 day event

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal

Little Lever, Bolton

19 Oct 2024 2 day event

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal

Little Lever, Bolton

News

2023 Trustee Applications Open

IWA

News

A future for the canal warehouse at Ellesmere?

Heritage

News

Six New Silver Propeller Locations for 2023

Boating

News

HS2 Continues to Impact Waterways: Update

Boating

News

Join the Big Help Out with IWA

Conservation

Silver Propeller Challenge

Middlewood Locks, Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal

Manchester

Silver Propeller Challenge

The River Stour in Suffolk

The Suffolk River Stour

Silver Propeller Challenge

Fordwich, the River Stour (Kent)

Fordwich, Kent

Silver Propeller Challenge

Thames and Medway Canal

Gravesend, Kent

Silver Propeller Challenge

Stirling, River Forth

Stirling

Silver Propeller Challenge

Rutherglen, River Clyde

Glasgow

Guided Walk

Regent’s Canal, Kings Cross, Granary Square and St Pancras

Central London

Guided Walk

Regent’s Canal, Islington to Kingsland Road

Central London

Boats at Saul Junction on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal.

News

IWA Response to CRT Licence fee consultation

Boating

News

Waterways APPG to hear about the role of the waterways in the Government’s Environmental Improvement Plan

Underfunding

News

New IWA Trent Group under consideration

Boating

News

IWA launches a major campaign to protect our waterways

IWA

News

Preston – Tram bridge to be replaced with Funding from levelling up bid

Conservation

Feature

Join the Canalway Cavalcade Committee

Volunteering

News

IWA joins Campaign for Energy Bill Support for Boaters

Boating

Volunteers on a task party day

News

Our super volunteers

Conservation

News

Waterways Vital to Government Environmental Improvement Plan

Underfunding

King's Reach, Sapperton, Karen Shaw

News

Cotswold Canals water transfer action needed

Restoration

News

Call for Review of Ely Winter Mooring restrictions

Boating

News

Successful campaign to protect London waterways heritage

Heritage

Social

The Suez Canal

Lichfield

Social

Braunston Historic Narrowboat Rallies

Lichfield

Boats and people at Festival of Water

News

Committee members required for Festival of Water

IWA

News

Lichfield Branch awarded “Branch Achievement” Award

IWA

News

Lichfield Branch Donates to n.b. President

Heritage

Some of the MPs who took part in the Parliamentary Debate on 22nd November, with representatives of Canal & River Trust and IWA. (l-r: Maggie Throup MP for Erewash, Richard Parry, Chief Executive of Canal & River Trust, Michael Fabricant MP for Lichfield, Sue O’Hare, Deputy Chair of The Inland Waterways Association, Wendy Morton MP for Aldridge & Brownhills).” Photo by Paul Rodgers

News

Debate on the future of the UK’s canals and waterways

Underfunding

News

Wendover Canal Trust Celebrates 25th Anniversary

Boating

Hybrid APPGW Meeting in November 2022

News

Waterway Funding Discussed At First Hybrid APPGW Meeting

Underfunding

Boats at a Trailboat Festival

Feature

Plans for The Next IWA National Trailboat Festivals

IWA

21 Sep 2024 2 day event

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal

Little Lever, Bolton

News

Successful campaign to protect Caldon Canal heritage

Boating

WoottonBrook_Path

News

Towpath upgrade at Wootton Brook

Conservation

gasholder development, Regent's Canal

Guided Walk

Regent’s Canal, Kings Cross to Hitchcock’s Hackney

Central London

Guided Walk

Regent’s Canal, Little Venice to Camden

Central London

Waterways Forum with IWA West Country Branch

News

West Country Branch host Waterways Forum

News

Canal & River Trust draw on IWA research for Facilities Consultation

Boating

Volunteering

Work Party – Burslem Port

Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

Volunteering

Work Party – Burslem Port

Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

Restoration

Work Party on the Cheshire Locks

Stoke-on-Trent

News

2022 Photography Competition Results

IWA

John Fevyer receives Cyril Styring Trophy

News

IWA National Awards 2022

IWA

Waterways for Today report presentation at AGM

News

Waterways For Today Report launched at our 63rd Annual General Meeting

Boating

News

Public flocks to Chester Canal’s 250th year celebration

Heritage

News

IWA Festival Of Water 2022 was a Great Success

Boating

Her Majesty the Queen at the Falkirk Wheel opening ceremony

News

In Honour of Her Majesty the Queen

Boating

Walk

Exploring the old Lancaster Canal in Whittle-le-Woods

Wheelton, Lancashire

News

Volunteer Awards

IWA

News

CRT Changes To Boat Licence Fees

Boating

News

IWA petitions against HS2 (Crewe – Manchester) Bill

Boating

News

Successful Campaign to protect Boaters’ Facilities on the Middle Level

Boating

News

Civic Trust Recognises IWA work in Chester

Heritage

Festival

Oxford Canal Festival

Oxford

Guided Walk

Regent’s Canal, Little Venice to Camden

Central London

freight barge on the Aire & Calder

News

IWA responds to DfT’s Future of Freight Plan

Underfunding

News

Weston & the Trent and Mersey Canal Walk

Access for all

News

Saving Chester’s Graving Dock Heritage

Heritage

APPGW Heritage

News

APPGW discusses waterways heritage and architecture

Heritage

Salterhebble Lock Cottage (Iain Duncan)

News

Salterhebble Lock Cottage Saved from Auction

Heritage

bug_Hotel

News

Is ours the best Bug Hotel in the county?

Conservation

News

Canalway Cavalcade 2022 declared a great success

Access for all

Volunteers at Dukinfield

News

Celebrating ASHTAC 50 years on

Access for all

Volunteer

IWA Chester and Merseyside Branch – Help at Public Events and Branch Meetings

Save waterways heritage - aberdulais aqueduct

News

Aberdulais Aqueduct can be saved

Conservation

News

HS2 Bill threatens tranquillity of waterways around Middlewich and Lymm

Boating

News

Reconnecting the Waterway Restoration Sector

Restoration

Person steering narrow boat along canal

Feature

10 things I wish I knew before living on a canal boat

Boating

News

Brewood & the Shropshire Union Canal Walk

Volunteer

Waterway Recovery Group – Canal Camp Cook

Volunteer

Waterway Recovery Group – Canal Camp Assistant Leader

Volunteer

Waterway Recovery Group – Canal Camp Leader

hedgelaying

News

More fantastic work on the Northampton Arm, volunteers out in force!

Conservation

Walk

Caldon Canal Heritage Walk

Denford

Walk

Braunston Village & Canal Circular Heritage Walk

Braunston

Historic green steel girder bridge over the river

News

Campaign to save 124 year old Boxted Bridge in Essex

Heritage

West Entrance of Standedge Tunnel

News

HS2 & Integrated Rail Plans continue to threaten waterways

Conservation

Feature

Aqueducts where one waterway crosses another

Heritage

John Bradley Works Footbridge

Walk

Stourbridge Town Arm Canal Heritage Walk

Stourbridge

Canal with bridge, people sitting on bench and house in the background

Feature

Our year in photos – 2021

IWA

Shardlow warehouse B with narrowboat moored in front of it

News

Shardlow awarded Heritage Inland Port status

Heritage

Bench_hdr

News

Three new benches and a defibrillator for the Northampton Arm

Access for all

News

Bridgwater Docks to receive Towns Fund

Heritage

Wendover Arm re-watering

News

Wendover Arm Canal back in water

Restoration

News

Water transfer projects have significant potential

Conservation

Canal with bridge, people sitting on bench and house in the background

News

Montgomery Canal restoration boosted by Chancellor’s Budget

Restoration

Feature

Winterising your boat

Boating

News

River Idle campaign for navigation

Boating

News

Unique Dunardry Bridge needs repair

Heritage

News

Volunteers support regeneration work at Burslem Port

Access for all

News

Volunteers working to preserve Hanwell Locks

Conservation

News

Stover Canal Crane

Heritage

20211019_114948_Strimming

News

Northampton Arm volunteers continue with brilliant work

Conservation

News

Trials show net zero carbon waterways closer with HVO

Conservation

News

2021 Photography Competition Winners

IWA

Feature

History and heritage of Britain’s canal and river bridges

Heritage

Birstall Lock

News

Birstall Lock Repair

News

Save Waterways Heritage campaign launch

Heritage

News

Information Boxes fitted on the Leicester Line

Boating

Feature

Community moorings

Access for all

Save Aberdulais Aqueduct structural survey

News

A plan to save Aberdulais aqueduct

Heritage

News

New Ashby Canal path update

Access for all

Gronwen Wharf on the Montgomery Canal

Campaign

Aston Nature Reserve, Montgomery Canal: Habitats and heritage

Burslem Branch Canal Trent & Mersey Canal Conservation Area

Campaign

Burslem Branch Canal: Conservation areas

freight on the River Severn

News

All Party Parliamentary Group for the Waterways: Freight and sustainability

Conservation

Crown Wharf planning protection for heritage

Campaign

Crown Wharf, Stone: Planning Protection

Aberdulais Aqueduct waterways heritage at risk from climate change

Campaign

Aberdulais Aqueduct: Heritage structure at risk

News

Open House guided tours of historic Hanwell Flight

Heritage

News

Uttoxeter Canal Restoration Saved

Restoration

Volunteers in high viz digging in a channel

News

Waterway Recovery Group Volunteers at Schoolhouse Bridge

Restoration

Boats and people at Festival of Water

News

IWA brings a great atmosphere to Perdiswell Park, Worcester

Boating

Nofolk crab boat going through Castle Mills Lock on the River Foss

News

York lock reopened thanks to IWA

Boating

News

Canal and river heritage: 5 good reasons it matters

Boating

Boats cruising in Handsacre on the Trent & Mersey Canal

Feature

Five ways to make your boating more sustainable

Conservation

new signage

News

Northampton Arm Volunteer Work Parties – Summer is here and our volunteers are busy

Conservation

News

12 mile cleanup of the Paddington Arm

Conservation

Hammersmith Bridge with boats underneath

News

Hammersmith Bridge reopens but waterways heritage at risk

Heritage

Volunteer wearing a pink top holding uprooted himalayan balsam

News

Clearing Himalayan Balsam from the Churnet Valley

Conservation

Volunteers learning how to safely lift using slings

News

Restoring Confidence; 10 restoration volunteers become qualified slingers

News

Parliamentarians urged to support residential boaters

Boating

News

Sir David Suchet joins Campaign to save the Uttoxeter Canal

Restoration

News

Chester Achieves First Heritage Inland Port Status in the UK

Heritage

Boat cruising at Inverness

News

7,000 miles of British waterways now identified

Access for all

News

Hanwell Locks Partnership Task Party

Conservation

Worcester Cathdral overlooking the River Severn

Walk

Worcester Heritage Walk

Worcester

Himalayan Balsam flower

News

Invasive plants to look out for on the waterways

Conservation

scraping paving

News

Northampton Arm Volunteer Work Parties – Great efforts made in May

Conservation

HVO fuel boat

Feature

Fuel for Thought – HVO & Greener Boating

Boating

News

Price parity of biofuels key in bringing UK’s inland waterways to net zero

Boating

Walk

Shugborough and the Staffs & Worcs Canal Walk

Walk

Stoke Bruerne, short village walk

Silver Propeller Challenge

Coventry Basin, Coventry Canal

Coventry

Silver Propeller Challenge

Runcorn, Bridgewater Canal

Runcorn

Boats in Bowling Basin, Forth & Clyde Canal

Silver Propeller Challenge

Bowling Basin, Forth & Clyde Canal

Clydebank

Silver Propeller Challenge

The Kelpies, Forth & Clyde Canal

Falkirk

Silver Propeller Challenge

Ashton Basin, Lancaster Canal

Preston

Feature

10 insects to look out for around the waterways

Conservation

Walk

Melbourne to Bielby, Pocklington Canal Walk

Pocklington

volunteers

News

Northampton Arm Volunteer Work Parties get off to a good start in 2021

Conservation

Female in mid-20s sitting on scaffolding - International Women's Day

Feature

Women in waterway restoration

Restoration

News

Red diesel budget announcement is a win for boaters

Boating

News

Wishaw and the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal Walk

Walk

Dadlington and the Ashby Canal Walk

Dadlington

News

New reporting tool for waterway access issues

Access for all

Feature

A virtual tour of waterways in Shrewsbury & North Wales

Heritage

Walk

Shenton Aqueduct & Ashby Canal Walk

Shenton

Talk

The Only Coastal Way is Essex – IWA Chelmsford Branch Talk

Chelmsford

News

Robert Aickman’s waterways legacy

IWA

Feature

The Seven Wonders of the Waterways

Heritage

Whitehouse Tunnel, Llangollen Canal

News

Waterway investment crucial for visitors and safety

Underfunding

News

The Future of Bridgwater Docks

Heritage

Volunteer strimming vegetation along the Northampton Arm

News

Work Parties on the Northampton Arm

Conservation

Work Party Volunteer

Volunteer

IWA Northampton Branch – Work Party Volunteers

News

2020 – our year in photos

IWA

News

Volunteers Remove Graffiti from Northampton Arm

Conservation

IWA London Walks guide, Charlie Forman

Feature

Walking London’s Towpaths

Access for all

Moored boats, Middlewich Branch

News

Protecting waterways along the HS2 Western Leg

Conservation

Camden Lock, Regent's Canal

Walk

Kings Cross to Camden Walk

St Pancras

Tree planting team, Wendover Arm

News

420 trees planted along the Wendover Arm Canal

Restoration

News

IWA’s call for more electric charging points gains support from MPs and Lords

Boating

Moored boats at Snarestone Wharf on the Ashby Canal

Campaign

Ashby Canal Trail

Wintry canal scene of the Packet House at Worsley

Feature

Christmas card special: Canals in watercolour

Boating

Limehouse Basin

Cruising Rings

London canal cruising ring

East London

Feature

Navigating Canal Tunnels Safely

Boating

News

Langport River Frontage has a New Look

Access for all

Rubbish in workboat on the Grand Union Canal

News

Four Tons of Rubbish Removed from Grand Union Canal

Conservation

Project team at Wappenshall Basin

News

Funding for Wappenshall Wharf in Shropshire

Restoration

Hurleston lock flight

Walk

Hurleston Locks & Shropshire Union Canal Walk

Barbridge

Volunteer in high vis driving a JCB

News

IWA Volunteer Awards 2020

IWA

Campaign

Restoring waterways transforms communities

Campaign

Britain’s waterways are chronically underfunded

Moored boats on Snarestone Wharf Ashby Canal.

Silver Propeller Challenge

beyond Snarestone Wharf, Ashby Canal

Measham

Silver Propeller Challenge

Stainton, Northern Reaches of the Lancaster Canal

Kendal

Nofolk crab boat going through Castle Mills Lock on the River Foss

Silver Propeller Challenge

Wormalds Cut, River Foss

York

Silver Propeller Challenge

Brandon (or Stanton Downham Bridge), River Little Ouse

Brandon

Silver Propeller Challenge

Springs Branch, Leeds and Liverpool Canal

Skipton

Silver Propeller Challenge

Harlam Hill Lock, River Ancholme

North Lincolnshire

Silver Propeller Challenge

Tapton Lock, Chesterfield Canal

Chesterfield

Silver Propeller Challenge

Southland Lock, Wey & Arun Canal

Billingshurst

Silver Propeller Challenge

New Mills Yard (Norwich), River Wensum (Norfolk Broads)

Norwich

Silver Propeller Challenge

Spalding or Crowland, River Welland

Spalding or Crowland

Silver Propeller Challenge

Lochrin Basin, Union Canal

Edinburgh

Silver Propeller Challenge

Brograve Mill, Waxham New Cut (Norfolk Broads)

Norwich

Campaign

Protecting the waterways from the worst of HS2

Silver Propeller Challenge

Ebridge Mill, North Walsham & Dilham Canal

North Walsham

Silver Propeller Challenge

Head of Navigation, Monmouthshire Canal

Cwmbran

Silver Propeller Challenge

Tonbridge Rail Bridge, River Medway

Tonbridge

Kayaks at Lowdwells lock on the Grand Western Canal.

Silver Propeller Challenge

Lowdwells, Grand Western Canal

Wellington, Somerset

Silver Propeller Challenge

Port Dundas, Glasgow

Glasgow

Silver Propeller Challenge

Bodiam Castle, River Rother

Robertsbridge, East Sussex

Silver Propeller Challenge

Inglesham, River Thames

Lechlade

Silver Propeller Challenge

West Summit Lock, Rochdale Canal

Littleborough

Moored boats and rowers at Exeter basin on the Exeter Ship canal.

Silver Propeller Challenge

Exeter City Basin, Exeter Ship Canal

Exeter

Moored boats at the Bridgwater docks on the Bridgwater and Taunton canal.

Silver Propeller Challenge

Bridgwater Docks, Bridgwater and Taunton Canal

Bridgwater

Silver Propeller Challenge

Winsford Bridge, River Weaver

Winsford

Junction bridge at Brockmoor on the Stourbridge Canal.

Silver Propeller Challenge

Fens Branch, Stourbridge Canal

Brierley Hill, West Midlands

Narrowboats at South Kyme winding hole on the Sleaford Navigation.

Silver Propeller Challenge

Cobblers Lock, Sleaford Navigation

Sleaford, Lincolnshire

Silver Propeller Challenge

River Dee Branch, Shropshire Union Canal

Chester

Straddle Warehouse at Sheffield Basin on the Sheffield & Tinsley Canal.

Silver Propeller Challenge

Sheffield Basin, Sheffield and Tinsley Canal

Sheffield

A narrowboat at Ripon Basin on the Ripon Canal.

Silver Propeller Challenge

Ripon Basin, Ripon Canal

Ripon

Silver Propeller Challenge

Melbourne Basin or Bielby, Pocklington Canal

York

Campaign cruise at Welches Dam on the Old Bedford River.

Silver Propeller Challenge

Welches Dam Lock or Welney, Old Bedford River

Chatteris, Cambridgeshire

Silver Propeller Challenge

Crickheath Winding Hole, Montgomery Canal

Oswestry

Silver Propeller Challenge

Holme, Middle Level Navigations

Peterborough

Reaching Horseway Lock by dinghy on the Middle Level Navigation.

Silver Propeller Challenge

Horseway Lock, Middle Level Navigations

Chatteris, Cambridgeshire

Silver Propeller Challenge

Maud Foster Windmill, Witham Navigable Drains

Boston

Boats at Liverpool Docks on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

Silver Propeller Challenge

Liverpool Docks, Leeds and Liverpool Canal

Liverpool

Silver Propeller Challenge

Carpenters Road Lock, Bow Back Rivers

London

A boat cruising at Wendover Arm on the Grand Union Canal.

Silver Propeller Challenge

Wendover Arm, Grand Union Canal

Tring

A boat festival at Slough Arm on the Grand Union Canal.

Silver Propeller Challenge

Slough Basin, Grand Union Canal – Slough Arm

Slough

Silver Propeller Challenge

Tewitfield Marina, Lancaster Canal

Carnforth, Lancashire

Silver Propeller Challenge

Standedge Tunnel, Huddersfield Narrow Canal

Marsden Moor, near Huddersfield

Silver Propeller Challenge

Kempston Mill, Great Ouse

Bedford

Boats at Saul Junction on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal.

Silver Propeller Challenge

Saul Junction, Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Gloucester

Silver Propeller Challenge

Norton Canes, Cannock Extension Canal

Cannock

Feature

There’s a canal hidden among the trees?

Restoration

A boat leaving Langley Mill Basin on the Erewash Canal

Silver Propeller Challenge

Langley Mill Basin, Erewash Canal

Eastwood, Nottinghamshire

Silver Propeller Challenge

Uttoxeter Basin, Caldon Canal

Froghall, near Cheadle, Staffordshire

Silver Propeller Challenge

Leek Branch, Caldon Canal

Leek

Silver Propeller Challenge

Boston Black Sluice, Black Sluice Navigation

Boston

Silver Propeller Challenge

Bradley Lane Workshop, Wednesbury Oak Loop Canal

Bilston, West Midlands

Silver Propeller Challenge

Walsall Town Basin, Walsall Canal

Walsall

Silver Propeller Challenge

Titford Pools, Titford Canal

Oldbury

Silver Propeller Challenge

Coombeswood Basin, Dudley No2 Canal

Halesowen

Silver Propeller Challenge

Southern Portal of Dudley Tunnel, Dudley Canal

Dudley

Silver Propeller Challenge

King John’s Castle, Basingstoke Canal

Odiham

Alveston Weir in Warwickshire on the River Avon.

Silver Propeller Challenge

Alveston Weir, River Avon (Warwickshire)

Stratford-upon-Avon

Springfield Basin, Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation

Silver Propeller Challenge

Springfield Basin, Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation

Chelmsford

Automatic Weir, River Chelmer

Feature

Chelmsford River Link

IWA

Silver Propeller Challenge

Kiveton Park, Chesterfield Canal

South Yorkshire

News

IWA Branch hosts young people for annual Himalayan balsam bash

Conservation

Volunteer

Northfleet Harbour Representative

IWA Kent & East Sussex Branch

Volunteer

Faversham Creek Representative

IWA Kent & East Sussex Branch

Campaign

Underfunding: Environment Agency waterways

Campaign

Underfunding: Scottish Canals

Campaign

HS2: Ashby Canal

Campaign

HS2: Trent & Mersey Canal in Cheshire

Campaign

HS2: Bridgewater Canal

Derelict and overgrown Frodsham Lock

News

Weaver Campaign Cruise to unlock restoration projects

Restoration

Bridge 25, Middlewich Branch

Campaign

HS2: Middlewich Branch of Shropshire Union Canal

Feature

Adoption of Fenny Stratford Lock

Conservation

Feature

More moorings for Saltaire

Boating

Feature

Campaign to reopen towpaths in Yorkshire

Access for all

News

Campaigning for the accessible development of Slough Basin

Access for all