Map of the UK INland Waterways

Our map of the UK inland waterways shows all the navigable rivers and canals in England, Wales and Scotland that are suitable for boating along with those waterways that are under restoration and selected waterways that are now derelict.

Map of the inland waterways of Great Britain

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

15 Jul 2025

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Northampton

06 Jul 2025

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Northampton

17 Jun 2025

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Northampton

News

Wilderness Boat Owners Thwarted by Failed Structures and Lack of Dredging

Boating

News

Celebrating Success with the IWA National Awards 2024 and the Sustainable Boating Awards

IWA

01 Jun 2025

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Northampton

20 May 2025

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Northampton

04 May 2025

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Northampton

15 Apr 2025

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Northampton

06 Apr 2025

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Northampton

18 Mar 2025

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Northampton

10 Feb 2025

Talk

Construction of the Manchester Ship Canal – IWA Manchester Branch Meeting

Manchester

News

IWA’s 65th Annual General Meeting takes place in Leicester

IWA

17 Jan 2025

Social

IWA Lichfield Branch talk: Waterways of the Low Countries

Lichfield

01 Jan 2025

Guided Walk

IWA Lichfield Branch Walk – Alrewas and the Trent & Mersey Canal

Alrewas

02 Mar 2025

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Northampton

18 Feb 2025

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Northampton

02 Feb 2025

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Northampton

21 Jan 2025

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Northampton

05 Jan 2025

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Northampton

News

IWA Responds to National Planning Policy Consultation

Conservation

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21 Feb 2025 2 day event

Weekend Digs

London WRG weekend dig – Shrewsbury and Newport Canal

Shrewsbury

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25 May 2025

Guided Walk

Regent’s Canal, Little Venice to Camden

Central London

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05 Jan 2025

Guided Walk

Regent’s Canal, Islington to Kingsland Road

Central London

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01 Jan 2025

Guided Walk

Regent’s Canal, Little Venice to Camden

Central London

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30 Dec 2024

Guided Walk

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

Central London

News

Sustainable Boating Group Submission to Government Spending Review

Boating

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

13 Dec 2024

Social

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

Stoke-on-Trent

11 Mar 2025

Social

IWA Northampton Branch Meeting with AGM plus Quiz

The Boat Inn, Stoke Bruerne

11 Feb 2025

Social

IWA Northampton Branch Talk-Discovering the Newport Pagnell Canal

The Boat Inn, Stoke Bruerne

14 Jan 2025

Social

IWA Northampton Branch Talk – Braunston’s Historic Boat Show

The Boat Inn, Stoke Bruerne

10 Dec 2024

Social

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

Stoke Bruerne

22 Jan 2025

Social

London’s Canals – IWA Chiltern Branch Talk

Rickmansworth

News

IWA Chiltern Branch at Marsworth Steam Rally: A Community Celebration

Heritage

News

Lancaster Canal Isolated from the Sea

Boating

News

Reservoir Opportunity for the Wilts & Berks Canal

Restoration

Feature

The English and Bristol Channels Concern

Heritage

News

IWA Signs the way at Reach Lode

Boating

27 Mar 2025

Talk

IWA Great Ouse Branch Talk – AGM and EA Update

Cambridge

27 Feb 2025

Talk

IWA Great Ouse Branch Talk – A Journey through time

Cambridge

20 Mar 2025

Restoration

Work Party on the Cheshire Locks

Stoke-on-Trent

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

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07 Jun 2025 2 day event

Boat Gathering

2025 Waterways Festival at Market Harborough

Market Harborough

News

Results of IWA Boaters’ Survey

Boating

Feature

IWA Leases Moorings at Stoke Bardolph on the River Trent

Boating

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

News

Canalway Cavalcade attracts thousands of visitors

IWA

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

News

2023 Photography Competition Results

IWA

17 Apr 2025

Restoration

Work Party on the Cheshire Locks

Stoke-on-Trent

15 May 2025

Restoration

Work Party on the Cheshire Locks

Stoke-on-Trent

20 Feb 2025

Restoration

Work Party on the Cheshire Locks

Stoke-on-Trent

News

New Design Unveiled for Lancaster Canal Tramway Bridge

Restoration

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10 May 2025

Guided Walk

The secrets of the Northern Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

Stratford, East London

Volunteer

IWA London Region – Planning and Conservation Lead

Volunteer

IWA Kent & East Sussex Branch Socials and Meetings Organiser

21 Feb 2025

Volunteering

Work Party – Burslem Port

Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

07 Mar 2025

Volunteering

Work Party – Burslem Port

Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

21 Mar 2025

Volunteering

Work Party – Burslem Port

Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

18 Apr 2025

Volunteering

Work Party – Burslem Port

Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

04 Apr 2025

Volunteering

Work Party – Burslem Port

Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

07 Feb 2025

Volunteering

Work Party – Burslem Port

Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

13 Dec 2024

Volunteering

Work Party – Burslem Port

Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

News

Winter Maintenance Complete!

Conservation

News

Stand Off Between Navigation Authorities Leaves Boaters Stuck

Boating

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18 May 2025

Guided Walk

IWA Towpath Walks – Four Hundred Years of the New River

London

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

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

13 Jan 2025

Talk

The Lancaster Canal Old tramway and Bridge – IWA Manchester Branch Meeting

Manchester

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

17 Dec 2024

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Northampton Arm

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

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20 Jan 2025

Social

IWA Birmingham BC&W Branch Buffet and talk from Canal & River Trust Regional Director

Halesowen

20 Feb 2025

Talk

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

Milton Keynes

News

WRG’s 2024 Canal Camps Programme is now live!

Restoration

News

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

Boating

18 Apr 2025

Social

IWA Lichfield Branch AGM – followed by talk on “Taylor’s Bell Foundry”

Lichfield

21 Mar 2025

Social

IWA Lichfield Branch Talk – The Night Sky over Tixall Wide in 3D

Lichfield

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

News

IWA Northampton Branch 2023 Annual Dinner Report

IWA

News

Memory lane wharf services

Boating

News

Loughborough mooring rings now in place

Boating

News

Winding ways

IWA

News

Join the Festival of Water Committee

IWA

News

Parliamentarians hear about Achieving Net Zero on UK Leisure Craft

Boating

News

Wendover Arm Towpath Upgrade

Access for all

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15 Mar 2025 2 days

Canal Camps

Birmingham Canals Clean-up 2025

West Midlands

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

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16 Mar 2025

Guided Walk

Grosvenor Canal and Battersea Power Station Walk

Central London

Volunteer

IWA Shrewsbury District & North Wales Branch – Newsletter Editor

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15 Dec 2024

Guided Walk

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

Central London

16 Dec 2024

Social

Christmas Social – IWA Manchester Branch Meeting

Manchester

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

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

News

Waterways are the focus of Chester City’s Heritage

Boating

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

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

News

Here Comes Summer!

Conservation

News

Nominations are open for the 2023 Awards

IWA

News

Canalway Cavalcade celebrates 40th anniversary

IWA

News

IWA publishes new guide to the Denver Crossing

Boating

21 Dec 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

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04 May 2025

Guided Walk

Regent’s Canal, River Tyburn & Little Venice

Central London

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06 Apr 2025

Guided Walk

Regent’s Canal, Kings Cross, Granary Square and Camden

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

Feature

Join the Canalway Cavalcade Committee

Volunteering

News

IWA joins Campaign for Energy Bill Support for Boaters

Boating

14 Mar 2025

Meeting

IWA North Staffs & South Cheshire Branch AGM and Waterways Quiz

Endon

News

Our super volunteers

Conservation

News

Waterways Vital to Government Environmental Improvement Plan

Underfunding

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

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

News

Waterway Funding Discussed At First Hybrid APPGW Meeting

Underfunding

Feature

Plans for The Next IWA National Trailboat Festivals

IWA

News

Successful campaign to protect Caldon Canal heritage

Boating

News

Towpath upgrade at Wootton Brook

Conservation

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16 Feb 2025

Guided Walk

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

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

10 Jan 2025

Volunteering

Work Party – Burslem Port

Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

24 Jan 2025

Volunteering

Work Party – Burslem Port

Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

02 May 2025

Volunteering

Work Party – Burslem Port

Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

16 May 2025

Volunteering

Work Party – Burslem Port

Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

30 May 2025

Volunteering

Work Party – Burslem Port

Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

16 Jan 2025

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

21 Feb 2025

Social

IWA Lichfield Branch Talk – Tackling Invasive Species on the Waterways

Lichfield

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

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20 Apr 2025

night time photo of the gas holders at St Pancras

Guided Walk

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

Central London

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09 Mar 2025

Guided Walk

Regent’s Canal, Kings Cross, Granary Square and Camden

Central London

News

IWA responds to DfT’s Future of Freight Plan

Underfunding

News

Weston & the Trent and Mersey Canal Walk

Access for all

26 Apr 2025

Conference

Waterway Restoration Conference 2025

Ellesmere Port

News

Saving Chester’s Graving Dock Heritage

Heritage

News

APPGW discusses waterways heritage and architecture

Heritage

News

Salterhebble Lock Cottage Saved from Auction

Heritage

News

Is ours the best Bug Hotel in the county?

Conservation

News

Canalway Cavalcade 2022 declared a great success

Access for all

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23 Mar 2025

Guided Walk

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

Central London

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19 Jan 2025

Guided Walk

Limehouse, Thames & Docklands

London Docklands

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02 Mar 2025

Guided Walk

Regent’s Canal: Mile End to Limehouse

Mile End, East London

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

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

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

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02 Feb 2025

Guided Walk

Regent’s Canal, King’s Cross, Granary Square & Camden

Central London

Historic green steel girder bridge over the river

News

Campaign to save 124 year old Boxted Bridge in Essex

Heritage

News

HS2 & Integrated Rail Plans continue to threaten waterways

Conservation

Feature

Aqueducts where one waterway crosses another

Heritage

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

News

Three new benches and a defibrillator for the Northampton Arm

Access for all

News

Bridgwater Docks to receive Towns Fund

Heritage

News

Wendover Arm Canal back in water

Restoration

News

Water transfer projects have significant potential

Conservation

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

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

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

Campaign

Aston Nature Reserve, Montgomery Canal: Habitats and heritage

Burslem Branch Canal Trent & Mersey Canal Conservation Area

Campaign

Burslem Branch Canal: Conservation areas

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

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

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

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

News

Invasive plants to look out for on the waterways

Conservation

News

Northampton Arm Volunteer Work Parties – Great efforts made in May

Conservation

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

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

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

News

Robert Aickman’s waterways legacy

IWA

Feature

The Seven Wonders of the Waterways

Heritage

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

Volunteer

IWA Northampton Branch – Work Party Volunteers

News

2020 – our year in photos

IWA

News

Volunteers Remove Graffiti from Northampton Arm

Conservation

Feature

Walking London’s Towpaths

Access for all

News

Protecting waterways along the HS2 Western Leg

Conservation

Walk

Kings Cross to Camden Walk

St Pancras

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

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

News

Funding for Wappenshall Wharf in Shropshire

Restoration

Walk

Hurleston Locks & Shropshire Union Canal Walk

Barbridge

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

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

Map of the inland waterways of Great Britain

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

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Wilderness Boat Owners Thwarted by Failed Structures and Lack of Dredging

Celebrating Success with the IWA National Awards 2024 and the Sustainable Boating Awards

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

Construction of the Manchester Ship Canal – IWA Manchester Branch Meeting

IWA’s 65th Annual General Meeting takes place in Leicester

IWA Lichfield Branch talk: Waterways of the Low Countries

IWA Lichfield Branch Walk – Alrewas and the Trent & Mersey Canal

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 Responds to National Planning Policy Consultation

London WRG weekend dig – Shrewsbury and Newport Canal

Regent’s Canal, Little Venice to Camden

Regent’s Canal, Islington to Kingsland Road

Regent’s Canal, Little Venice to Camden

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

Sustainable Boating Group Submission to Government Spending Review

IWA Concern over Vazon Bridge Opening

Fund Britain’s Waterways Government Spending Review Submission

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

IWA Northampton Branch Meeting with AGM plus Quiz

IWA Northampton Branch Talk-Discovering the Newport Pagnell Canal

IWA Northampton Branch Talk – Braunston’s Historic Boat Show

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

London’s Canals – IWA Chiltern Branch Talk

IWA Chiltern Branch at Marsworth Steam Rally: A Community Celebration

Lancaster Canal Isolated from the Sea

Reservoir Opportunity for the Wilts & Berks Canal

The English and Bristol Channels Concern

IWA Signs the way at Reach Lode

IWA Great Ouse Branch Talk – AGM and EA Update

IWA Great Ouse Branch Talk – A Journey through time

Work Party on the Cheshire Locks

IWA Concerned at Lengthy Bridge Closure on the River Hull

The Susan Returns to the Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation

The Rebuilding of Schoolhouse Bridge on the Montgomery Canal