Narrowboat holiday company Anglo Welsh has bought Sally Narrowboats, offering canal boat hire on the Kennet & Avon Canal at Bradford on Avon. The 87-mile long Kennet & Avon Canal is one of the most popular on the canal network. This beautiful waterway links the Bristol Avon with the Thames at Reading, passing through spectacular […] The post Sally Narrowboats Bought appeared first on Canal Boat ..read more

Martin Ludgate heads for South Wales’s Swansea Canal restoration and finds that there’s a lot going on – and it all centres around the strangely-named ‘Hidden Lock’… In October 2023, an opening celebration took place on the Swansea Canal at Clydach. In what the Swansea Canal Society described as a “major milestone” in its work […] The post Hidden Depths appeared first on Canal Boat ..read more

From Selby we head northwards through York and Boroughbridge to reach Ripon, on the fringes of the Pennines and one of the northern outposts of the waterways network. Words and Pictures by Martin Ludgate We begin our guide to the Yorkshire Ouse and associated waterways at Selby, the usual place where visiting inland waterways craft […] The post Cruise Guide: Yorkshire Ouse River Ure and Ripon Canal appeared first on Canal Boat ..read more

A large flotilla of boats will be travelling in convoy up the River Thames and standing off the Palace of Westminster, to draw the attention of Parliament to the Fund Britain’s Waterways (FBW) campaign. The campaign was launched at the end of June 2023 in response to the inadequate funding and deteriorating state of Britain’s […] The post Fund Britain’s Waterways flotilla to Westminster appeared first on Canal Boat ..read more

The 2024 Crick Boat Show, to be held across the late May Bank Holiday Weekend 25-27 May at Crick Marina, near Daventry in Northamptonshire, is the UK’s biggest inland waterways festival and offers a fantastic day out by the water for all the family.   The annual event, organised by Waterways World in partnership with […] The post Top 10 things to do at Crick Boat Show appeared first on Canal Boat ..read more

A high fine sends a warning message to those with unregistered boats with patrols on the Thames already beginning for summer 2024. Environment Agency officers discovered an unnamed boat moored opposite Reading Marine Services during routine checks in August last year. A Reading-based boat-owner has since been convicted and fined for failing to register his […] The post Thames boat-owner faces costs of nearly £1,400 appeared first on Canal Boat ..read more

Be it a boat or a house or maybe even a houseboat, Russell Narrowboats can build it. Words by Adam Porters | Pictures by Andy Annable Boat building firms come in all different shapes and sizes, from one-man bands to big companies with big sheds and production lines. But when I phone a boat builder […] The post Boat Test: Russell Narrowboats appeared first on Canal Boat ..read more

As part of IWA’s work in support of the multi-organisation Fund Britain’s Waterways (FBW) campaign, a survey is running until 29 March aimed at gathering crucial insights from boaters regarding their experiences while cruising in 2023. This initiative is a vital component of FBW’s ongoing campaign to secure funding for all waterways and navigation authorities […] The post Still time to help shape the future of the waterways appeared first on Canal Boat ..read more

On a gloomy November day, campaigners against cuts in public funding for the waterways took their fight to the Houses of Parliament by water. Martin Ludgate was on board… At a first glance it could be mistaken for the start of one of St Pancras Cruising Club’s regular Thames tideway trips: a long line of […] The post Campaign Cruise appeared first on Canal Boat ..read more

Young Elton The Tribute show will take to the stage at Crick Boat Show on  25 May, part the event’s Crick Music Festival, sponsored by Aquavista.   Now Britain’s biggest inland waterways event, the Crick Boat Show will be held at Crick Marina in Northamptonshire across the late May Bank Holiday Weekend 25-27 May. Crick Boat […] The post Young Elton tribute act to headline entertainment at Crick Boat Show appeared first on Canal Boat ..read more