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Projects help improve access and encourage more people to get active. We’re undertaking £3 million of towpath improvements along two canals in the Huddersfield area. Keeping canals alive and open Still navigated by boats as they have been for hundreds of years, and today used by more than 10 million people a fortnight, our historic…

Much-loved Finnish characters the Moomins bring their special messages of kindness, sharing and friendship to the National Waterways Museum Gloucester this month. Canoeing at Gloucester Quays It’s 80 years since author Tove Jansson introduced her mythical Moomins to the world. Their stories look at friendship, acceptance, and community. Which makes them perfect ambassadors for Refugee…

We’re carrying out work to repair the Macclesfield Canal, near Bosley Locks, following a breach in March. As the site is a remote, rural location, contractors have built a 400m-long metal track and created ramps to the canal bed to allow vehicles and machinery to safely gain access and start work. Excavation works to the…

A colourful boat parade will pass through Foxton Locks during a festival celebrating the key role Leicestershire’s waterways played in reviving the canal network 75 years ago. The flotilla of boats will be heading to Union Wharf in Market Harborough, scene of the 1950 Festival of Boats & Arts which was pivotal in the campaign…

Nearly 25,000 people visited the 25th Crick Boat Show, the UK’s largest inland waterways festival. The festival took place at Crick Marina near Daventry, across the Bank Holiday weekend 23-26 May 2025. A focal point of the year The event, which is sponsored by Haven Knox-Johnston, and organised by Waterways World in partnership with us…