Waterways

We’re giving you the opportunity to get an up-close view of newly installed lock gates at Stret Lock in Worksop, to help highlight what it takes to look after the nation’s centuries-old canal network. Winter Open Day at Stret Lock We’ve replaced two sets of lock gates on the narrow beam lock and is inviting members of the local community to a special open day,…

The River Severn will come under the spotlight at the National Waterways Museum Gloucester this month with a photography exhibition, model boat trail and many other activities. From 5 February to 11 April there will be a photography exhibition and a model boat trail from 14 February – 11 April along with many other activities…

PolyBoatGlobal.com has found just how much surface or submarine electric scooters present another fun variety for electric boating :like a fish, on the surface you ski or foil across the water, while underneath, for up to 30 minutes, you can snorkel to depths of up to 40 metres to discover and photograph a whole new world…

We’re inviting you to discover the wonderful wildlife that thrives along their local canals at a special ‘Nurturing Nature’ event, at the Canal Museum in Stoke Bruerne. We’re bringing together wildlife experts, hands‑on demonstrations and activities designed to help people explore and enjoy the natural world on their doorstep. The event will be on Saturday…

A programme of essential maintenance on Sutton Weaver Swing Bridge, which celebrates its centenary this year, will enter its final phase next month and will be completed on schedule in March. Swing bridge on the River Weaver Navigation The works We’re carrying out the vital works to the bridge, which crosses the River Weaver near…

We need more hands on deck and are inviting you to discover a host of ways to give some time canal-side in their local community, with a programme of welcome sessions announced this week. Volunteering near Leicester Built by hand 250 years ago as the freight arteries that fuelled the Industrial Revolution, canals don’t look…

An unauthorised floating encampment, linked to reports of antisocial behaviour and alleged illegal activity, has been removed from the River Lee Navigation near Bow Locks. Accessing the structure The operation costing us in the region of £40,000. Our teams, supported by private security personnel, Metropolitan Police officers and a dog handler, carried out the operation…

We’ve announced that Tim Hunter will be joining as the charity’s interim fundraising director in February 2026. Tim joins from the NSPCC, where he has been interim director of income generation since April 2025. Previously he was director of private sector partnerships and fundraising at the UN World Food Programme based in Rome. At WFP,…

Work is under way on a Historic England-funded project to restore a piece of 200-year-old water-saving canal engineering, after a year of navigation closures caused by drought and climate change. Each movement of boats through locks uses thousands of litres of water, which must be replenished from reservoirs, river flows, boreholes or other sources. Georgian engineers understood this problem, and, in 1815, some 20 years after the…