👋 Welcome to OnTheCut.net
OnTheCut is a website for boaters on the UK canal network. Providing a map of the inland waterways, notices archive, and news.
Latest News
View AllLatest news aggregated from various canal related sources.
Leisure moorings available at MGM Boatyard on the River Soar
21 August 2026 - Towpath Talk
MGM Boats Ltd at Thurmaston has non-liveaboard leisure moorings available in the heart of Watermead Country Park on the River ...
Work begins to restore canal filled in for M5
21 August 2026 - BBC News
The canal cannot go along its old route, so volunteers are digging a new channel.
Bumper August work party drives Shropshire Union Canal restoration forward
20 August 2026 - Towpath Talk
A five-day run of preparation work added to the Shropshire Union Canal Society’s regular three-day August work party, with volunteers ...
grounding advice from RCR
19 August 2026 - CanalsOnline Magazine
Stephanie Houghton (RCR) tells us what to do when you find your boat is grounded. Reversing your boat, or getting out and pushing are the first things to try...
Latest Vlogs
View AllA collection of vlogs from the UK canal network.
The Heatwaves Are Changing Life on the Canals
21 August 2026 - Boat Time
The UK has been going through some major heatwaves and drought, and as the summers continue to get hotter, we battle through some of the record breaking temperatures weather we've...
A Nine Mile Electric Narrowboat Journey - Will it Take Us Longer & How Much Power?
21 August 2026 - Narrowboat Life Unlocked
We cruise from Hawkesbury junction to Atherstone on the Coventry Canal and find out how much power it takes on our electric narrowboat and will the journey take us any...
Swanleys Breach Has Been Solved, What Happened?
20 August 2026 - Court Above The Cut
Swanleys Breach Has Been Solved, What Happened? Taylors Aboard - @TaylorsAboardaNarrowboat So What happened at the Swanley Breach, How does it differ from the Whitchurch Breach, The Leak at Frankton...
Why Are BOAT Jobs NEVER Simple?! | Llangollen Canal
20 August 2026 - The Narrowboat Pirate
This week, narrowboat life on the Llangollen Canal continues as I leave Chirk, cross the spectacular Chirk Aqueduct and head through two tunnels in search of something that has become...