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£220k project to restore historic water-saving canal engineering at Hanwell
20 February 2026 - Towpath Talk
Work underway on a Historic England-funded project to restore 200-year-old side ponds at the Hanwell Flight of Locks in West ...
City centre canal gets new set of lock gates
20 February 2026 - BBC News
The Canal and River Trust says the old gates in Manchester's gay village "needed some attention".
Advance Tickets Available for Britain’s Largest Inland Waterways Event – Crick Boat Show 2026
19 February 2026 - Canal Boat UK
Our canal boat gets local donation
19 February 2026 - The Montgomery Canal
Local donation will kick-start fundraising to reburbish much loved Montgomery Canal narrowboat. Volunteers who run the George Watson Buck narrowboat based on the Montgomery Canal in Llanymynech have received a welcome donation of £500 from Llandrinio based Severn Community Connections. The donation will kick start fundraising efforts for 2026 by the volunteers who are looking …
Latest Vlogs
View AllA collection of vlogs from the UK canal network.
This Castle Was Demolished, But Somehow Still Stands Today
20 February 2026 - Boat Time
England is full of history, and before we continue exploring the canals on our off-grid narrowboat home, we're checking out things to do in the historic market town of Stafford...
The Heart of the Narrowboat - Our Electric Propulsion System
20 February 2026 - Narrowboat Life Unlocked
We visit Voltsport in Gateshead to run a test on our new lithium batteries and the system for our narrowboat. Voltsport and Ortomarine are working to bring us the best...
What's Holding Us Here? I Have to Turn My Narrowboat Around #273
20 February 2026 - The Mindful Narrowboat
Normally, we move our narrowboat home every week, but something keeps me at this mooring spot for much longer and then when it comes to leave we have to turn...
Winter Winds vs My Narrowboat | Solo Boating Struggles
19 February 2026 - The Narrowboat Pirate
Winter on a narrowboat can look magical — roaring fires, misty mornings and snow-dusted landscapes… but the reality can be very different. This week I’m cruising solo on the Llangollen...