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OnTheCut is a website for boaters on the UK canal network. Providing a map of the inland waterways, notices archive, and news.
Latest News
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Work begins on Cotswold Canals’ Missing Mile
28 August 2026 - Towpath Talk
CONSTRUCTION has begun on the Cotswold Canals’ Missing Mile after six years of planning. The scheme will reconnect the restored ...
WATER RESOURCES AND NAVIGATION UPDATE FROM CANAL & RIVER TRUST
28 August 2026 - Canal Boat UK
Drought forces canal network into emergency mode
27 August 2026 - Towpath Talk
AS large swathes of England and all of Wales were declared in drought following weeks of exceptionally dry weather, the ...
old bill and the queen
26 August 2026 - CanalsOnline Magazine
The steam engines used to provide hydraulic power to the whole dock estate. Sadly, they were derelict and all their bearings and other brass bits had been nicked. I unlocked the door and we entered past the silent Lancashire boilers then up the steps into the engine house. Bill got very excited. “Do you think,” he asked “if anyone would mind if I just cleaned them up and painted them?”
Latest Vlogs
View AllA collection of vlogs from the UK canal network.
The Biggest Gathering Of Historic Narrowboats
28 August 2026 - Boat Time
This is one of the best canal festivals in the UK. If you like narrowboats, history, or both, then this is the event for you! We've moored our off-grid home...
URGENT Exit from Atherstone Before Canal Shuts
28 August 2026 - Narrowboat Life Unlocked
With a couple of days before the locks close we race off down the Atherstone flight and hope to continue our narrowboat journey. CRT have sent out notifications to boaters...
Chesterfields Brand New Canal!
28 August 2026 - Court Above The Cut
Chesterfields Brand New Canal! Chesterfield has a new section of canal joining the existing section onto Staveley and to the pudlebanks, will we see water? Will it reach Renishaw and...
Travels on the Kennet & Avon Canal on Narrowboat Bertie - the most beautiful Canal
28 August 2026 - Michael Walker
During the hottest summer on record we travelled from Reading to Bristol on the Kennet and Avon Canal and Rivers. It's the most beautiful Canal in the UK. This is...