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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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I was a young apprentice at one of UK's oldest docks
12 February 2026 - BBC News
Jacob Beak, from Banbury, is one of the UK's first qualified Heritage Engineering Marine Technicians.
CRT responds to Boat Licensing Commission proposals
12 February 2026 - Waterways World
The Canal & River Trust has outlined how it proposes to action the 36 recommendations from last year’s independent report on boat licensing. The trust says it will …
WIN!! a first-class trip behind Flying Scotsman
11 February 2026 - Towpath Talk
It’s the most famous steam locomotive in the world, and in just a few days you could be riding behind ...
Historic tug’s bell rings again
11 February 2026 - Towpath Talk
The bell from a long-scrapped Shroppie canal tug is on public display for the first time. Steam tug W. E. ...
Latest Vlogs
View AllA collection of vlogs from the UK canal network.
Racing Another Canal Closure… to Chirk Aqueduct ❄️ Winter Narrowboat Life
12 February 2026 - The Narrowboat Pirate
This week’s vlog sees me cruising solo along one of the most beautiful — and currently most cut-off — stretches of canal in the UK… Starting just after the incredible...
390. Things I Love and Hate about my tiny Narrowboat
11 February 2026 - CruisingTheCut
It is nearly Valentine's Day after all and I've had the narrowboat for a year so what better way to celebrate than pondering all the things I love (and some...
How will the Lichfield Canal get it's water?
11 February 2026 - Court Above The Cut
Today we are at Chasewater Reservoir that feeds the Birmingham Canal Network (BCN) and will eventually feed the Lichfield Canal. There are major issues in taking water from the reservoir...
Welcome to Nai Yang, Thailand. | Go with Mylo
8 February 2026 - Myles McDowell
About a year ago my Wife Tam and I travelled to Phuket in Thailand to volunteer at Soi Dog animal rescue....