OnTheCut

STAYING SAFE around water is crucial

29 November 2025 - Towpath Talk

Dramatic scenes unfolded at a West Yorkshire marina – but it was all in the name of training. Sally Clifford ...

CANAL BOAT DIARIES Series 7 now filming

28 November 2025 - Towpath Talk

WATERWAYS explorer Robbie Cumming will be back on the small screen in 2026 as the star of Canal Boat Diaries ...

Aire & Calder supporters in appeal for bicentenary support

28 November 2025 - Waterways World Paid

A celebration flotilla is being planned next July for the bicentenary of the Knottingley & Goole Canal.  The organiser, the Yorkshire Waterways History Society, says it hopes it can …

CANAL MANIA documented in new film

27 November 2025 - Towpath Talk

Dan also looks into the stories of the people who inspired and designed the canals in Georgian and Victorian Britain ...

Anderton Boat Lift gate repairs prioritised to get navigation back open

27 November 2025 - Canal Boat UK

MUSEUM FOCUS: Industrial gem in Bristol

26 November 2025 - Towpath Talk

Nicola Lisle, in words and pictures, discovers an historic boatyard open to visitors at the heart of Bristol’s famous Floating ...

MEET SANTA at Coombeswood Canal Trust’s Winterfest

25 November 2025 - Towpath Talk

Coombeswood Canal Trust presents its first Winterfest on Saturday, November 29. All are welcome to attend the fun-filled event which ...

HISTORIC NORTHAMPTONSHIRE working boat celebrates 90th birthday

25 November 2025 - Towpath Talk

A historic Northamptonshire working boat which played a key role in fighting fires in London during World War II is ...

FOXTON LOCK festive feeling as Christmas illuminations are switching on

24 November 2025 - Towpath Talk

Foxton Locks is set to sparkle as the Canal & River Trust invites visitors to one of Leicestershire’s most spectacular ...

Win a Leather GOHolster and Ratchet Windlass!

24 November 2025 - Towpath Talk

GOWindlass are offering a reversible Ratchet Windlass and any choice of shoulder holster from their range of hand made, glued and stitched luxury leather holsters.

Canal & River Trust endorses Boat Licence Commission’s Report

22 November 2025 - Canal Boat UK

A BASIN between times

22 November 2025 - Towpath Talk

From Exhall Basin: On a quiet stretch of the Coventry Canal, between the city’s edge and the winding turn at ...

EARLY SUCCESS in tackling ‘UK’s prettiest invasive species’

21 November 2025 - Towpath Talk

A biological trial to tackle one of the UK’s most pervasive and iconic invasive species has shown early success, said ...

COMMISSION REVIEWING BOAT LICENSING FRAMEWORK DELIVERS REPORT

20 November 2025 - Towpath Talk

The Report from the independent Commission set up to review the legal framework around boat licensing and whether it is ...

Shake-up for CRT boat licensing

20 November 2025 - Waterways World Paid

Boat licensing on CRT waterways is set for change following the publication of a report by the commission appointed to look at the current system. The 36-recommendation document calls …

National Historic Ships UK Awards Winners 2025 unveiled

20 November 2025 - Canal Boat UK

SOLAR Thermal Pyramids

19 November 2025 - Towpath Talk

What, you might understandably ask, has doing the weekly wash in sub-Saharan Africa got in common with having a hot ...

COMMISSION REVIEWING THE BOAT LICENSING FRAMEWORK DELIVERS ITS REPORT

19 November 2025 - Canal Boat UK

MATLOCK BATH ILLUMINATIONS

18 November 2025 - Towpath Talk

Lights, boats, action! THE River Derwent, in Derbyshire, dazzled the crowds as enchanting displays of illuminated boats paraded on the ...

British Marine announces first winners of British Marine Sector Association Awards Programme

18 November 2025 - Canal Boat UK

Town unveils litter-picking canal boat

17 November 2025 - BBC News

The boat is created to help keep a canal network clean as part of plans to improve public spaces.

ILLUMINATED BOAT PARADE

17 November 2025 - Towpath Talk

Glow with the flow BOATS, beats, and bright lights lit up the night thanks to Retford and Worksop Boat Club. ...

Electrika 2026

17 November 2025 - Canal Boat UK

OUR WATERWAYS: How clean are they?

15 November 2025 - Towpath Talk

Vital data has been gathered by citizen scientists during two important public campaigns. THE results from the Big River Watch ...

NEW CHAIRMAN: Passion for protecting rivers and species

14 November 2025 - Towpath Talk

Keen angler Simon Francis has taken over the chairmanship of the Wild Trout Trust’s board of trustees. After an in-depth ...

Now it's oak trees at risk

13 November 2025 - Waterways World Paid

Of all the trees that grow so fair,   Old England to adorn,Greater are none beneath the Sun,   Than Oak, and Ash, and Thorn  A …

BOAT LICENCE FEES for 2026-27

13 November 2025 - Towpath Talk

The Canal & River Trust is today announcing an increase in boat licence fees for both private boat owners and ...

Boat licence fees for 2026-27

13 November 2025 - Canal Boat UK

CHARACTERS OF THE CUT: Deaine Duffy

12 November 2025 - Towpath Talk

A CHILDHOOD love of Rosie & Jim sowed an early seed of life on the water in the heart of ...

New life for Norway

12 November 2025 - Waterways World Paid

Norway, a remarkable new recreation of a 1927 Anderton Company ‘Knobstick’ motor wooden narrowboat, is as near a replica of the original as builder Dan Cauldwell could make, …