Whitchurch Canal Festival to return

12 March 2026 - Waterways World Paid

The Whitchurch Waterway Trust says it is determined to restage its annual canal festival this year, despite it being very close to the site of the Llangollen Canal breach.  …

EA task force tackles abandoned Thames craft

12 March 2026 - Waterways World Paid

The Environment Agency says it is on course to remove over 100 sunken and abandoned vessels on the non-tidal Thames in a single year, its biggest clean-up of …

Optimism for Llangollen hire-boating

12 March 2026 - Waterways World Paid

The Canal & River Trust says it hopes to have the Llangollen Canal breach repaired by the end of this year.  The Langollen is Britain’s most popular …

Coordinated support for liveaboard boaters

12 March 2026 - Waterways World Paid

The Department for Work & Pensions has begun a series of combined outreach events in the London area, aimed at supporting liveaboard boaters. The events, held as drop-in sessions …

Trust accused of ‘abandoning restoration’ as flagship projects stall

12 March 2026 - Towpath Talk

The Inland Waterways Association (IWA) has challenged the Canal & River Trust’s draft Restoration Delivery Plan, arguing that restoration is ...

UK set for a summer of butterflies

12 March 2026 - Canal Boat UK

H&G Lock to be excavated

12 March 2026 - Waterways World Paid

The Herefordshire & Gloucestershire Canal Trust is shortly to begin excavating the long-infilled entrance lock to its basin at Over. The lock was once the access point from the …

Novel installation for HS2 bridge over canal

12 March 2026 - Waterways World Paid

A section of the Grand Union Canal reopened to boaters in mid-March, after a new 1,620-tonne section of the HS2 railway track slid aross the waterway and …

March 2026

11 March 2026 - Towpath Talk

Towpath Talk features everything you need to know about boats, marinas, wildlife, conservation, heritage and superb days out.

Fenland waterways face permanent fragmentation as sluice becomes fifth indefinite closure

11 March 2026 - Towpath Talk

The Inland Waterways Association has warned that East Anglia’s waterways are being lost ‘in perpetuity’ following the announcement that due ...

Easter Historic Boat Gathering heralds Golden Anniversary Year

11 March 2026 - Canal Boat UK

Sadly, no Montgomery Canal boat trips this season

10 March 2026 - The Montgomery Canal

But volunteers aim to refurbish historic narrowboat. The volunteers who operate the George Watson Buck narrowboat based on the Montgomery Canal in Llanymynech have taken the difficult decision not to run weekend boat trips during 2026 due to factors outside their control but have confirmed that the Visitor Centre will still be open at weekends …

Study finds widespread metal pollution in Corby’s rivers

10 March 2026 - Towpath Talk

A report produced by Earthwatch Europe, in partnership with the Corby community, has identified metals at concentrations above Predicted No ...

cooking on the cut – spring 26

9 March 2026 - CanalsOnline Magazine

Lisa Munday bounces us into Spring with some amazing recipes: wild garlic tagliatelle, miso mustard fish pie, cheese & wild garlic scones, and dandelion honey

Clyde Puffer to undergo major restoration programme

9 March 2026 - Towpath Talk

THE Puffer Preservation Trust, which looks after Clyde Puffer S.L. VIC 32, has been awarded a National Lottery Heritage Fund ...

K&A pill boxes converted to bat roosts

9 March 2026 - Waterways World Paid

Volunteers for the Canal & River Trust have begun a program to turn the Kennet & Avon Canal’s World War II pillboxes into bat roosts.  Two, at …

Inland craft share in National Historic Ships grant

9 March 2026 - Waterways World Paid

Two inland vessels are among 12 recipents sharing a total of £9,100 this year in the Small Grants Scheme from National Historic Ships. The charity annually gives grants …

River Canal Rescue course dates released

9 March 2026 - Canal Boat UK

Lakeland Leisure and Mahulu team up for Crick 2026 launch

9 March 2026 - Canal Boat UK

Safety checks complete on longest canal tunnel

7 March 2026 - BBC News

Experts carry out safety inspections on the tunnel linking West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester.

Floating encampment removed in £40k operation

7 March 2026 - Towpath Talk

An unauthorised floating encampment connected with reports of antisocial behaviour and alleged illegal activity has been removed from the River ...

author of the season – spring 26

6 March 2026 - CanalsOnline Magazine

Ken Jolly describes himself as a cowboy from Texas. He is a prolific writer and his Tow Path series of 7 books of different genres is based on the UK canals.

Ken Jolly

6 March 2026 - CanalsOnline Magazine

Ken lives in Texas, but for many years worked for an International Company in the UK. There he learned to appreciate the Towpath and the quiet aspects of British culture.

All aboard the Lego dreamboat

6 March 2026 - Towpath Talk

Hot on the heels of the possibility of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in Lego, as reported last month, another imaginative fan ...

professional waterway training

6 March 2026 - CanalsOnline Magazine

Britain’s waterways support a wide mix of activity. Leisure craft, passenger boats, commercial operators, and maintenance vessels often share the same space. This variety brings character and vitality to canals and rivers, yet it also places a shared responsibility on those who operate vessels professionally.

Prolonged flood risk alert issued

5 March 2026 - Towpath Talk

COMMUNITIES are being urged to stay alert as the Environment Agency and Met Office warn that unsettled and often severe ...

Your April issue of Canal Boat is out now!

5 March 2026 - Canal Boat UK

Consultation on canal water project

5 March 2026 - Canal Boat UK

Cruising Association publishes updated Guides to Europe’s Inland Waterways

4 March 2026 - Canal Boat UK

Mud, grit and hedge-laying spirit: volunteers push canal restoration forward

4 March 2026 - Towpath Talk

It was a case of “mud, glorious mud” at the Shropshire Union Canal Society’s latest work party, said restoration project ...