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Boat Clubs

Airedale Boat Club:
Ashtree Boat Club: Based near Rugley on the Trent & Mersey Canal
The Association of Waterways Cruising Clubs:
The Aylesbury Canal Society: Formed in 1971 to promote the use of the arm and to run the basin moorings, the Society has gained an enviable reputation for welcoming visitors.
Basingstoke Boat Club:
Black Buoy Cruising Club: Based near Knowle on the Grand Union Canal
The Boater's Christian Fellowship:
The Caraboat Club: Produced in the 1970s this craft was designed to be used as a caravan and boat.
The Coventry Canal Society: Includes an art trail along the canal.
The Cutweb Internet Boating Club: A virtual boating club, with no moorings, club house, etc., affiliated to the AWCC.
Derby Motor Boat Club: Situated on the River Trent at Sawley
Electric Boat Association: Promotes the development in Electric Boating and serves the interests of industry and users.
Freeman Cruiser Fan Club: For all Freeman Cruiser owners or anyone interested in Freeman boats
Historic Narrow Boat Owners Club: Dedicated to encourage the preservation, restoration and use of working and ex- working narrow boats.
Lincoln Boat Club: A small non-profit-making club based in the City of Lincoln.
Longwood Boat Club: Situated on the Birmingham Canal Navigations at Longwood Junction, where the Rushall Canal meets the Daw End Branch of the Wyrley and Essington Canal
Lymm Cruising Club: Situated on the Bridgewater canal near the centre of the village of Lymm, in Cheshire.
The Mersey Motor Boat Club: Founded in 1932 it is one of the oldest cruising clubs in the country
Norbury Cruising Club:
North Cheshire Cruising Club: Based on the High Lane Arm of the Macclesfield Canal
Rammey Marsh Cruising Club: Established in 1970 on the River Lee south of Waltham Abbey
The River Douglas Boat Club:
Sale Cruising Club: Cheshire cruising club with moorings on the Bridgewater Canal
Saul Junction Boat Owners Club: Located at Saul Junction, where the Stroudwater meets the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal.
The Seamaster Club: The Seamaster Club information for anyone interested in Seamaster sailers and motor cruisers
Soar Boating Club: Based at Normanton on Soar, Leicestershire
St Pancras Cruising Club: A very active club that regularly organises cruises in the London area.
Stourport Yacht Club: Boating on the River Severn
Tamworth Cruising Club: Based on the Coventry Canal, between bridge 74 and Glascote Locks
Watch House Cruising Club: A boat club based at Stretford on the Bridgewater Canal.
West london Motor Criusing Club: Based at Alperton, on the Grand Union Canal Paddington Branch
Wheelton Boat Club: Provides moorings and social events for its members. Membership is open to all with an interest in waterways.
The Wilderness Boat Owners Club: The club site for Wilderness Trail Boat Owners.
Worsley Cruising Club:

Individual Waterways

Anderton Boat Lift: The official BW site with restoration progress information and a webcam.
The Association of Canal Enterprises: Representing commercial interests along the Kennet & Avon Canal
Barnsley, Dearne & Dove Canals Trust: Helping to restore the canals
The Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway Trust: Promoting the development of a Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway.
Bedfordshire Webcam Live: A view from County Hall in Bedford across the River Ouse towards the town centre.
Beverley Beck OnLine: Beverley Beck Canal joins the River Hull near the historic town of Beverley.
Braunston - Welcome: A lot of information about Braunston and the area around including the canals and boating activities.
Brecon and Abergavenny Canal History: A project by Glasbury Church in Wales Primary School, illustrating canal transport in the 19th century of limestone.
Brigham Sailing Club: Based at the canalside village of Brigham, 5 miles south of Driffield and 15 miles north of Beverley.
The British Canals: Introducing the English Narrow Canals, particularly the Birmingham Canals
Chris Deuchar's Web Home Page: Pages include Inland Boating and an unofficial Waterways Craft Guild page.
Claverton Pumping Station: All the opening times, etc. for this historic pumping station on the K&A
The Conservators of the River Cam:
The Cotswold Canals: This website has been created as a result of a photographic survey of the Stroudwater and Thames & Severn Canals, and contains some 300 photos.
The Driffield Navigation Trust: The Managers of One of the Independently Managed UK Waterways.
The Dudley Canal Trust: The Trust has been restoring the underground waterways of Dudley since the early 60's and organises various trips.
The Falkirk Wheel: Everything you might want to know about the only rotating boat lift in the world.
The Fens: Covers the fenland waterways from the Boston area to Cambridge.
Frank's Web Site: Information on the Manchester Ship Canal and associated docks.
Gloucester Quays: Details of the plans to develop the land beside the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal adjacent to Gloucester Docks.
The Grantham Canal Web Site - 1: Web site produced by Owen Rushby
Grantham Canal Partnership: A lot about the canal including photos and interactive maps
Huddersfield Canal Web Cam: View from Stalybridge Regeneration Office looking East over Armentieres Square.
Ice Boats of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal: Based on work by the Nautical Archaeology Society
Kennet & Avon - The Barge Inn: Honeystreet, Pewsey. An interesting site that includes "The Virtual Barge Inn".
Lancaster Canal: Black and White - the Story of the Lancaster Canal. A brief history of the waterway.
Leominster Canal Promotions Ltd: The company have sought to research and publish information and guides to the route, history, personalities and context of the canal
Liverpool Canal Link: Sets out the four options for proposed routes of a new canal link around the Liverpool Pier Head.
London's Inland Waterways: A towpath and cruising guide.
Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal:
Mileposts on the Trent & Mersey Canal: Pictures and information on the canal centred around its mileposts.
The Millennium Link - 1: This £78m project will restore the Forth & Clyde and Union Canals, linking the West and East coasts of Scotland with navigable waterways for the first time in over 35 years. Includes web cams.
The Millennium Link - 2: An information and picture resource of the restoration of the Forth & Clyde and Union Canals in Scotland, including construction of the Falkirk Wheel.
Monica and Mark go boating:
My Black Country: Contains various photo tours along the many canals around the Black Country area.
Navigation Inn - Buxworth Canal Basin: Information about the services offered and the historic locality.
The Norfolk Wherry Trust: The trust helps preserve Albion, the last Norfolk trading wherry, and charters her out to members of the public.
Pennine Waterways: Peak Forest, Ashton, Rochdale, Leeds & Liverpool, Huddersfield and other canals in the area.
The Ribble Link Trust: An introduction to the Trust.
River Bann and Lough Neagh Association: RBLNA is a branch of the Inland Waterways Association of Ireland
River Lee - Our River: About the River Lee. Designed especially for young people and their teachers.
River Thames - R.I.P: A site concerned that all access points to the tidal river are being blocked off by developers.
The River Thames Guide: A guide to the Thames and its surrounding areas.
Roger Ford's Stratford Canal Guide: Covers the Northern Stratford Canal, based on a booklet written in the 1980's. Soon to be expanded.
Saul Canal Festival: Saul Canal Festival is the new title for what was once known as the Saul Junction Boat Gathering.
Scotland's Waterways: A British Waterways site covering all the Scottish navigable canals.
The Severn boats and boating pages: Motor boat cruising on the River Severn and Bristol Channel with maps. Includes the Sharpness canal and River Avon.
Severn Tales: Barges, history, books, floods and anything to do with the river.
Severn Trust: Aims to ensure that the River Severn is properly managed to provide leisure and recreation for everyone whilst improving and preserving its wildlife.
Shardlow Heritage Centre: A museum at this important Canal Port situated between the River Trent and the Trent & Mersey Canal.
The Shrewsbury & Newport Canals Trust: Formed to save the canals as very little of the line has been built on and no insuperable engineering problems lie in the way of restoration.
The South Pennine Ring: The official BW site for certain canals in this area with lots of restoration and environmental info and photos.
Standedge Visitor Centre: Standedge Visitor Centre, once an 18th century transhipment warehouse, and the guided boat trip into the tunnel is an exciting new attraction for all of the family to enjoy.
Steam, Coal and Canal: The Bridgewater Canal Linear Industrial Heritage Park.
Stenson Lock Gates: Photographs of the replacement of locks gates on the Trent & Mersey Canal.
The Stockport Branch of the Ashton Canal: An arm of the canal that was filled in in 1962.
Sussex Waterways: Information on the river navigation's and canals of Sussex. Part of the larger Sussex County Website.
Swansea -Waterlinks: Aims to promote the creation of a 35 mile regional waterway based on the historic Swansea, Neath & Tennant Canals.
Thames Path Online Guide: Details of the Thames Path and the associated locks, bridges, events etc.
Thames Tideway: Information service about the tidal Thames, which goes from the sea to Teddington in Middlesex.
Thames Web Cam 1: Live pictures from the Pool of London.
Thames Web Cam 2: Maidenhead Rowing Club provide this view of the River Thames at Maidenhead.
Visit Thames: An Environment Agency site dealing with all leisure activities on and by the Thames.
Wantage Waterway: Information on the Wilts & Berks Canal, the canal Trust and the East Vale branch in particular.
The Wendover Canal Festival: The Tring (or Wendover) Canal Festival Organised by the Wendover Arm Trust.
Wilts & Berks Canal: All you want to know about the Wilts & Berks Canal. Historic or modern apppear here. Designed to compliment the Official Wilts & Berks Canal Trust site.
Wilts & Berks Canal Page by Peter Smith: Details of the Restoration of the Wiltshire & Berkshire Canal.
The Wilts & Berks Canal: Updates on restoration.
Wiltshire Waterways Festival 2002: A Waterway Event for all the Family - June 15th & 16th.
yourOWNtowpath.com: The Oxford Canal Walk follows the towpath passing through the counties of Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and Northamptonshire (OWN).

Waterways Societies

American Canal Society:
The Aylesbury Canal Society: Formed in 1971 to promote the use of the arm and to run the basin moorings, the Society has gained an enviable reputation for welcoming visitors.
The Basingstoke Canal: Guardians of the Basingstoke Canal.
Birmingham Canal Navigations Society: A mix of pages about the BCN and the BCN Society.
Bridge 19-40 Canal Society: Dedicated to the Union Canal in Scotland
The Broads Society: Promote the future well-being of the Broads area, and provide a focus for all who are interested in the region
The Buckingham Canal Society: Restoring the Buckingham and Old Stratford arms of the Grand Union Canal.
Bude Canal and Harbour Society: Information about the history of the Bude Canal, its present state and future plans
Chelmer Canal Trust: Formerly the Friends of the Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation. A voluntary group whose main aims are to preserve the waterway from Chelmsford to the sea.
The Chesterfield Canal Trust: Dedicated to the promotion and restoration of the Chesterfield Canal
The Cotswold Canals Trust: Restoring the Stroudwater and Thames & Severn Canals.
The Coventry Canal Society: Includes an art trail along the canal.
Derby & Sandiacre Canal Society: Has a mission to fully restore the Derby Canal as close as possible to the original route.
The Dorset & Somerset Canal: A canal that was only partly completed and was abandoned around 1803.
Driffield Navigation Amenities Association: Dedicated to publicising the important part played by the Canal in the history of Driffield and to promote the Canal's future potential.
Droitwich Canals Trust: Completing the Mid-Worcestershire Ring.
Essex Waterway Recovery Group: Details of digs etc.
The Forth and Clyde Canal Society: Formed in 1980 to campaign for the canal's restoration.
The Friends of the Cromford Canal: An organisation whose aim is to see the restoration of the historic Cromford Canal.
The Great Ouse Boating Association: Providing facilities for, and representing, boaters using the Great Ouse and its tributaries.
Hereford & Gloucester Canal Trust: Aim to fully restore the 34 miles of canal and locks which will once again link Hereford with Ledbury.
The Huddersfield Canal Society.: The history of the canal and the 25 year restoration campaign and volunteer activities
The Humber Keel & Sloop Preservation Society: The Society operate the Humber Keel 'Comrade' and Humber Sloop 'Amy Howson' from South Ferriby. Both vessels sail but not on a commercial basis
Inland Waterways Association of Ireland: For boating people, anglers, archaeologists and nature lovers.
The Inland Waterways Protection Society Ltd: The Society, formed in 1958, campaigns for the Inland Waterways of Great Britain. The Society has a long lease of Bugsworth Canal Basin.
IWA Ipswich Branch: The site of the Inland Waterways Association Ipswich Branch.
IWA Northampton Branch: The Northampton Branch of the Inland Waterways Association.
Kennet & Avon Canal Trust:
Kent & East Sussex Canal Restoration Group: Provides volunteers to help restore canals and waterways throughout Britain.
The Lancaster Canal Trust: The Lanky - the website of the Trust.
Lapal Canal: The Lapal Canal Trust, PO Box 5236, Halesowen, West Midlands, B63 3NN, UK.
The Leeds & Liverpool Canal Society:
Lichfield & Hatherton Canal Restoration Trust: Campaigns for the restoration of the Lichfield Canal, and the Hatherton Canal through Cannock.
Linlithgow Union Canal Society: Linlithgow is on the Edinburgh & Glasgow Union Canal which is 31½ miles long and links the centre of Edinburgh to the Forth & Clyde Canal at Falkirk.
Louth Navigation Trust: The Trust seeks to enhance the Louth Navigation canal corridor, by undertaking sustainable heritage programmes of canal and building restoration.
The Macclesfield Canal Society:
Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal Society: Aims to preserve the line of the canal, restore all parts of the canal which remain in water, and eventualy restore the whole canal.
Melton & Oakham Waterways Society: Campaign and actively work for the preservation of the River Wreake (Melton Mowbray Navigation) and Oakham Canal.
Monmouthshire Brecon & Abergavenny Canals Trust:
The Newbury Working Party Group: Currently working on the Wey & Arun, Hereford and Gloucester Canals, and the Basingstoke Canal.
The Old Union Canals Society: Promotes two canals, the Old Union (the Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union) and the original Grand Union from Foxton to Norton Junction.
The Packet Boat Duchess-Countess Project: A project to re-create the canal packet-boat "Duchess Countess" as a true replica.
Pocklington Canal Society: The canal is over nine miles long, from Canal Head near Pocklington to the River Derwent at East Cottingwith.
The River Stour Trust: The Trust, a registered charity, was formed in 1968 to protect the right of navigation on the River Stour (Suffolk).
Sankey Canal Restoration Society: Information about the work of the society.
Scottish Inland Waterways Association: The Voice of Scotland's Canals
The Shropshire Union Canal Society:
The Shropshire Union Fly-boat Restoration Society: Formed in 1988 to focus on regenerating the traditional horse drawn Shropshire Union Fly-boats of the Northwest.
Sleaford Navigation Trust: The aim of the Trust is to restore the Navigation to full working order.
The Slough Arm of the Grand Union Canal: Supporting the regeneration of the canal
The Somersetshire Coal Canal Society: Books, events, membership, news, a short history and walking the canal.
The Southampton Canal Society:
The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Society: Formed in 1959 the society aims to further the development and use of the canal
The Sussex Ouse Restoration Trust: Promoting conservation, restoration of navigation above Lewes, protection of the river's banks and wildlife, and educational and leisure use.
Thames and Medway Canal Association: Halting the deterioration of the canal and promoting its use as a multipurpose amenity.
Trent & Mersey Canal Society: The only user group interested solely in the whole 94 miles of the Trent and Mersey Canal.
The Wendover Arm Trust: Supporting the restoration of the Wendover Arm of the Grand Union Canal.
West Vale Branch of the Wilts & Berks Canal Trust: Covers the stretch of the Wilts & Berks Canal that passes through the following parishes - South Marston, Bourton, Shrivenham, Ashbury, Longcot, Woolstone, Baulking and Uffington
The Wey & Arun Canal: Restoring the Wey & Arun Canal.
Whitchurch Waterway Trust: A registered charity formed to further the restoration of the Whitchurch arm of the Llangollen canal.
Wilts & Berks Canal Melksham Branch:
The Wilts & Berks Canal: Updates on restoration.
Worcester and Birmingham Canal Society: Well presented and interesting canal society pages.

  


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