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Diesel pump

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Red diesel consultation response

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Environment Bill response champions waterways heritage, sustainability & restoration

Heritage

Hurleston lock flight

Walk

Hurleston Locks & Shropshire Union Canal Walk

Barbridge

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26 Oct 2020 6 days
Spooky ghoul on board trip boat victoria

Boat Trips

Spooky Halloween Boat Trips

Essex

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11 Dec 2020

Meeting

IWA East Yorkshire Branch AGM

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New vision for sustainable boating

Boating

Volunteer in high vis driving a JCB

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IWA Volunteer Awards 2020

IWA

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12 Nov 2020
Boats in Springfield Basin Moorings, Chelmsford

Webinar

Enhancing Chelmsford’s Waterways

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Increasing sustainability on the waterways

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The unique heritage of the waterways is under threat

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Restoring waterways transforms communities

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Britain's waterways are chronically underfunded

Silver Propeller Challenge

Limit of Navigation beyond Snarestone Wharf

Swadlincote

Campaign

Government must intervene to save our waterways sector

Silver Propeller Challenge

Stainton or Mattisons Bridge 168

Kendal or Milnthorpe

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IWA appoints new trustees

IWA

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Wormalds Cut

York

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Covid-19 and the inland waterways

Access for all

Silver Propeller Challenge

Stanton Downham Bridge

Brandon

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Springs Branch

Skipton

Silver Propeller Challenge

Harlem Hill Lock

Gainsborough

Silver Propeller Challenge

Chesterfield

Chesterfield

Silver Propeller Challenge

Southland Lock

Billingshurst

Silver Propeller Challenge

Norwich New Mills Yard

Norwich

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Spalding or Crowland

Spalding or Crowland

Silver Propeller Challenge

Lochrin Basin

Edinburgh

Silver Propeller Challenge

Brograve Mill

Norwich

Campaign

Protecting the waterways from the worst of HS2

Silver Propeller Challenge

Ebridge Mill

North Walsham

Silver Propeller Challenge

Pontypool

Cwmbran

Silver Propeller Challenge

Tonbridge Rail Bridge

Tonbridge

Silver Propeller Challenge

Lowdwells

Wellington

Waterway restoration

Restoring the UK’s blue infrastructure – our inherited network of navigable canals and rivers – is good for people and places.

Waterways Watch

We are gathering evidence about campaigning issues and want you to let us know problems or concerns that affect everyone who is out and about on the waterways. 

Waterways heritage

Our waterways heritage is what makes Britain’s canals and rivers special and it must be actively protected – through the local planning system and sufficient funding – for the future.

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Diesel pump

News

Red diesel consultation response

We have submitted our response to HM Treasury’s consultation on removing access to red diesel for propulsion on the inland waterways from April 2022.

News

Environment Bill response champions waterways heritage, sustainability & restoration

Our response to the Environment Bill – currently going through the parliamentary bill process – included comments on heritage, air quality, water resources and biodiversity net gain.

News

New vision for sustainable boating

To make sure boats on the inland waterways don’t get left behind in the country’s progress to zero CO2 emissions…

Volunteer in high vis driving a JCB

News

IWA Volunteer Awards 2020

IWA’s annual Volunteer Awards were announced at the virtual AGM on Saturday 26th September and introduced by Audrey Smith OBE, Chair of the Association’s Volunteer Awards panel.

News

IWA appoints new trustees

Following a recruitment drive amongst IWA’s membership, five new trustees were announced at the Association’s AGM on Saturday 26th September. Earlier…

Feature

Covid-19 and the inland waterways

Can I visit the waterways? As government continues to review measures relating to Covid-19, it is important to follow social…

Love your waterways

Together we can protect and restore our waterways; the UK’s 6,500 miles of canals and rivers need your help.