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18 Nov 2021

Guided Walk

Guided walk around Market Bosworth and the Ashby Canal

Market Bosworth

17 Nov 2021

Talk

Crossing of the River Mersey

Lichfield

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26 Oct 2021

Webinar

Community mooring projects & how boaters are leading the way

Online

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26 Oct 2021 5 days

Canal Camps

Burslem Port Canal Camp

Burslem Port

08 Dec 2021

Social

IWA South London Branch Christmas Celebration

Croydon

11 Nov 2021

Talk

Talk – The lost Wharves of our London Port

Croydon

New IWA trustees

News

New trustees for IWA

IWA

Save Aberdulais Aqueduct structural survey

News

A plan to save Aberdulais aqueduct

Heritage

News

New Ashby Canal path update

Access for all

Norfolk & Suffolk Broads

News

Environment Agency Boat Registration Charges

Boating

Campaign

Aston Nature Reserve: Habitats & heritage

Burslem Branch Canal Trent & Mersey Canal Conservation Area

Campaign

Burslem Branch Canal: Conservation areas

freight on the River Severn

News

All Party Parliamentary Group for the Waterways: Freight and sustainability

Conservation

Crown Wharf planning protection for heritage

Campaign

Crown Wharf: Planning protection

Aberdulais Aqueduct waterways heritage at risk from climate change

Campaign

Aberdulais Aqueduct: Heritage structure at risk

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16 Mar 2022

Webinar

The Leeds and Liverpool Canal

Online

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09 Feb 2022

Webinar

Canal Lifts

Online

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12 Jan 2022

Webinar

Community Moorings Scotland – An Alternative Mooring Strategy

Online

09 Dec 2021

Social

IWA Lancashire & Cumbria Christmas meal

Chorley

24 Nov 2021

Talk

Waterway Recovery Group

Chorley

27 Oct 2021

Talk

Community Engagement Project

Chorley

08 Mar 2022

Meeting

IWA Chester & Merseyside AGM

Ellesmere Port

12 Apr 2022

Talk

Liverpool’s Docks

Ellesmere Port

08 Feb 2022

Talk

The history of the Shropshire Union Canal

Ellesmere Port

11 Jan 2022

Talk

Canals and rivers in art

Ellesmere Port

07 Dec 2021

Social

IWA Chester & Merseyside Branch Christmas Party

Ellesmere Port

09 Nov 2021

Talk

Shroppie Fly narrow boat

Ellesmere Port

News

Uttoxeter Canal Restoration Saved

Restoration

21 Dec 2021

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Northampton

14 Dec 2021

Talk

‘Crusader Community Boating’ & social

The Walnut Tree, Blisworth

05 Dec 2021

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Northampton

16 Nov 2021
new signage

Volunteering

Volunteer on the Northampton Arm

Northampton

Waterway restoration

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

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New IWA trustees

News

New trustees for IWA

The appointments were formally approved at IWA’s AGM on Saturday 25th September. As a result, Rebecca Hughes and Hannah Sterritt will join the…

Save Aberdulais Aqueduct structural survey

News

A plan to save Aberdulais aqueduct

We can now make a plan to save Aberdulais Aqueduct, a Scheduled Ancient Monument, thanks to our successful grant application…

News

New Ashby Canal path update

Volunteers rolled up their sleeves to clear and level a section of the path. Several new gates are now installed…

Norfolk & Suffolk Broads

News

Environment Agency Boat Registration Charges

We think the Environment Agency’s proposals for Boat Registration Charges are extremely divisive and insufficient. The proposals perpetuate differences in…

freight on the River Severn

News

All Party Parliamentary Group for the Waterways: Freight and sustainability

Waterborne freight and better dredging could be future solutions to combatting the climate emergency, parliamentarians were advised at a recent…

News

Uttoxeter Canal Restoration Saved

We are celebrating after the local authority turned down proposals for a development. The scheme would have blocked the future…

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