We are so pleased to have worked on this amazing regeneration project with the Langport Community. 5 years on, the impact of this project on the 7.6 mile stretch of river is celebrated in a documentary film: youtu.be/r-Ifij65FVc #wedigcanals #ukcanals #langport #riverregeneration #IWA #WRG

80 volunteers, 2 days, 1 lock project to kickstart. The WRG Reunion Weekend is back on the Wilts & Berks Canal. Reunite with friends, roll up your sleeves for vegetation clearance, help prep locks for restoration, and hear WRG’s 2026 plans. Learn more: waterways.org.uk/support/ways... #ukcanals

Well done to the local branch for organising this, will be a great exhibition. 📍Old Abbey Station, Shrewsbury 🗓20-21 Sept 🕑 10.30-3.30 #ukcanals #wedigcanals www.shropshirestar.com/your-world/2...

Last Waterway Recovery Group Canal Camp of the summer at Clydach Buried Lock is complete! Despite some heavy rain, the team finished the bywash with stone facing. Huge thanks & well done to everyone involved! For more updates, check Navvies: waterways.org.uk/.../waterway... #wedigcanals #UKcanals

Waterway Recovery Group has completed another successful Canal Camp at Neath. The team upgraded 2 culverts and built 2 new timber lock tail bridges, providing safe access for future maintenance. Huge thanks to WRG volunteers & Ty Banc Canal Group for their fantastic work. #wedigcanals #UKCanals

Good summary on waterways following the driest spring in more than 100 years for England, including why we had to postpone our Bridgewater event: "Ironically, an event caused by too much rain sees its campaign gathering postponed due to little rain." www.netweather.tv/weather-fore...

Weymoor Bridge is taking shape! Waterway Recovery Group Canal Camps have just finished 2 weeks of channel construction on the Cotswold Canals continuing last year’s culvert works. Catch the action in Court Above the Cut’s latest film: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytqy... #WeDigCanals #UKCanals

Waterway Recovery Group Camp at Ticklepenny Lock, Louth wrapped up Saturday! Volunteers repaired arch support walls and cast new coping stones, carefully set in place at this Grade II listed lock. Big thanks to the Louth Navigation Trust and everyone who braved the heat! #UKcanals #WeDigCanals

Waterway Recovery Group Canal Camps at Weymoor Bridge wrap up Saturday! Volunteers have been busy with formwork, rebar & concrete to extend the channel walls started last summer. Thanks to the Cotswold Canals Trust and those who’ve put in the hard work so far! #WeDigCanals #UKcanals

2 weeks, 39 Waterway Recovery Group volunteers and tens of meters of canal wall reinforced at Lichfield! Court Above The Cut captures the tremendous achievements and camp fun: youtu.be/hhY5V5dlXC4 Keep up to date with Navvies: waterways.org.uk/waterways/si... #WeDigCanals #Volunteering #UKCanals

We knew this: 10 times more locations used for recreation than previously identified. Yes, waterways are popular and under-appreciated (if only they were sufficiently funded given how much they offer): www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Pleased to learn that in response to pressure from IWA and others this stoppage has now been reduced to one week, not one month! Great news for all river users and local businesses. Thanks EA. www.gov.uk/government/p...

A huge thank you to the incredible Waterway Recovery Group volunteers who’ve been hard at work at Gallows Reach this week. Their progress has been nothing short of brilliant — from reinforced cage building and installation to concrete pours. Thank you!💪🧱 #WeDigCanals #Lichfield @iwa-uk.bsky.social

WRG volunteers have spent 2 full-on, muddy, and rewarding weeks at Gallows Reach, pushing forward Phase 2 of the Lichfield Canal’s restoration. Work included: steel piling, rebar cages, concrete pouring and more. Huge thanks to lhcrt.org.uk‬ and all involved - and good luck for the final days!

IWA’s 66th Annual General Meeting will be held on Sat 27th September at 11.30am in Nottingham. There will be plenty of time for networking and the opportunity to take part in afternoon activities. All IWA members are invited to attend! Find out more: waterways.org.uk/support/ways...

#BBC are running a package story today about water shortages and stoppages on #canals right across the county - listen to our take about 20 mins in from the chair of IWA's West Midlands branch: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Closing one of the most popular stretches of the Thames for a month during one of busiest times of the year makes no sense. It’s bad for businesses as well as everyone else. More here: waterways.org.uk/about-us/new... #ukcanals #riverthames #thamespath

🚨We've made a tough call to postpone the August bank hol Bridgewater Canal Rally due to increased closures and stoppages. We can’t rally if the network isn’t navigable and boats can’t move. It shows proper investment is vital, and our campaigning is needed. #BridgewaterCanal #SaveOurCanals #IWA

Huge news today. Anything the government does for water improvement measures to benefit all river users is basically good, but we will monitor how much of the review addresses the points we made in our April submission www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4...

The two WRG Wey & Arun Canal Camps are wrapping up! Volunteers kicked off work on a new traditional brick arch bridleway bridge. This marks a big step in reconnecting the canal between the River Wey and the South Coast. Big thanks to all who got stuck in! #canalrestoration #ukcanals #wedigcanals

Save the Date: 23-25th August. Join us at Agden Bridge, Lymm. Celebrate the canals, demand the protection, fight for their future. Boat and trade bookings now open! #ukcanals #wedigcanals waterways.org.uk/support/ways...

The #FundBritainsWaterways campaign flotilla have made it across the Wash to continue bringing their message to the East Anglian waterways and appeared on BBC Look East yesterday. Look out for the intrepid feline and canine adventurers who joined them! www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... #ukcanals

We’re excited to be in the early stages of planning our 2026 Restoration Conference, jointly organised by the IWA and Canal & River Trust. In the meantime, we’re delighted to share the video from this year’s event produced by David Johns (Cruising the Cut and Vandemonium) youtu.be/snlxdjq-QGY

IWA has been engaging with the plans for these two new reservoirs for some time, making the case for open water transfer of raw water. They're desperately needed for water security and could offer opportunities for navigation, so this is good news. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🚤 2025 Waterways Festival celebrates 75 years since the first IWA Festival of Boats and Arts in 1950. 📅 June 7-8 at Foxton Locks 🛥️ Saturday cavalcade to Market Harborough 🎪 Historic boats, traders, food & music Celebrating heritage + protecting waterways 💙 iwaharborough75.org #ukcanals #wedigcanals

60 years ago we had to fight to save our canal network from dereliction. The excited little girl on the b&w photo is me. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl... Now our waterways are in danger of sliding into disuse again. #FundBritainsWaterways @iwa-uk.bsky.social @alarumproductions.bsky.social

The climate crisis plus a lack of funding means ageing waterways assets could be a risk to life, finds parliamentary magazine The House. We were pleased to give comment. The story has gone national and has been picked up by ‪@theguardian.com‬ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Video of today's #fundbritainswaterways protest cruise. Tagging my MP @elliereeves.bsky.social in case she wondered what all the noise was about. @iwa-uk.bsky.social @sueohare.bsky.social

Boats were moving in and out of Little Venice, lots of chatter and plenty of food. All good fun. The festival runs through to Bank Holiday Monday.

A visit to the #CanalwayCavalcade today. Run by the @iwa-uk.bsky.social , its a splendid celebration of our waterways.

IWA Canalway #Cavalcade is in London’s Little Venice for the full May Bank Holiday weekend. Weather is perfect. We celebrate the best of life on the waterways in London and its community. It's free, with kids activities, bars and burgers, and just so, so many boats. A photographer's dream.

Union Wharf, Market Harborough, where in 1950 the @iwa-uk.bsky.social staged its first rally. The IWA's annual rallies would be pivotal in generating public support for the UK's inland waterways and securing their future #boatlife #ukcanals #canal #narrowboat #KeepCanalsAlive #FundBritainsWaterways

1st post @bsky.app to share we are @iwa-uk.bsky.social IWA Cavalcade 2025 this bank holiday weekend with 2 shows, both 6pm. Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th. Find us canal-side Rembrandt Gardens 6 Warwick Ave, London W2 1XB (for landlubbers). More details waterways.org.uk/support/ways...

At the National Waterways Museum in Ellesmere Port for the Waterway #RestorationConference2025 held along with CRT🌊 Theme: Sustaining Our Future. Full house (we hit capacity!) to discuss restoration and great to meet the next generation, including #canal champions from the #Neath Canal🚤

Sunrise run for me before work this morning 🌅🏃 Paul’s currently working on a traditional water can ready to be raffled off at IWA Canalway Cavalcade to raise funds for Tarporley, CCNA #ukcanals #floatingtraders #independenttraders #canallife #littlevenice #canalart

❣️ this coverage from Secret London! IWA’s Canalway Cavalcade will be held in London’s Little Venice on Saturday May 3 for the entire bank holiday weekend...but it is absolutely not a secret! secretldn.com/canal-festiv...

Less than a week to go: #CRT are reviewing the legal framework around boat licensing, seeking views on its appropriateness for the network’s future. It's an independently led Commission, and we think as many as possible should make their views known: canalrivertrust.org.uk/boating/boat... #ukcanals

𝗪𝗥𝗚 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆 Open to WRG Leadership Teams and Work Party Leaders for waterway restoration groups to be updated with all sorts of matters relevant to running safe, successful Canal Camps! Sat 31st May Rowington Village Hall Learn more: waterways.org.uk/support/ways... #canalrestoration

Interesting BBC coverage of #HVO this week, that's hydrotreated vegetable oil, covering possible claims of fraud, please see reply tweet for our response www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Today the #FundBritainsWaterways flotilla will be passing through #Nottingham about 3-4pm. Come and give them a wave! @bbcpaulmurphy.bsky.social #ukcanals www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

There is a lot going on in this article, not all of it helpful. Can boating decarbonise? Yes. Is it easy? No. But is it possible? Yes. We support the principle, but in practise it needs backing www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2034...

Lovely to see Hazel Owen in the below vid who is leading the flotilla campaigning for greater investment in our waterways. Lincolnshire today, Newark tomorrow. Give NABO a follow 👇 #FundBritainsWaterways #narrowboats #ukcanals

The #FundBritainsWaterways campaign cruise has cast off en route to the heart of government. Are you local to #Gainsborough Bridge? Give a wave, shout, horn blow or salute at 10am on 1st April. Or at #Newark on 2nd April eta Nether Lock 10-10:30am. www.newarkadvertiser.co.uk/news/boats-t...

We will be cheering on. Godspeed! Follow this flotilla on their journey all the way to Westminster👇#FundBritainsWaterways #ukcanals #narrowboats

Another serious breach this morning, on the Macclesfield Canal this time - another North - South route severed. Further updates on prognosis from CRT expected on Monday. #ukcanals

𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟳𝘁𝗵-𝟮𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹. 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗻𝗼𝘄! waterways.org.uk/support/ways... 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽 for using smaller (three and five ton) excavators, dumpers and ride-on rollers. #ukcanals #wedigcanals

Dry weather and forecast of warmer weather – hardly surprising – means this is suddenly in the news. We’ve been aware of it for some time. We've urged the Welsh Government to work with Natural Resources Wales to fix this, and have written to all relevant politicians. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The River Avon is in a moderate state of flooding, RED on all reaches so it's unsafe to navigate, boats should remain at flood safe moorings. Info number: 0300 999 2010 Remember: RED Stop and moor to flood safe moorings AMBER Increased current, proceed with caution GREEN Normal navigation level

Deadline: 22 April. #CRT are reviewing the legal framework around boat licensing, seeking views on its appropriateness for the network’s future. It's an independently led Commission, and we think as many as possible should make their views - any views, known: canalrivertrust.org.uk/boating/boat...