Keeping afloat
Welfare Officer Sean Williams is working to make it easier for vulnerable boaters get the help they need
My stretch: Wyrley & Essington Canal
Meet the walkers, cyclists and day trippers braving blustery weather and territorial swans along the affectionately named ‘Curly Wyrley’ canal.
Friends make a difference
Creating new homes for water voles, giving a derelict dry dock a makeover or improving towpaths in Devizes: your donations are making a huge difference across the entire length of our network.
The Buzz Project
Meet Syrian refugee and renowned beekeeper Dr Ryad Alsous, who’s establishing hives along the Huddersfield Narrow Canal
A new life for a lifeboat
Bright, roomy and virtually unsinkable: these converted North Sea lifeboats make ideal, if unusual, floating homes
My Stretch: commuting down the River Aire
Each day, two Dutch water taxis shuttle people along the River Aire in Leeds. Waterfront hops aboard to meet the commuters and visitors making use of this quirky service
The Waterfront Weekender: The Teesdale Way
Seek out a mechanical silver swan, Roman ruins and a carving of Lewis Carroll’s Cheshire Cat on this unexpectedly bucolic ramble beside the River Tees
Wrach Môr, the Sea Witch
How a chance find in a dentist’s waiting room led to the discovery of a new waterside hobby
Best picnic spots: the Trent & Mersey Canal
An enticing mix of industrial heritage, unusual wildlife and world-class scotch eggs: the Trent & Mersey has it all
Best picnic spots: the Ripon Canal
Short in length but steeped in history, this distinctive waterway stretches from the historic city of Ripon to the broad waters of the River Ure