This List of waterway societies in the United Kingdom is a list of links to waterway societies, charities,

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s and other non-governmental waterway organisations, concerned with the

restoration Restoration is the act of restoring something to its original state and may refer to: * Conservation and restoration of cultural heritage ** Audio restoration ** Film restoration ** Image restoration ** Textile restoration * Restoration ecology ...

, regeneration and use of the

waterway A waterway is any navigable body of water. Broad distinctions are useful to avoid ambiguity, and disambiguation will be of varying importance depending on the nuance of the equivalent word in other languages. A first distinction is necessary b ...

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Accessible Boating Association The Accessible Boating Association is a waterway society and a registered charity number 295034 in Hampshire, England. The Association aims to provide boating opportunities on the Basingstoke Canal for disabled people with access difficult ...

, Hampshire / Disability * Airedale Boat Club, Yorkshire *

Anderton Boat Lift Trust The Anderton Boat Lift is a two Caisson (engineering)#Boat lift caissons, caisson lift lock near the village of Anderton with Marbury, Anderton, Cheshire, in North West England. It provides a vertical link between two navigable waterways: the R ...

* Anglers Conservation Association *

Ashby Canal Association The Ashby Canal Association (ACA) is a waterway society and a registered charity No. 1063566, in Leicestershire and Staffordshire, England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to ...

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Ashby Canal Trust The Ashby Canal Trust is a waterway society based at Measham, Swadlincote, Leicestershire, England, UK, and concerned with the restoration of a part of the Ashby Canal, also known as the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal. The restoration project is fu ...

, Leicestershire, Staffordshire * Association of Nene River Clubs * Association of Rivers Trusts *

Association of Waterways Cruising Clubs The Association of Waterways Cruising clubs is a waterway society and umbrella organisation in England, UK. It was founded in the early 1960s by the St Pancras, Dunstable, Uxbridge and Lee and Stort boat clubs as an inter-club scheme for an emerg ...

Aylesbury Canal Society The Aylesbury Canal Society is a waterway society on the Grand Union Canal, Buckinghamshire, England. The society was launched in 1971 to promote the use of the Aylesbury Arm, and to run moorings leased from British Waterways. Aylesbury Basin w ...

, Buckinghamshire

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* Barge Association (DBA) * Bedford and Milton Keynes Waterway Trust *

Birmingham Canal Navigations Society The Birmingham Canal Navigations Society is a waterway society, a registered charity no. 1091760 (since 1968) and a limited company no. 4306537 (since 2002), operating on the Birmingham Canal Navigations, and based IN Oldbury, West Midlands, Eng ...

Bridge 19-40 Canal Society The Bridge 19-40 Canal Society is a Scottish waterway society and registered charity operating community boats on the Union Canal, with bases at Winchburgh and Drumshoreland, West Lothian. History The former B.U.C.H.A.N. Society, a canal so ...

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British Canoe Union British Canoeing, formerly known as the British Canoe Union (BCU) is a national governing body for canoeing in the United Kingdom, established in 1936 as the British Canoe Union. In 2000 it federalised to become the umbrella organisation for ...

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Broads Society The Broads Society is a waterway society in Norfolk and Suffolk, England, UK. The society was founded in 1956 to provide a focus for anyone interested in the region, e.g. navigators, naturalists, farmers, residents and visitors. It campaign ...

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Burslem Port Trust The Burslem Port Trust is a project to reopen the Burslem Branch Canal, an arm of the Trent and Mersey Canal in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England. History The Burslem Branch Canal, ⅜ of a mile long, was authorised by an Act of ...

- for the restoration of the Burslem arm of the

Trent & Mersey Canal The Trent and Mersey Canal is a canal in Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire in north-central England. It is a "narrow canal" for the vast majority of its length, but at the extremities to the east of Burton upon Trent and north of Midd ...

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Chester Canal Heritage Trust The Chester Canal Heritage Trust was started in 1997, to promote the canal in Chester, Cheshire, and educate about it. The canal was originally the Chester Canal, before becoming part of the Shropshire Union Canal network. The objectives of the ...

Chesterfield Canal Trust The Chesterfield Canal Trust Limited is a waterway society and charitable company which campaigns for and undertakes various activities related to the Chesterfield Canal, which runs from Chesterfield in Derbyshire, England to the River Trent at ...

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Friends of the Cromford Canal The Cromford Canal ran from Cromford to the Erewash Canal in Derbyshire, England with a branch to Pinxton. Built by William Jessop with the assistance of Benjamin Outram, its alignment included four tunnels and 14 locks. From Cromford it r ...

Cotswold Canals Trust The Cotswold Canals Trust is a British registered charity that aims to protect and restore the Stroudwater Navigation and the Thames and Severn Canal. Formed in 1972, the organisation has a goal to restore navigability on the two waterways be ...

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* Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust, Derbyshire *

Disabled Sailors Association The Disabled Sailors Association (DSA) also known as the Thomas Morley Trust, is a registered charity in Hampshire, England. It was set up in 1993 to provide ocean sailing for disabled people in its purpose-designed cruising yachts and inland din ...

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Dittons Skiff and Punting Club Dittons Skiff and Punting Club (DSPC or Dittons) is an English skiff and punting club, which was founded in 1923. It is based on the River Thames with a club and boat house at Thames Ditton on the reach above Teddington Lock. As well as taking p ...

* Droitwich Canals Trust, Worcestershire *

Durham College Rowing Durham College Rowing (commonly abbreviated to DCR) represents all sixteen college boat clubs in Durham University, encompassing approximately half of the rowers, scullers and coxes in the region of North East England. As well as organising tr ...

Durham University Boat Club Durham University Boat Club (DUBC) is the rowing club of Durham University. In recent years, DUBC has cemented itself as one of the strongest university boat clubs in Great Britain. Under the leader ...

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* East Anglian Waterways Association *

Edinburgh Canal Society The Edinburgh Union Canal Society is a charitable canal society on the Union Canal in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Society's main base is Ashley Terrace Boathouse at Lockhart Bridge, near Harrison Park in the Polwarth area of Edinburgh. The society ...

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Edinburgh University Boat Club Edinburgh University Boat Club (EUBC) is one of the oldest sports clubs of the University of Edinburgh, in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. Originally started in 1867 it has been going continuously ever since. The annual Edinburgh/Glasgow Boat ...

* Electric Boat Association *

English Federation of Disability Sport The English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) inow operating as Activity Alliance Activity Alliance brings our members, partners and disabled people together to make active lives possible. Collectively, the charity continues to challenge percep ...

, Disability * Erewash Canal Preservation and Development Association

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* Forth Canoe Club, Scotland * Forth and Clyde Canal Society, Scotland * Forth Rivers Trust, Scotland *

Foxton Inclined Plane Trust The Foxton Inclined Plane Trust is a waterway society and a registered charity on the Grand Union Canal at Foxton, Leicestershire, England, UK. It was founded in 1980 to promote the restoration of the Victorian boat lift or inclined plane, a ...

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Glasgow University Boat Club Glasgow University Boat Club (GUBC) is the rowing club of the University of Glasgow, Scotland. The club is affiliated to Scottish Rowing. GUBC is one of the most active and successful clubs within the university, producing rowers and crews t ...

* The Grantham Canal Society * Great Ouse Boating Association (GOBA), Bedfordshire

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Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Trust The Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Trust is a British organisation whose main aim is the restoration of the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal. It was formed as a canal society in 1983, and became a Trust in 1992. History The Herefo ...

* Horseboating Society

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Inland Waterways Association The Inland Waterways Association (IWA) is a registered charity in the United Kingdom and was formed in 1946 to campaign for the conservation, use, maintenance, restoration and sensitive development of British Canals and river navigations. No ...

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Inland Waterways Association of Ireland The Inland Waterways Association of Ireland (IWAI; ) is a registered charity and a limited company in the Republic of Ireland and also operates in Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1954 to campaign for the conservation and development of the wa ...

(IWAI), covers the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland *

Inland Waterways Protection Society The Bugsworth Basin Heritage Trust (BBHT), formerly known as the Inland Waterways Protection Society (IWPS), is a British organisation founded in 1958 to work for the restoration of the canal system. Its members carried out surveys of canals an ...

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Jesus College Boat Club (Cambridge) Jesus College Boat Club (often abbreviated to JCBC) is the rowing club for members of Jesus College, Cambridge. It is the most successful Cambridge college boat club, holding the most headships between both sides of the club in both the May bum ...

* Jesus College Boat Club (Oxford)

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Kennet and Avon Canal Trust The Kennet and Avon Canal Trust is a Charitable organization, registered charity and waterway society concerned with the protection and maintenance of the Kennet and Avon Canal throughout Wiltshire and Berkshire. History In 1951, the Kennet a ...

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Kingston Royals Dragon Boat Racing Club Kingston Royals Dragon Boat Club (DBC) is based in Teddington on the non-tidal Thames. History The club was founded in 1988 as the dragon boat racing section of the Royal Canoe Club (RCC), among the inceptive wave nationally. The section was ...

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Lancaster Canal Trust The Lancaster Canal Trust is a waterway society and a registered charity on the Lancaster Canal in Lancashire and Cumbria, England. It was formed in 1963 as the Association for the Restoration of the Lancaster Canal, and its main aim is the res ...

, Lancashire, Cumbria * Leeds and Liverpool Canal Society, Lancashire, Yorkshire *

Linlithgow Union Canal Society The Linlithgow Union Canal Society is a waterway society and a Scottish registered charity based at Linlithgow Canal Centre on the Union Canal at Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland. Also known as "LUCS", it was founded in 1975 by Melville Gray ...

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Llandaff Rowing Club Llandaff Rowing Club is a sport rowing club based on the River Taff in Llandaff, a district in the city of Cardiff, Wales. The club was founded in 1946 and is affiliated to the Welsh Amateur Rowing Association and to British Rowing. Location ...

, Wales

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Manchester Bolton and Bury Canal Society The Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal is a disused canal in Greater Manchester, England, built to link Bolton and Bury with Manchester. The canal, when fully opened, was long. It was accessed via a junction with the River Irwell in Salford. ...

(MBBC), Greater Manchester * Manchester Canoe Club *

Marine Conservation Society The Marine Conservation Society is a UK based not-for-profit organization working with businesses, governments and communities to clean and protect the oceans. Founded in 1983, the group claims to be working towards "cleaner, better-protected, h ...

* Mariners of Bewl, Kent / Disability * Melton and Oakham Waterways Society *

Mersey Basin Campaign The Mersey Basin Campaign worked within the catchments of the River Mersey and the River Ribble, in the counties of Lancashire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Cheshire and in the High Peak area of Derbyshire in the UK. Its primary goal w ...

* Montgomery Waterway Restoration Trust, Shropshire

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Nancy Oldfield Trust {{Use British English, date=February 2018 The Nancy Oldfield Trust is a waterway society, a charitable trust and a registered charity no. 1068549 in Norfolk, East Anglia, England, UK. The Trust is based at Neatishead on the Norfolk Broads a ...

, Norfolk Broads / Disability * National Association of Boat Owners (NABO) * National Community Boats Association (NCBA) *

Norfolk Heritage Fleet Trust The Norfolk Heritage Fleet Trust is a waterway society and charitable trust based at Hunter's Yard, Ludham on the Norfolk Broads, England, UK. The Trust maintains and hires out a fleet of wooden sailing yachts from the 1930s. Hunter's Yard is sit ...

Norfolk Wherry Trust The Norfolk Wherry Trust is a waterway society and UK registered charity number 1084156, based at Womack Water near Ludham in the Norfolk Broads, Norfolk, England. The Trust keeps afl ...

Northern Reaches Restoration Group The Northern Reaches Restoration Group is a waterway society in Lancashire and Cumbria, England, UK. The purpose of the NRRG is to campaign for the re-opening of the final 14-mile stretch of the Lancaster Canal between Tewitfield Locks and Kend ...

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Nottingham Rowing Club Nottingham Rowing Club is a rowing club in West Bridgford, Nottingham. The club was formed in 2006 as a merger of the Nottingham Boat Club and the Nottingham Britannia Rowing Club, two historic rowing clubs that were established in 1894 and 18 ...

Nottingham University Boat Club University of Nottingham Boat Club (UoNBC) is the rowing club of the University of Nottingham based in the UK on the River Trent. Founded in 1892, the club has over 120 current active members, equally split between men’s, women’s and novice s ...

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Peter Le Marchant Trust Princess Caroline of Monaco (Caroline Louise Marguerite; born 23 January 1957) is, by her marriage to Prince Ernst August, the Princess of Hanover. As the eldest child of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and Grace Kelly, she is the elder sister ...

, Leicestershire / Disability
Pocklington Canal Amenity Society

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Railway and Canal Historical Society The Railway and Canal Historical Society was founded in the United Kingdom in 1954 to bring together all those interested in the history of transport, with particular reference to railways and waterways in Britain, its main objects being to promo ...

Ribble Link Trust The Ribble Link Trust is a waterway society, campaigners, instigators of and involved in the Ribble Link, a navigable waterway that connects the Lancaster Canal to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Lancashire, England, via the River Ribble. The T ...

, Lancashire * River Stour Trust * River Weaver Navigation Society * Rivers and Fisheries Trusts of Scotland, Scotland *

Royal Canoe Club The Royal Canoe Club (RCC), founded in 1866, is the oldest canoe club in the world and received royal patronage in the 19th century. The club promotes canoeing and kayaking, focusing on flatwater, sprint and marathon disciplines. Members of the clu ...

Royal Perth Yacht Club The Royal Perth Yacht Club (RPYC) is a yacht club in Perth, Western Australia. It is the third oldest yacht club in Australia after the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria and the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron.

Royal Yachting Association The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) is a United Kingdom national governing body for sailing, dinghy sailing, yacht and motor cruising, sail racing, RIBs and sportsboats, windsurfing and personal watercraft and a leading representative for inl ...

(RYA)

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Scottish Amateur Rowing Association Scottish Rowing (SR), formerly the Scottish Amateur Rowing Association, is the governing body for the sport of rowing in Scotland. It is responsible for promoting the sport in Scotland and also for selecting crews to send to the Home Internatio ...

Scottish Inland Waterways Association The Scottish Inland Waterways Association (SIWA) was a registered charity and association of canal societies and individual canal enthusiasts in Scotland. The Association was founded in 1970 by canal enthusiasts who, after the closure of the U ...

(SIWA), Scotland (now dissolved) * Scottish Waterways Trust *

Seagull Trust Seagull Trust Cruises (formerly Seagull Trust) is a waterway society and Scottish charity. The Trust was formed in 1978 and offers free canal cruising for disabled and disadvantaged persons and groups. The Seagull Trust was awarded the Queen's ...

, Scotland / Disability * Shrewsbury & Newport Canals Trust * Shropshire Union Canal Society Ltd. * Steam Boat Association of Great Britain * St Pancras Cruising Club, London
Stamford Canal Society

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Thames Valley Skiff Club Thames Valley Skiff Club is an English skiff and punting club, which was founded in 1923. It is based on the River Thames in England, on the Surrey bank between Sunbury Lock and Walton on Thames. The club supports two traditional water sport ...

The Skiff Club The Skiff Club is the oldest skiff and punting club in existence, having been founded in 1895. It is based on the River Thames in London, on the Middlesex bank between Teddington Lock and Kingston upon Thames. The Club supports two traditional ...

* Towpath Action Group (TAG)

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* University College Boat Club (Durham) *

University College London Boat Club University College London Boat Club (UCLBC) is a rowing club on the River Thames, based at Hartington Road, Chiswick. The club is one of University College London's largest student societies, with over 100 formal members. The club is highly su ...

University of London Boat Club University of London Boat Club (ULBC; boat code ULO) is the rowing club for the University of London and its member institutions, many of which also have their own boat clubs. The club has its boathouse on the Thames in Chiswick, London, UK. I ...

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Waterway Recovery Group The Waterway Recovery Group (WRG), founded in 1970, is the national co-ordinating body for voluntary labour on the inland waterways of the United Kingdom. History The formation of the Waterway Recovery Group was a logical progression from events ...

The Waterways Trust The Waterways Trust was an independent registered charity, established in 1999, that worked with partners to see the waterway network in England, Wales and Scotland supported, valued and enjoyed by a wide audience. The Trust was formerly registe ...

Welsh Amateur Rowing Association Welsh Rowing (formally known as the Welsh Amateur Rowing Association) ( cy, Rhwyfo Cymru) is the Governing bodies of sports in Wales, governing body for the sport of Rowing (sport), rowing in Wales. It is responsible for promoting the sport in Wa ...

* Wendover Arm Trust * Westcountry Rivers Trust * Wey and Arun Canal Trust *

Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy The Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy is a centre for the sport of sailing on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, on the south coast of England. The academy building is located in Osprey Quay on the northern tip of the island, and the wat ...

Wherry Yacht Charter Charitable Trust The Wherry Yacht Charter Charitable Trust (WYC) is a waterway society and registered charity number 1096073, on the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads in East Anglia, England, UK. History of the trust Wherry Yacht Charter originated as a business ...

, Norfolk * Whitchurch Waterway Trust * Wilts & Berks Canal Trust * Wooden Canal Boat Society, Greater Manchester * Wraysbury Skiff and Punting Club

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York St John University Rowing Club York St. John University Boat Club (YSJBC) has a history beginning in 1852, eleven years after the founding of the institution where it is based. YSJ BC is notable for being the longest standing club of the university and has an affiliation to B ...

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