List of waterway societies in the United Kingdom

This List of waterway societies in the United Kingdom is a list of links to waterway societies, charities, trusts, associations, clubs and other non-governmental waterway organisations, concerned with the restoration, regeneration and use of the waterways in the United Kingdom.

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A

• Accessible Boating Association, Hampshire / Disability
• Airedale Boat Club, Yorkshire
• Anderton Boat Lift Trust
• Anglers Conservation Association
• Ashby Canal Association, Leicestershire, Staffordshire
• Ashby Canal Trust, Leicestershire, Staffordshire
• Association of Nene River Clubs
• Association of Rivers Trusts
• Association of Waterways Cruising Clubs
• Aylesbury Canal Society, Buckinghamshire

B

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Tripboat "Bluebell", Bridge 19-40 Canal Society, West Lothian

• Barge Association (DBA)
• Barnsley, Dearne and Dove Canals Trust, South Yorkshire
• Basingstoke Canal Angling Association
• Basingstoke Canal Boating Club
• Bedford and Milton Keynes Waterway Trust
• Birmingham Canal Navigations Society
• Blackwater River Preservation Society, Hampshire
• Boaters Christian Fellowship
• Boat Jumble Association
• Brent River and Canal Society, London
• Bridge 19-40 Canal Society, Scotland
• British Canoe Union (BCU)
• Broads Society, Norfolk, Suffolk
• Broxbourne Cruising Club
• Bruce Wake Charitable Trust, Disability
• Buckingham Canal Society
• Bude Canal Trust, Cornwall

C

Canoe clubs

• Calder Navigation Society, West Yorkshire
• Caldon and Uttoxeter Canals Trust / Caldon Canal Society ?
• Cambridgeshire Fens Preservation Society
• Chelmer Canal Trust
• Chester Canal Heritage Trust
• Chesterfield Canal Trust, Derbyshire
• Chichester Canal Society, West Sussex
• Chiltern Society Rivers and Wetlands Conservation Group, Buckinghamshire
• Coombeswood Canal Trust
• Cornwall Rivers Project, part of Westcountry Rivers Trust
• Coventry Canal Society, Warwickshire
• Cotswold Canals Trust

D

Durham College Rowing represents the sixteen college boat clubs of Durham University.

• Darenth River Preservation Society, Kent
• Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust, Derbyshire
• Disabled Sailors Association, Disability
• Dittons Skiff and Punting Club
• Docklands Canal Boat Trust
• Dorset and Somerset Canal Study Group, Wiltshire
• Driffield Navigation Amenities Association, Yorkshire
• Droitwich Canals Trust, Worcestershire
• Duchess Countess Trust
• Dudley Canal Trust
• Durham College Rowing
• Durham University Boat Club

E

Edinburgh Canal Society boathouse on the Union Canal

• East Anglian Waterways Association
• Edinburgh Canal Society, Scotland
• Edinburgh University Boat Club
• Electric Boat Association
• English Federation of Disability Sport, Disability
• Erewash Canal Preservation & Development Association

F

• Falkirk and District Canals Society, Scotland
• Fenland Lighter Project
• Fleet Pond Society, Hampshire
• Forth Canoe Club, Scotland
• Forth and Clyde Canal Society, Scotland
• Forth Yacht Clubs Association, Scotland (deleted)
• Foxton Inclined Plane Trust, Leicestershire
• Friends of the Cromford Canal
• Friends of the Montgomery Canal
• Friends of President
• Friends of Raymond
• Friends of Slough Canal
• Friends of the River Frome, Somerset
• Friends of the River Kelvin, Scotland
• Friends of the Upper Colne

G

• Glasgow University Boat Club
• Gloucestershire Disabled Afloat Riverboats Trust, Disability
• Grand Western Canal Trust, Somerset
• Grantham Canal Restoration Society, Nottingham
• Great Glen Canal Users Association, Scotland
• Great Ouse Boating Association (GOBA), Bedfordshire

H

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Boathorse "Queenie" of the Horseboating Society

• Helford River Association, Cornwall
• Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Trust
• Heritage Afloat
• Historic Narrow Boat Owners Club
• Hollinwood Canal Society, Greater Manchester
• Horseboating Society
• Huddersfield Canal Society
• Humber Keel and Sloop Preservation Society

I

• Inland Waterways Association (IWA), covers England and Wales
• Inland Waterways Association of Ireland (IWAI), covers the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
• See also: Scottish Inland Waterways Association (SIWA), covers Scotland
• Inland Waterways Protection Society
• Irish Canoe Union
• Islwyn Canal Association
• Itchen Hamble Countryside Project, Hampshire

J

• Jesus College Boat Club (Cambridge)
• Jesus College Boat Club (Oxford)

K

• Kennet and Avon Canal Trust, Wiltshire
• Kent and East Sussex Canal Restoration Group
• Kentish Stour Conservation Group, Kent
• Kingston Royals Dragon Boat Racing Club

L

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Linlithgow Union Canal Society tripboats

• Lancaster Canal Trust, Lancashire, Cumbria
• Lapal Canal Trust, Midlands
• Lea Rivers Trust, London
• Leeds and Liverpool Canal Society, Lancashire, Yorkshire
• Leighton Buzzard Canal Society, Bedfordshire
• Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust
• Lincoln Boat Club, Lincolnshire
• Linlithgow Union Canal Society (LUCS), Scotland
• Llandaff Rowing Club, Wales
• London Rivers Association
• Longwood Boat Club
• Louth Navigation Trust, Lincolnshire
• Lower Avon Navigation Trust, Worcestershire
• Low Impact Life on Board (LILO)

M

• Macclesfield Canal Society, Cheshire
• Maidenhead Waterways Restoration Group, Berkshire
• Malmesbury River Valleys Trust, Wiltshire
• Manchester Bolton and Bury Canal Society (MBBC), Greater Manchester
• Manchester and Stockport Canal Society, Greater Manchester
• Manchester Canoe Club
• Marine Conservation Society
• Mariners of Bewl, Kent / Disability
• Marple Locks Heritage Society, Greater Manchester
• Medway River Users Association, Kent
• Melton and Oakham Waterways Society, Leicestershire
• Mersey Basin Campaign
• Mersey Motor Boat Club, Merseyside
• Middle Thames Motor Yacht Club
• Monmouthshire, Brecon and Abergavenny Canals Trust, Wales
• Montgomery Waterway Restoration Trust, Shropshire

N

• Nancy Oldfield Trust, Norfolk Broads / Disability
• Narrow Boat Trust Ltd.
• Narrowboat Lucy
• National Association of Boat Owners (NABO)
• National Community Boats Association (NCBA)
• Neath and Tennant Canals Trust
• Norbury Cruising Club
• Norfolk Heritage Fleet Trust
• Norfolk Punt Club
• Norfolk Sailing School
• Norfolk and Suffolk Boating Association
• Norfolk Wherry Trust
• North Cheshire Cruising Club
• Northern Reaches Restoration Group, Lancashire, Cumbria
• North Walsham and Dilham Canal Trust, Norfolk
• North Wey (Hants) Preservation Society, Hampshire
• Nottingham Rowing Club
• Nottingham University Boat Club

O

• Old Union Canals Society, Leicestershire
• Oundle Cruising Club

P

• Peter Le Marchant Trust, Leicestershire / Disability
• Peterborough Yacht Club
• Pocklington Canal Amenity Society
• Poole Sailability, Dorset / Disability
• Preston City Link Canal Trust, Lancashire

R

Royal Perth Yacht Club, Scotland

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Rammey Marsh Cruising Club

• Railway and Canal Historical Society
• Rammey Marsh Cruising Club, Enfield
• Residential Boat Owners Association
• Ribble Link Trust, Lancashire
• Rickmansworth Waterways Trust
• Ridgeways Boaters Association, Middlesex
• River Allen Association, Dorset
• River Avon Protection Society, Devon
• River Bann and Lough Neagh Association, Northern Ireland
• River Beane Preservation Society, Hampshire
• River Camel Protection Society, Cornwall
• River Chess Preservation Society, Hertfordshire
• River Creedy Protection Society, Devon
• River Mole Preservation Association, Surrey
• River Nailbourne Preservation Society, Kent
• River Piddle Protection Association, Dorset
• River Stour Trust
• River Swale Preservation Society, Cleveland
• River Tarrant Protection Society, Dorset
• River Taw Protection Society, Devon
• River Teifi Preservation Society, Dyfed, Wales
• River Thames Society
• River Wear Environmental Trust, Co. Durham
• River Weaver Navigation Society
• River Wey Preservation Society, Dorset
• River Wey Trust, Hampshire
• River Wye Restoration Trust, Worcestershire
• River Wylye Preservation Society, Wiltshire
• River Yealm and District Association, Devon
• River Yeo Protection Society, Devon
• Rivers and Fisheries Trusts of Scotland, Scotland
• Rotherham and Sheffield Canal Association, Yorkshire
• Royal Canoe Club
• Royal Perth Yacht Club
• Royal Yachting Association (RYA)
• Runcorn Locks Restoration Society
• RYA Sailability, Royal Yachting Association

S

Seagull Trust at Ratho

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St. Pancras Cruising Club

• Sale Cruising Club, Greater Manchester
• Saltisford Canal Trust
• Sankey Canal Restoration Society
• Save Our Waterways (SOW)
• Save the Avon, Wiltshire
• Save The Ouse System (Protection Society), Yorkshire
• Scottish Amateur Rowing Association
• Scottish Inland Waterways Association (SIWA), Scotland (now dissolved)
• Scottish Waterways Trust
• Seagull Trust, Scotland / Disability
• Severn Navigation Restoration Trust
• Shrewsbury & Newport Canals Trust
• Shropshire Union Canal Society Ltd.
• Shropshire Union Fly Boat Restoration Society
• Sleaford Navigation Trust
• Soar Boating Club, Leicestershire
• Somerset Levels Campaign, Somerset
• Somersetshire Coal Canal (Society)
• Somerset Waterways Development Trust (website)
• Southampton Canal Society
• Stafford Boat Club, Staffordshire
• Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Society
• Steam Boat Association of Great Britain
• Stourport Yacht Club
• St Pancras Cruising Club, London
• Stratford upon Avon Canal Society, Warwickshire
• Strawberry Island Boat Club
• Surrey and Hampshire Canal Society
• Sussex Ouse Restoration Trust, Sussex Ouse Conservation Society

T

• Tamworth Cruising Club
• Ted Ellis Trust Wheatfen Broad, Norfolk
• Thames and Medway Canal Association, Kent
• Thames Motor Yacht Club
• Thames Sailing Barge Trust
• Thames Traditional Boat Society
• Thames Valley Skiff Club
• Thames Vintage Boat Club
• The Skiff Club
• Towpath Action Group (TAG)
• Trent and Mersey Canal Society
• Trent Rivers Trust Nottinghamshire
• Tweed Foundation

U

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University College Boathouse on the River Wear in Durham has been in use for more than 120 years.

• Ulster Canal Trust
• University College Boat Club (Durham)
• University College London Boat Club
• University of Birmingham Boat Club
• University of London Boat Club
• Upper Avon Navigation Trust
• Upper Thames Protection Society
• Ustinov Boat Club

W

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Wooden Canal Boat Society at Portland Basin, Ashton Canal

• Wargrave Boating Club
• Watch House Cruising club
• Waterway Recovery Group
• Waterways Access Project
• Waterways Science Group
• The Waterways Trust
• Welsh Amateur Rowing Association
• Wendover Arm Trust
• Westcountry Rivers Trust incl. Cornwall Rivers Project
• West London Motor Cruising Club
• Wey and Arun Canal Trust
• Weyfarers Rowing Club
• Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
• Wheelton Boat Club
• Wherry Yacht Charter Charitable Trust, Norfolk
• Whitchurch Waterway Trust
• Wilderness Boat Owners Club
• Wilts & Berks Canal Trust
• Windermere Steamboat Project
• Wooden Canal Boat Society, Greater Manchester
• Wooden Canoe Heritage Association, UK Chapter
• Worcester Birmingham Canal Society
• Wraysbury Skiff and Punting Club
• Wye and Usk Foundation

See also

• Waterway society, Waterway restoration
• Waterways in the United Kingdom
• List of navigation authorities in the United Kingdom
• List of rivers of England
• List of rivers of Scotland
• List of rivers of Wales
• List of rivers of Ireland
• Canals of Great Britain
• Canals of Ireland
• History of the British canal system