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

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, trusts, associations,

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

s in the United Kingdom.

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* Accessible Boating Association, Hampshire / Disability * Airedale Boat Club, Yorkshire * Anderton Boat Lift Trust *

Anglers Conservation Association Fish Legal, based at Leominster, Herefordshire, is a not-for-profit organisation of dedicated lawyers who use the law on behalf of anglers to fight polluters and others who damage or threaten the water environment. It was founded in 1948 by Patrick ...

* Ashby Canal Association, Leicestershire, Staffordshire * Ashby Canal Trust, Leicestershire, Staffordshire * Association of Nene River Clubs *

Association of Rivers Trusts The Rivers Trust (RT) is an environmental charity No. 1107144, and an umbrella organisation for 60 member trusts concerned with rivers in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland. The Trust's headquarters are in Callington, Cornwall. ...

* Association of Waterways Cruising Clubs *

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 ...

, 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 soc ...

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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 P ...

- 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 ...

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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 ...

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 bet ...

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* Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust, Derbyshire * Disabled Sailors Association, Disability *

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 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, 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 ...

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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 Heref ...

* 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 ...

(IWA), covers England and Wales *

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 wat ...

(IWAI), covers the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland * Inland Waterways Protection Society

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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) Jesus College Boat Club is a rowing club for members of Jesus College, Oxford, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford. The club was formed in 1835, but rowing at the college predates the club's foundation: a boat from the c ...

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Kennet and Avon Canal Trust The Kennet and Avon Canal Trust is a 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 and Avon Canal Associatio ...

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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, Lancashire, Cumbria * Leeds and Liverpool Canal Society, Lancashire, Yorkshire * Linlithgow Union Canal Society (LUCS), Scotland *

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. Locati ...

, Wales

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* Manchester Bolton and Bury Canal Society (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 * Montgomery Waterway Restoration Trust, Shropshire

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* Nancy Oldfield Trust, Norfolk Broads / Disability * National Association of Boat Owners (NABO) * National Community Boats Association (NCBA) * Norfolk Heritage Fleet Trust * Norfolk Wherry Trust * Northern Reaches Restoration Group, Lancashire, Cumbria *

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

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* Peter Le Marchant Trust, Leicestershire / Disability
Pocklington Canal Amenity Society

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* Railway and Canal Historical Society * Ribble Link Trust, Lancashire * River Stour Trust * River Weaver Navigation Society *

Rivers and Fisheries Trusts of Scotland The Rivers and Fisheries Trusts of Scotland (RAFTS) (also known as the Association of Scottish River & Fishery Management Trusts) is a waterway society, an unincorporated association, a Scottish charity, and an umbrella organisation for river ...

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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 (RYA)

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* Scottish Amateur Rowing Association * Scottish Inland Waterways Association (SIWA), Scotland (now dissolved) *

Scottish Waterways Trust The Scottish Waterways Trust was an independent registered charity, established as part of The Waterways Trust in 2000. In 2012 The Waterways Trust merged its operations in England and Wales with the Canal & River Trust, and the organisation in ...

* Seagull Trust, Scotland / Disability * Shrewsbury & Newport Canals Trust * Shropshire Union Canal Society Ltd. * Steam Boat Association of Great Britain *

St Pancras Cruising Club St Pancras Cruising Club (SPCC) is a members' association of boat owners located between Camden Town and Islington on the Regent's Canal in central London. Most boats in the basin are narrowboats, the most common form of craft on the British ...

, 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 Boat Club (UCBC) is the rowing club of University College at Durham University in north-east England, with over 100 members, a large boathouse and a fleet of boats. UCBC has a long history of racing success, winning the Gran ...

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 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 register ...

* Welsh Amateur Rowing Association * Wendover Arm Trust *

Westcountry Rivers Trust The Westcountry Rivers Trust is a waterway society and a registered charity No. 1135007 in the West Country of England, United Kingdom. The Trust was founded in 1995 and aims to protect and enhance the West Country's rivers and streams, an ...

* Wey and Arun Canal Trust * Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy * Wherry Yacht Charter Charitable Trust, Norfolk * Whitchurch Waterway Trust *

Wilts & Berks Canal Trust The Wilts & Berks Canal Trust is a registered charity no. 299595, and a waterway society based in Wiltshire, England, concerned with the restoration of the Wilts & Berks Canal. The Trust is the successor to the Wilts & Berks Canal Amenity Gro ...

* Wooden Canal Boat Society, Greater Manchester *

Wraysbury Skiff and Punting Club Wraysbury Skiff and Punting Club (WSPC) is an English skiff and punting club founded in 1931 based on the River Thames at the start of the Surrey section of the right bank – between the rest of Runnymede (the meadow in the borough of the ...

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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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