March 2025 issue
On the cover of the March issue… Andrew Denny aboard his narrowboat Granny Buttons, on the Stourbridge Canal.
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High-Spec Stock Boat
Boat Review
With its modern styling and luxury specification, Knights Narrowboats’ No 39 could pass as a bespoke build. Yet it’s an ‘off the peg’ model, as Mark Langley discovers…
Much ado about Flooding
Cross Country Cruising
Murray Hepburn intended to take his new boat on a relaxed cruise from Oxfordshire to a permanent mooring at Saul Junction. The Avon at Stratford, though, had other ideas…
The Strange Adventures of a House-Boat
Looking Back
A book published in 1888 describes a pioneering pleasure cruise on a custom-built house-boat. Roger Butler follows the journey of Nameless Barge
WW Guide to the Stourport Ring
Cruising Guide
Made up of no fewer than eight different waterways, this varied 70-mile circuit is a fabulous way to experience the towns and countryside of the West Midlands
In Tom Rolt's Wake: Part 4
Explore Canals of the North West
Cruising from Great Haywood to the Middlewich Arm of the Shroppie, Paul Miles continues his recreation of the author’s honeymoon trip of 1939
Shardlow Port
Waterway Hotspots
At the eastern terminus of the Trent & Mersey is this exceptionally well-preserved canal village. David Cheetham explores...
Twilight at Hawkesbury Junction
Looking Back
This sequence of images captures the latter days of working boats at Hawkesbury Junction in 1962, with historical information originally recorded by the late David Blagrove
The Boating Botanist
Reader's Story
Dutch plant scientist Kristel Schoonderwoerd left Connecticut in the US for a life on the UK’s canals last summer. Now a continuous cruiser, she tells Amelia Saxena about her first months afloat
Go-anywhere Narrowboats
Second-Hand Boats
Using the BoatSearch service on the WW website, James Francis Fox explores second-hand narrowboats capable of cruising the entire network while offering maximum amounts of interior space
A Canal Minstrel
Personality Profile
Boater-musician Tom Kitching is soon to tour his new album. Laura Davis finds out about his inspiration: the UK’s distinct canal communities and living aboard a historic boat
24 Hours in Warwick
Explore Warwick
here’s nothing quite like returning to your home town. Amelia Saxena reveals how she’d spend the day in historic Warwick
One Night in London
Explore The Tidal Thames
After an error in tide timings on the Thames, Faith Merrett was relieved to moor her river cruiser in salubrious St Katharine’s Dock…
The Early Years of Nicholson's
Last Word
For over half a century, Nicholson’s guides have been used by boaters. The original co-writer of the series, Paul Atterbury, recalls his work on the very first publications
