August 2025 issue
On the cover of the August issue… Cruising through St Ives, Cambridgeshire, on the magnificent River Great Ouse.
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25th Crick was one to remember
Crick Report
Nearly 25,000 people visited the 25th Crick Boat Show this year demonstrating that it retains its status as the UK’s largest inland waterways festival
Boats at Crick
Crick Boat Show Review
The WW team select the standout craft at this year’s show
WW Guide to Upper Great Ouse
Cruising Guide
As lovely as the Thames but without the traffic. Steve Elliott cruises East Anglia’s finest waterway…
Britain at Work
Looking Back
Chris M. Jones explores the details of waterway photographs published in an early 20th-century book
Life in Watercolour
Boat Business
Artist Emma Vallis hosts painting days aboard her 60ft wide-beam on the K&A. Amelia Saxena finds out more
Tomorrow's Waterways Workforce
Industry on the Cut
Lynne Crook explores efforts to give people the skills and knowledge to ensure the future of our inland navigations
An Oxford Odyssey
Explore Oxford
For all its proximity to the Thames and the London area, the south Oxford Canal is surprisingly quiet, rural and beautiful. Andrew Denny reveals why it’s his new favourite
Three Boats at Tusses Bridge Dock
Looking Back
Chris M. Jones explores an image of three boats at Tusses Bridge boatyard on the Oxford Canal
24 Hours in Stourport
Explore Stourport
Andy Tidy tells us how to pass the time in the historic canal town
Mr Brake Down
Reader's Story
Cabaret and drag performer Kim Finn has found the continuous cruiser lifestyle restorative in contrast to the bright lights of the stage. But he can’t fix your engine…
The Other Side of the Map
Profile - Jo Bell
Archaeologist, poet and industrial historian Jo Bell came to wider boating attention in 2013 as the first Canal Laureate. In conversation with Andrew Denny, she talks about her new book, Boater: A Life on England’s Waterways
What3words saved my life
Last Word
It has been said by boaters before, and Martin Stubbins says it again – the What3words app is a real lifesaver on the cut. He recounts an emergency on the Oxford Canal last summer
