September 2025 issue
On the cover of the September issue… Northmoor Lock on a remote stretch of the Upper Thames in Oxfordshire.
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A Social Space
Boat Review
Bespoke built for a cruising couple accommodating frequent visitors, Astrid is a 64ft wheel-steered narrowboat boasting the latest hybrid technology. Mark Langley finds out more…
An Oxford Odyssey - part 2
Explore Oxford
After 15 years away, Andrew Denny savours his return to the Oxford Canal as he sets off from Banbury towards the city of dreaming spires
24 Hours in Beeston
Explore Beeston
Perhaps not somewhere you’d think to tie up, but Adam Porter says there’s much for Trent boaters to enjoy here
WW Guide to the Upper Thames
Cruising Guide
Between Lechlade and Abingdon, the Thames charts a tortuous course through remote water meadows and sleepy hamlets. Steve Elliott is our guide…
The Erie Canal at 200
Looking Back
America’s first long-distance canal celebrates its bicentennial this year. David Cheetham looks at how it transformed the nation
A Canal in Miniature
Explore The Caldon Canal
Adam Porter traces the feeder between Rudyard Lake and the Caldon Canal and uncovers some stunning sites around Leek
Finding Silver on the Waterways
Around the Waterways
Alison Cannon doesn’t own an inland boat – but that hasn’t stopped her from cruising to far-flung parts of the network to visit Silver Propeller locations
Cruising the Leicester Cut in 1960
Looking Back
Sixty-five years ago, Tom Chaplin set out to explore the forgotten Leicester Line of the Grand Union. What he found was leaking locks, few boats and a very quiet beauty
South France's Best-Kept Secret
Hire-Boat Holiday
A lock-free stretch of canal through an untouched Mediterranean landscape, replete with wild horses, black bulls, pink flamingos and historic towns – Fiona Webster recalls a mesmerising hire holiday in the Camargue region
Narrowboat Firsts
Reader's Boat
The unusually named Fyssch & Chipper is the first boat of owners Duncan and Tina Williams, and the first electric craft built by Perrydale Narrowboats. WW finds out more…
Women take the helm
Around the Waterways
Lynne Crook meets three inspiring members of a Facebook group that offers advice and solidarity for boating women
The Goat Boat
Boat Business
Helen Dent tells Amelia Saxena how her children inspired the launch of a Caribbean floating restaurant on the Grand Union Canal near Tring
Handing over the Helm
Interview
WW caught up with Richard Parry at one of his last public appearances as CRT chief executive
To Own or to Hire?
Last Word
Colin Dixie sold his boat when he realised that regular hiring is a more cost-effective way for him to explore the inland waterways
