February 2026 issue
On the cover of the February issue... Approaching Wolverley Court Lock on the Staffs & Worcs Canal.
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Tradition Meets Hybrid
Boat Review
WW contributor Adam Porter recently took delivery of a new Braidbar narrowboat with hybrid drive and many traditional features. Mark Langley visited its winter base to find out more…
The One Thing I'd Change
Around the Waterways
WW team members each select an aspect of the inland network they’d alter
Thanks for the Memory
Around the Waterways
CRT recently ran its first TV advert promoting its legacy programme. So how can you remember and honour friends and relatives along the waterways themselves? Andrew Denny finds out…
WW Guide to Staffs and Worcs Canal
Cruising Guide
This delightful rural waterway is fully deserving of its popularity. Steve Elliott cruises from Stourport to Great Haywood
A Boating Family Album
Looking Back
We explore images of the Hancock boating family, once based at Leighton Buzzard
Exploring the Coventry Arm
Explore the Waterways
Having heard mixed opinions on the 5½-mile ‘town arm’ of the Coventry Canal, Ben Kirkman decided to find out for himself...
The Canal Carpenter
Waterways Business
Dan Cluett shares how moving onto a project narrowboat inspired a business aimed at boat-owners
Images of the Erewash
Looking Back
Chris M. Jones explores photos showing working boats on the Erewash Canal
Discovering the Fens
Cruising The Fenlands
Last summer, continuous-cruiser Rachel Eglinton headed east to explore remote Fenland waterways…
Second-Hand Sixty Footers
Buying Used
We explore the second-hand market using WW’s BoatSearch service to see what £50,000 can get you in a 60ft narrowboat
Leisure Life
Reader's Boat
Last year teacher and history enthusiast Jade Murphy took a chance on a 23ft cruiser and is now taking her time to enjoy it
A Hire-Boat Break in Brittany
Hire-Boat Holiday
Last summer Bobby Cowling explored the waterways of North-West France on a short break with his mother
Norbury Junction
Waterways Hotspot
This rural settlement on the Shropshire Union Canal continues to be an important boating centre. Steve Elliott explores…
24 Hours in Nantwich
Explore Nantwich
A Shroppie stopover worth savouring, says Adam Porter who revels in the history and culture of the Cheshire town
Memories of a Cabin Cruiser
Last Word
Christine Sims recalls heavenly cruising aboard an imperfect second-hand boat….
