Always useful to take a look at the groups that look after the canals you are traveling along. It is amazing how many there are often they have guides to the local area or even a museum you can visit. (This is work in progress!).
| Local Canal Groups | Canals and Waterways Covered |
|---|---|
| Ashby Canal Association | Ashby Canal |
| Ashby Canal Trust | Ashby Canal |
| Aylesbury Canal Society | Aylesbury Arm (AKA Western Junction) |
| Banbury Canal Partnership | Oxford Canal Banbury |
| Basingstoke Canal | Basingstoke Canal. |
| Braunston Canal Society | Braunston section of the Grand Union Canal |
| Brent River & Canal Society | Brent River Park |
| The Bridgewater Canal Company Limited | Bridgewater Canal |
| Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway Trust | |
| Birmingham Canal Navigations Society | |
| Buckingham Canal Society | Buckingham Canal |
| Bude Canal Trust | Bude Canal (Cornwall & Devon Border) |
| Bude Canal & Harbour Society | Bude Canal (Cornwall & Devon Border) |
| Bugsworth Basin Heritage Trust | Peak Forest Canal -Bugsworth Basin |
| Calder Navigation Society | Calder & Hebble Navigation and Huddersfield Broad Canal |
| Chesterfield Canal Society | Chesterfield Canal |
| Coombeswood Canal Trust*1 | Dudley Number 2 Canal |
| Cotswold Canals Trust | Stroudwater Canal Thames & Severn Canal |
| Coventry Canal Society | Coventry Canal |
| Chelmer Canal Trust | Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation. |
| Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust | Derby Canal |
| Don Catchment Rivers Trust | Rivers Don, Dearne and Rother |
| Driffield Navigation Amenities Association | Driffield Canal River Hull (from Canal to Aike). |
| Edinburgh Union Canal Society | Union Canal |
| The Forth and Clyde Canal Society | Forth and Clyde Canal |
| Foxton Inclined Plane Trust | Foxton Locks and The Boat Lift on the?? |
| Friends of the Montgomery Canal | Montgomery Canal. |
| Grantham Canal Restoration Society | Grantham Canal. |
| Great Ouse Boating Association (GOBA) | River Great Ouse, Cam, Lark, Little Ouse, Wissey |
| Hereford & Gloucester Canal Trust | Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal |
| Hollinwood Canal Society | Hollinwood Branch of the Ashton Canal |
| Huddersfield Canal Society | Huddersfield Narrow Huddersfield Broad |
| Kennet & Avon Canal Trust | Kennet and Avon Canal. |
| Lancaster Canal Trust | Lancaster Canal |
| Lapal Canal Trust | Dudley Number 2 Canal |
| Leamington Community Canal Group | Grand Union Canal in Leamington Spa |
| Leeds & Liverpool Canal Society | Leeds & Liverpool Canal |
| Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust | Lichfield Canal Hatherton Canal |
| Linlithgow Union Canal Society | Linlithgow Union Canal |
| Macclesfield Canal Society | Macclesfield Canal |
| Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal Society | Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal |
| Manchester and Stockport Canal Society | Stockport Arm of the Ashton Canal |
| Melton & Oakham Waterways Society | Melton Mowbray Navigation Oakham Canal |
| Monmouthshire, Brecon & Abergavenny Canals Trust | Monmouthshire, Brecon Abergavenny Canal |
| Old Union Canal Society | Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal Grand Union Canal (Old) Grand Junction Leicester Line Grand Union Canal Leicester Line |
| Pocklington Canal Amenity Society | Pocklington Canal |
| Pontypridd Canal Conservation Group | Camlas Pontypridd/Pontypridd Canal |
| Ribble Link Trust | The Ribble Link |
| Rickmansworth Waterways Trust | Batchworth Lock / Grand Union Canal |
| River Weaver Navigation Society | River Weaver |
| Rochdale Canal Society (Closed?) | Rochdale Canal |
| Rochdale Canal Group (Facebook) | Rochdale Canal |
| Rolle Canal & Northern Devon Waterways Society | Rolle Canal (AKA Torrington Canal) |
| Sankey Navigation Trust | Sankey (St Helens) Canal |
| Shrewsbury & Newport Canals Trust | Shrewsbury Canal Newport Canal |
| Shropshire Union Canal Society | Shropshire Union Canal |
| Somersetshire Coal Canal Society | Somersetshire Coal Canal |
| Southampton Canal Society | You may well ask where the Southampton Canal is, well see this YouTube video. But this group was setup to supported that National Network. |
| Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Society | Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal |
| Stratford Canal Society | Stratford upon Avon Canal |
| Swansea Canal Society | Swansea Canal |
| The Stover Canal Society | Stover Canal (South Devon) |
| Tameside Canal Boat Trust | |
| Trent & Mersey Canal Society | Trent and Mersey Canal |
| Weaver (River) | River Weaver Navigation Society |
| Wendover Arm Trust | Wendover Canal |
| Whaley Bridge Canal Group | Whaley Bridge basin |
| Wey & Arun Canal Trust | Wey & Arun Canal |
| Whilton and Buckby Locks Association | Whilton and Buckby flight of locks on the Grand Union Canal |
| Whitchurch Waterway Trust | The Whitchurch Arm |
| Wilts & Berks Canal Trust | Wilts & Berks Canal |
| Worcester – Birmingham & Droitwich Canals Society | Worcester & Birmingham Canal. Droitwich Canal |
| Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust | Rivers Swale, Ure, Nidd, Wharfe and Ouse |
*1 Also see Lapal Canal Trust