Canal Maps Progress Report 2023

Canal maps seem to have taken over during the winter and while I am not playing about with the boat, we have made a significant amount of progress. Soon I hope to return to playing on the boat as we are on the final stages of a Solar Panel project, with just the fitting to go. But cold weather, kids and decorating have meant I needed somthing to do on my laptop so we have had 6 months of mapping.

1100+ Mooring including:- Marinas, CRT Mooring both leisure and permanent, EA Visitor moorings and anything else I could find, thanks to all who submitted theirs.

1000+ Pubs, Restaurants, Cafes, Fish & Chip Shops, Coffee Shops, Tea Shops, Ice Cream Parlours, Pizza Parlours and many many more locations that I wanted to know about.

350+ Services Points, including Pump Outs, Water Points, Diesel and Petrol points, Elsan Points, Showers, Toilets, Calor gas, Solid Fuel and Refuse points. Again stuff we need to know where to find.

And in development but still accessable are:-

Hire Boat Locations – 122 so far

Things to visit near the Canal/River – 63 Atractions

Chandlers and Boat Yards – 47 Locations

Location buttonWe have also added a button on each map that will try to locate you on the map, so you can see what is nearby.

Facebook Group – At last count we have 4200 members of this group, which we hope will use the maps as well as contribute to them, it is also the best place to contact me.

We have had a few recommendations from users including the location of Petrol stations near the canals for the outboard users, the location of Charging points for the Electric Boat users, both of which will be researched and added.

Now looking forward to a few trips out this year, before we take the big one (for us) and spend a year traveling on the canals and rivers could be 2025/2026 if all goes to plan.

Finding New Locations for Maps

We are nearly at 2000 members of our Facebook Group, can I make a request, please visit one of the maps for an area you know well and find what is missing?

I need to find Visitor Mooring, Chandleries, Boat Yards, Water and Pump Out points, Pubs, Restaurants, Cafes, and any place of interest you would recommend. If each of us found 1 extra place that would double what we have already 🙂

See https://floydtilla.co.uk/canal-river-maps/

Don’t forget we also have the everything map https://floydtilla.co.uk/they-everything-map/ were you can find all the place we have so far, but it loads a little slower.

Thanks

David Floyd