What are the opening hours?

Monday 9am - 5pm Tuesday 9am - 5pm Wednesday 9am - 5pm Thursday 9am - 5pm

NarrowBoat

NarrowBoat is the only magazine dedicated to canal and river history.

01/10/2025

The western Daneway entrance to Sapperton Tunnel, probably photographed around 1902, when the tunnel house was a prominent feature – it has since disappeared.

Find more images like this in the Autumn issue of Narrowboat and our story about the influential, but largely forgotten canal engineer, Josiah Clowes.

Get your copy here - https://shop.waterwaysworld.com/current-issue/nb

26/09/2025

Step back into the golden age of our canals with the brand-new Autumn issue of NarrowBoat, the magazine devoted to Britain’s inland waterways heritage.

This edition traces the fascinating story of the lost Lichfield Canal — from its 18th-century origins to the ambitious restoration that continues today — while also revealing the rediscovery of a forgotten lock-keeper’s cottage on the Sankey Canal.

We spotlight Josiah Clowes, a pioneering yet overlooked canal engineer whose work shaped some of the system’s most ambitious tunnels, and we follow the milk boats into Shropshire with a study of Cadbury’s Knighton Works, where chocolate production once depended on canal traffic.

From the sad demise of the Shrewsbury & Newport Canal to evocative colour photographs of barge traffic on the Lee Navigation in the 1960s, this issue brings the waterways’ working past vividly to life.

The Autumn issue is a must-read for anyone passionate about canal history.

Get your copy here – https://shop.waterwaysworld.com/current-issue/nb

19/09/2025

Perhaps the most illustrated Thames craft of all was the West Country barge. Although extinct by the latter decades of the 19th century, it was the standard Upper Thames mode of transport for commercial cargoes and a common sight in the Pool of London.

And you can find it in the Summer issue of Narrowboat magazine. Get your copy here: https://shop.waterwaysworld.com/current-issue/nb

Subscribe now and never miss an issue – https://shop.waterwaysworld.com/subscription

10/09/2025

The now-traditional Easter Gathering at the National Waterways Museum Ellesmere Port this year saw the
former inland port brought to life with many visiting boats, including 35 historic craft, joining the permanent exhibits.

Find out more in the Summer issue of NarrowBoat magazine - https://shop.waterwaysworld.com/current-issue/nb

02/09/2025

The London Canal Museum has taken the 600th anniversary of a law passed in 1425 to improve London's River Lee for navigation as a platform for refreshed retelling of how improving rivers for boats led to the network we know today.

On March 10th of this year The Princess Royal opened the exhibition. Find out more in the Summer issue of NarrowBoat magazine here - https://shop.waterwaysworld.com/current-issue/nb

22/08/2025

In the Summer issue of NarrowBoat magazine, Chris M. Jones revisits and builds on the pioneering research of the late Leslie Hales in uncovering the story of Leicester’s Rudkin boat-building family.

Get your copy today and read the full article - https://shop.waterwaysworld.com/current-issue/nb

12/08/2025

Although the Oxford Canal is synonymous with coal carrying, many other cargoes were transported. The images found in this season's NarrowBoat Magazine highlight two of the lesser-known traffics.

Find them in the Summer issue of NarrowBoat Magazine - https://shop.waterwaysworld.com/current-issue/nb

07/08/2025

In the Summer issue of NarrowBoat Magazine, Bobby Cowling traces the lost city centre sections of the Derby Canal armed with several aerial shots sourced from 'Britain from Above' and his own father's recollections of the now infilled waterway.

Read the full article and purchase your copy here - https://shop.waterwaysworld.com/current-issue/nb

30/07/2025

The father-and-son duo of Peter and Ken Keay operated a boat-building and repair business on the northern
BCN for 60 years. Find some incredible images and full story associated with them in the Summer issue of NarrowBoat Magazine.

Get your copy here - https://shop.waterwaysworld.com/current-issue/nb

15/07/2025

Take another delve this season into the Jack Parkinson Collection which shows activity on the River Trent at Gainsborough.

Get your copy of the Summer issue of Narrowboat Magazine here -https://shop.waterwaysworld.com/current-issue/nb

10/07/2025

Chris M. Jones examines images showing various boats and traffics on the Upper Thames during the 19th and 20th centuries.

Discover 'Craft of the Upper Thames' in the Summer issue of Narrowboat Magazine - https://shop.waterwaysworld.com/current-issue/nb

02/07/2025

In the latest issue of Narrowboat Magazine, Andy Tidy looks at the BCN’s last wooden-boat builders.

Find the Keay's of Walsall article in the Summer issue of Narrowboat now - https://shop.waterwaysworld.com/current-issue/nb

Address

WW Magazines, 151 Station Street, Burton On Trent
Burton Upon Trent
DE141BG

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm

Website

http://www.narrowboatmagazine.com/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when NarrowBoat posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to NarrowBoat:

Shortcuts

Want your business to be the top-listed Media Company in Burton upon Trent?