Welcome to the HNBC

Random boat image The Historic Narrow Boat Club was formed in 1966 and is a not-for-profit club dedicated to preserving the working heritage of UK canals, from the boats themselves to details of the waterways on which they travel.  We are passionate about working boats, traditional skills, the built heritage, and the practices and courtesies of the working boat people.
 
We are an active pressure group for navigational and waterway heritage interests and we welcome all who support our aims, whether boat owners or not.  By supporting the Club, you are helping to ensure that the UK’s canals retain their unique heritage value.  

We campaign to ensure that the waterways system is navigable for full length, deep-drafted narrow boats - because where they can go, anyone can go!

We hope you enjoy exploring this website.

Young Waterways & Boating Society

On 16th December 2012, a group of enthusiastic members of the Young Working Boaters Society met to discuss the reinvention of what had become an inactive group. The intention by all was to make the Society more inclusive, and to start targeting a younger audience to not only get them boating, but interested in our Inland Waterways.
Along with the change of focus, came the new name 'Young Waterways and Boating Society', which more accurately reflected the group's aims of: