A lasting legacy for the inland waterways

Share your love of the waterways with generations to come.

Protecting and restoring inland waterways since 1946.

As a charity, the Inland Waterways Association depends on legacies and donations to continue our vital work. Gifts from Wills make up to a quarter of our annual income. With membership covering just a third of our charitable costs, we depend on the generosity of people who remember us in their Wills.

Gifts in Wills help our teams of volunteers to campaign for the places that matter to you.

Restoring Waterways

We are helping to bring 700 miles of abandoned waterways back to life.

Waterways Heritage

We work to safeguard the dramatic industrial architecture and heritage structures that make our waterways so unique.

Protecting Rural Spaces

We campaign to protect and improve the nation’s 4,700 miles of navigable canals and rivers.

Any gift we receive, no matter how large or small, makes a valuable contribution to our ongoing work to protect these special places.

Protecting special places

Our campaigning ensured that the beautiful and peaceful countryside around Wood End Lock near Fradley Junction would not be affected by High Speed 2, a campaign funded by membership subscriptions, donations and generous legacy contributions.