RBOA News Archive

EMERGENCY CLOSURE/SEVERE RESTRICTION OF ALL ASSISTED PASSAGE (MANNED) LOCKS UPDATED VERSION – Alignment with EA notice. In line with the actions being taken by the […]

In line with the actions being taken by the Environment Agency and following the Prime Ministers announcement on 23 March 2020 about the UK’s heightened […]

Please follow the link below to access urgent update for boaters on the Coronavirus (COVID 19) situation from Alice Mayne, EA National Deputy Director for […]

If you live on a boat on the Broads, go to https://www.broads-authority.gov.uk/news/coronavirus-covid-19 for local information on how coronavirus impact will affect you.

A statement from Richard Parry Following the most recent announcement from the Prime Minister regarding the UK’s response to the coronavirus crisis, we are asking […]

From the Chief Executive, Environment Agency ‘Coronavirus is causing concern across the country for everyone, both personally and professionally. I want to let you know […]

On Monday (17th March 2020) the Government issued updated advice about the current Covid-19 situation. The guidance for those who are vulnerable, those who are […]

RBOA has received the following information from CRT’s Matthew Symonds. “Yesterday the Canal & River Trust issued a statement regarding the Coronavirus, you can see […]

  The following information was sent out by Robert Neff, General Manager at Mercia Marina, to all their boaters.  It not only reiterates the general  […]

Categories range from construction and environment to culture, education and community  The search is on for the best schemes, projects and initiatives that are helping […]

RBOA recently received an interesting communication about a new Facebook forum, which has a focus on waterways users with accessibility issues, from Tracey Clarke who […]

NEW WAVE: PLAY YOUR PART IN THE SECOND GOLDEN AGE OF CANALS 16 January 2020 Community spirit is alive and well on the nation’s canals […]

The Officers of the Residential Boat Owners’ Association would like to wish all members, friends and business acquaintances a very happy Christmas, and send best […]

The RBOA urges any members who have an interest in moorings within the PLA to read the following document, received from your Area Representative for […]

The following information is based on information on the website of The Electoral Commission. The deadline to register to vote in the UK Parliamentary general […]

The RBOA will be holding its AGMs at Great Haywood, Staffs. on 23rd November.  We really hope a lot of members will come along, as […]

1 October 2019 The Canal & River Trust is calling on individuals to stand for election to the charity’s governing Council with nominations opening on […]

RBOA Annual General Meeting Venue Details Date: Saturday 23rd November, 2019 Time: 11.00 a.m. Place: Clifford Arms, Main Road, Great Haywood, Stafford, ST18 0SR. By […]

Members should already be aware that a consultation on red diesel is being conducted by HMRC as they have been directed to respond to the […]

Please find attached an Environment Agency Harbour Master’s notices for the following events. N.B. Additional restrictions have been added in chroniological order. River restrictions When: […]

The RBOA has a stand at the Crick Boat Show this weekend.  Friday 24th May is a Trade/Preview Day, with pre-booked tickets.  Saturday, Sunday and […]

Please find attached an Environment Agency Harbour Master’s notice for the following event. River restrictions When: Sunday 26 May 2019, 6:30am to 10am and Sunday 14 July […]

2 May 2019 The Canal & River Trust’s annual national boat count shows that licence compliance on its waterways remains high with 96.5% of boaters […]

River restrictions When: Saturday 25 May 2019, from 1pm to 5:30pm and Wednesday 29 May to Saturday 1 June 2019, from 10:30am to 7pm. Where: […]

November 2019 will see the 250th anniversary of the canal reaching Birmingham. This was an important event in the making of the city as an […]

Please find attached an Environment Agency Harbour Master’s notice for the following event. River restrictions When: Saturday 6 July and Sunday 7 July 2019 from 8am to 6pm […]

RBOA has received the following request: I work as a television producer for Renegade Pictures – the production company behind Our Yorkshire Farm and Ben Fogle’s […]

Press Release: 10th October, 2018 RBOA Annual General Meeting The Residential Boat Owners’ Association (RBOA) held its 55th Annual General Meeting at The Nadee, Findern, […]

The River Thames Alliance AGM, Henley Rowing Museum, was held on 4th September. Rex Walden represented the RBOA, and reports as follows: The start of […]

Please find attached an Environment Agency Harbourmaster’s Notice. Details below: Teddington Lock Closure Due to Adverse Weather Conditions Saturday 3 March – update With the […]

A message from Beryl McDowall: As RBOA Rresentative on the Boat Safety Scheme Advisory Committee, I have just had an emergency message, asking if I […]

Please see attached Environment Agency Harbourmaster’s Notices for the following events. When: Friday 23 February 2018 from 1pm to 5:30pm Where: Iffley Reach What’s happening: […]

Healthwatch, Cheshire, Boater Access to Health Care Project The Waterways Chaplaincy is collaborating with Healthwatch, Cheshire who are to investigate Boater Access to NHS health […]

Those who have a private boat registered on Canal & River Trust waters should have received details of the Consultation on Licence Fees which is […]

Below is a date for your diaries. The programme for the 18th November is an update on the one previously sent out in October. 9th […]

The Environment Agency has confirmed today (Friday 10 November) that boat registration charges for the waterways it manages will increase in 2018/19. The increases are […]

Weybridge Silver Skulls Please see Environment Agency Harbourmaster’s notice for the following event: When: Saturday 21 October 2017 from 8:30am to 5pm Where: Sunbury Reach […]

This may interest you.  If you haven’t seem Phil’s presentation, do try and get here.  It’s well worth a watch. Birmingham Lads and Friends: A […]

Families with Children on Boats RBOA has received the following request.  If you can help, or if you know of a family who might fit […]

The Canal & River Trust has announced a temporary closure of part of the Grand Union Canal Leicester Line with some reservoirs close to reaching […]

Crowther Bridge near Brighouse is now open, as work finishes on the flood-hit bridge. Calderdale Council, the Canal & River Trust and the contractor Kier […]

CRT’s Winter Moorings list is due to open today.  Go to https://licensing.canalrivertrust.org.uk/Account/Register   You will need your 8-digit Customer Identity Number.  Moorings are allocated on a […]

Members are reminded that it is helpful if we know who is coming to our AGM, so that we can organise enough seating and meals.  […]

Please find attached two Environment Agency Harbourmaster’s Notices. When: Thursday 17 August and Monday 4 September 2017 – 7pm to midnight Where: Scours Lane, Reading […]

Please see below Environment Agency Harbourmaster’s notice regarding the following event. When: Saturday 5 August 2017 from 12pm to 6pm Where: Teddington Reach What’s happening: […]

As reported previously, the RBOA has launched a Code of Good Practice recently. This Code is supported by various Navigation Authorities and Organisations.  If you […]

Please see attached Environment Agency Harbourmaster’s Notice for the following event this weekend. Please accept our apologies for the late notice; we will endeavour to […]

Please see attached Environment Agency Harbourmaster’s Notices for the following 3 events. When: Friday 21 July 2017 from 7pm to 8pm Where: Teddington Reach What’s […]

Please see attached Environment Agency Harbourmaster’s Notices for the following events. When: Saturday 24 June 2017 from 12pm to 3pm Where: Teddington Reach What’s happening: […]

As reported previously, the RBOA has recently launched a Code of Good Practice, which is supported by various Navigation Authorities and Organisations.  If you haven’t […]

Detals as follows: When: Wednesday 14 June 2017 – 10am to 2pm Where: Marlow Reach, All Saints Church, Bisham to the downstream end of Temple […]

The RBOA has had a presence at Crick Show every year since it began, and this year was no exception, with a larger stand than […]

The Canal & River Trust is reminding boaters on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal to help conserve water.  We’re doing this because rainfall has been […]

ITN Prodiuctions are looking for people who are slim, and have an active lifestyle – but are not “fitness fanatics”.  If you want to findout […]

Yesterday, Tuesday, 2nd May, Radio Leicester’s Helen McCarthy visited Beryl on her boat to talk about living on a boat.  You can listen at the […]

This is just a reminder that the Fazeley waterway office is now permanenetly closed,. The water point and elsan is still open, but the bin […]

If you have not already registered to vote at the forthcoming Parliamentary Elections, you need to do so by 22 May 2017, at the latest.  […]

The date and venue have now been set for the ALCC Spring event. The event will take place on Sunday 28th May at Broxbourne Cruising […]

I’m trying to track down a young couple (in their 20s) who have bought a canal boat. They need to be from the Birmingham, Solihull, […]

Renowned Films are filming a 10 part television series for an international broadcaster and for the F2 Freestylers’s YouTube Channel. The programme will feature the […]

Canal & River trust has made special arrangements to allow boats travelling downthe Stort to Cavalcade in Little Venice to get through the extended stoppage […]

Friday 10 March 2017 Pollution incident on the River Kennet The River Kennet is closed at Blake’s Lock until further notice. The lock is chained […]

The decision on Tuesday 7 March was not about the Canal & River Trust’s internal processes or procedures, or our interpretation of the British Waterways […]

CBS News are planning a story for our broadcast CBS This Morning Saturday, that we hope to shoot in a couple of weeks, on canal […]

The CRT Fazeley office at Peels Wharf will be closing on Friday 31st March.  The water point and elsan will still be open, however the […]

RBOA has been asked if we can help link Emma with a London-based boater.  Emma is writing a story about people who work and live […]

Please see below Issue 9 notice for the River Thames Investment. Listed below are the locks that will be closed during the 2016 to 2017 […]

The Canal & River Trust would like to advise customers that a number of new recycling facilities.facilities have recently been made available at: Retford Boat […]

It is with regret that we report that Louis Jankel passed away recently, and his funeral took place in Weybridge, Surrey last Thursday (15 December, […]

Please follow this link for the updates about the North West Waterway: https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/about-us/our-regions/north-west-waterways/whats-going-on-in-the-north-west CRT North West hope you  find it useful and if you have […]

Notice Alert Leeds & Liverpool Canal Starts At: Lock 87 Ends At: Lock 87 Monday 14 November 2016 until further notice New online booking systems […]

New arrangements to ‘improve customer experience and compliance’ at visitor moorings on non-tidal River Thames The Environment Agency is to test new arrangements  for managing  […]

17 November 2016 Tenanted Boats for Residential Use – The R.B.O.A.’s View The Residential Boat Owners’ Association (RBOA) will not support anything which potentially brings […]

 Environment Agency Harbourmaster’s Notices, regarding the following 3 events: When: Saturday 19 November 2016 – 9:30am to Midday and 1:30pm to 4:00pm Where: Molesey Reach […]

Windfall Films, an award-winning TV production company based in London, are on the lookout for projects to cover for the second series of ‘My Floating […]

Plum Pictures, the producers of Channel 4’s ‘George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces’ and ‘shed of the year’ are producing a new Channel 4 series about people […]

From Canal & River Trust – East Midlands All 4 of our tidal locks (West Stockwith, Cromwell, Torksey, Boston) have the same core hours, which […]

Montgomery Canal Starts At: Lock 1, Frankton Locks Ends At: Lock 4, Frankton Locks WINTER OPENING TIMES 2016 -2017 Tuesday 1st November 2016 08:30 to […]

Monday 31 October 2016 until Sunday 26 March 2017 23:59 Starts At: Bridge 6, Netherton Swing Bridge Ends At: Bridge 9, Handcocks Swing Bridge During […]

The Canal & River Trust is introducing a trial stretch of new visitor moorings on the Regent’s Canal in King’s Cross following a consultation last […]

Leeds & Liverpool Canal Starts At: Lock 29, Bingley 5 Rise Top Lock Ends At: Lock 22, Bingley 3 Rise Bottom Lock Monday 31 October […]

10 October 2016 Local businesses, communities and waterway enthusiasts are celebrating as the historic Rochdale Canal fully reopens for the first time since the devastation […]

Please find attached 3 Environment Agency Harbourmaster’s notices for the events below: When: Saturday 22 October 2016 from 9am to 5:30pm Where: Sunbury Reach What’s […]

I am an Assistant Producer for a London based TV production company called Spun Gold TV. I am currently working on the second series of […]

Tammy Plant, of CRT’s Boating Business Team, has this message for Business Licence Holders, in particular: Each winter, the CRT takes the opportunity of reduced […]

22 September 2016 Angela Dunham, RBOA Membership Secretary, and her husband David, an RBOA Area Rep., travelled to this event by boat to represent the […]

21 September 2016 The Canal & River Trust will be introducing a new online self-service booking system which will allow boaters to book passage through […]

19 September 2016 The Canal & River Trust is asking the capital’s boaters “who’s on London’s boats?” so the charity can gain a better understanding […]

15 September 2016 The winners of the 2016 Living Waterways Awards, sponsored by Kier, Arcadis, CPC Civils and Fountains, were announced at a ceremony at […]

Please note for the following two events: When: Saturday 17 September 2016 – 10am to 5pm Where: Iffley Lock to Folly Bridge What’s happening: Isis […]

4th-6th November 2016 Due to uncertainty about the availability of the Smethwick Enterprise Centre and the cost of fireworks for a November 5th display the […]

8 September 2016 Over the summer the Canal & River Trust carried out a survey to gauge the level of demand for pre-book a short-stay […]

Thames Festival Trust presents “Totally Thames – Take me to the River”  1-30 September 2016.  Free event at the  Watermans Arts Centre, 40 High St, […]

We have been informed by EA of the following events on the navigation: Please find 3 Environment Agency Harbourmaster’s notices for the following river restrictions. […]

The Canal & River Trust has published the list of vital maintenance work the charity will be carrying out over the winter and is urging […]

These are the results of a OnePoll survey which was commissioned by comparethemarket.com and conducted by OnePoll between 4-8th July and surveyed 2000 25-35 year […]

Dear boater, The Environment Agency is investing £1.2 million this winter, as part of its usual annual programme of essential works to maintain key navigation […]

You may be interested in this event, which promises plenty to do and see, both on and off the water.  Click on this link: Leigh […]

Following the publication by the MAIB (Marine Accident Investigation Branch) of a safety bulletin after its investigations found that exhaust fumes filled the cabin space […]

If the changes to reciprocal licensing arrangements are not amended, many boaters could be seriously affected.  If you  wish to contact your MP on this […]

We have had a plea for help in tracking down  stolen boat, which was recently stolen from Mercia Marina. Please take the time to read […]

28th July, 2016 The Canal & River Trust and Islington Council have won funding from DEFRA for electric charging points on the Regent’s Canal in […]

The Canal & River Trust is today publishing the list of sites it will be offering for winter moorings in 2016-17. The Trust has picked […]

4-6 November 2016 Due to uncertainty about the availability of the Smethwick Enterprise Centre and the cost of fireworks for a November 5th display the […]

18 July 2016 CANAL CHARITY INVITES FAMILIES TO GET HOOKED ON FISHING ·         Campaign to reverse decline in fishing ·         Free fishing events and 1000 […]

18 July 2016 The Canal & River Trust is today (18 July 2016) announcing changes to its waterway teams and office accommodation in the Midlands. […]

The Broads Authority approached RBOA for our opinions and comments regarding two proposed new residential mooring sites on the Broads.  Two of our Committee  visited […]

The Lion Salt Works Museum in Northwich, Cheshire is appealing for votes as it strives to become one of the UK’s favourite Lottery-funded projects. The […]

If you take any interesting/unusual photographs when you are out and about on your boat, please consider sending them to soundings@rboa.org.uk  so that they can […]