The Water Road
Join us as we travel the canals and rivers of England and Wales in our narrowboat. The podcast takes you to places and events around the canal network, meeting the people who live, work, or volunteer on the waterways.
The Financial Times said The Water Road "takes nerdy delight in the minutiae of canal life". The Guardian described it as "a soothing sound effects-packed listen ... (that) wouldn't sound out of place on Radio 4". James Marriott in The Times said "How do I join this world? We need more of this sort of thing".
Latest Episode
Christmas at Ellesmere Port Boat Museum (09.12.2025)
Previous Episodes
- Montgomery Canal
- Llangollen Wharf and the Horseshoe Falls
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
- Hurleston Reservoir on the Llangollen Canal
- Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker
- Cholmondeston Lock
- Water shortages and canal closures
- Staffs and Worcester Canal
- Floating Market
- Beeston's Canalside Heritage Centre
- Electrika -- the electric boat show
- Foxton Locks and Inclined Plane
- Richard Parry interview
- Crick Boat Show
- Caldon Canal 2: Froghall trip boat and steam trains
- Caldon Canal 1: Staircase Locks and Cheddleton
- Westport Lake, Stoke-on-Trent
- Stoke Bruerne
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