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Welcome to Water Explorer...

This web site helps you plan and record your journeys around the UK inland waterways.

What will I find on this site for free ?

Comprehensive inland waterway maps
Waterway journey recording
Canal and river GPS satellite navigation (sat nav) software
Waterway route planning
Real time boat location reporting

Want to know more? How does it work? Click here

You're privacy is important,your boatname will only be disclosed if you allow it.

Latest Boat Movements

Boat 'ANSUKA ll' arrived at Marlow Lock Cut on the River Thames, below Oxford (59 mins ago).
Boat 'Beefur' arrived at Bennets Bridge No 80 on the Shropshire Union Canal, Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal (1 day ago).
Boat 'Epiphany' arrived at Newton Changeline Bridge 165 on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Main Line (1 day ago).
Boat 'Serenissima' arrived at A656 Barnsdale Road Bridge on the Aire and Calder Navigation, Aire and Calder Main Line (1 day ago).

New User?

Click here to register to use the journey recording and Navvygator application.

Inland Waterway Maps

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Zoom, pan & searchable inland waterway maps.

Realtime boat positions
Graphical route planning
Bridges
Locks
Winding holes

Click to view map

Navvygator - GPS

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Navvygator is a standalone GPS satellite navigation (sat nav) designed for inland boating.

It uses the detailed maps from Water Explorer to provide a real time, fully automatic mapping and journey recording system - and it's free!

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Journey Recording

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Water Explorer can record your boat journeys and turn these into maps as well as recording hours and distance travelled for a log book.

This is done automaticlly if you use Navvygator.

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