NBTA London will be holding our semi-regular Summer Fayre this year on Sunday 7th June at 12 noon, the S-Bend in Clapton. We’ll have stalls, entertainment, music, kids’ activities, speeches, food & drinks…all the usual fantastic things you’d expect from an NBTA London event.
IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE TO DEAL WITH WATERWAY ENFORCEMENT OR DENIAL OF SERVICES, PLEASE CONTACT casework@bargee-traveller.org.uk
All members are invited to join the Committee meeting to take part in decision making and to help the NBTA to organise what we do. The meeting is online on Sunday 19th April 2026 at 2pm- 5pm.
For around 40 years, a stretch of Oxford free mooring on the Thames between Donnington Bridge and the Isis Farmhouse has supported a mixed boating community of liveaboards and visiting boaters. Now, six boaters are in negotiations to privatise a part of this space with the landowner, The Harley Trust. The discussions are reportedly being […]
Be a real friend of the waterways, help to protect the itinerant boat dwelling community! Have an impact on CRT, inform the public that the surcharge and the licence review commission’s recommendations are unjust and discriminatory! We have a revised leaflet to hand out this Spring at events where CRT has a stall.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is running a consultation on the use of solid fuels. The deadline for responses is this Thursday 19th March 2026. Please respond to tell DEFRA that our solid fuel stoves are essential and our homes would be uninhabitable in winter without them.
The statutory Public Consultation on the Grand Union Canal Transfer scheme (GUCT) has started. It ends at 11:59pm on Thursday 2nd April 2026. The NBTA encourages all itinerant liveaboard boaters, especially those who travel on the Coventry, North Oxford and Grand Union canals to respond.
The whole of Camden is now a Smoke Control Area. If you moor in Camden permanently or temporarily and believe that your current heating system would make it difficult to comply with the Smoke Control Area rules, there may be a 70% grant available to upgrade your boat’s heating. Camden Council said on 24th February […]
A consultation is under way about revising the the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and other changes to the planning system. It is run by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). It would be very helpful if NBTA members would respond.
Do you live on a boat with children? Have you had any problems getting your kids into school or supporting their learning at home? The NBTA would love to hear your thoughts, feedback, experiences or suggestions for future consultations with the Department of Education on behalf of Boat Families.