• Source: River Weaver Navigation Society

The River Weaver Navigation Society is a waterway society concerned with the River Weaver, from Winsford to its confluence with the Manchester Ship Canal.
The Society is based at the Weaver Hall Museum and Workhouse, Northwich, Cheshire, it was founded in 1977 and has more than 100 members. Committee members attend meetings with navigation authorities, local government departments, and other waterways organisations.




Projects and activities


Restoration of Frodsham Lock
Development of Frodsham waterfront
Replacement of Riversdale Bridge
Encouragement of commercial traffic
Reinstatement of all locks on the Weaver Navigation
Improve interpretation
Restoration of mileposts and marker posts
Improvement of water quality
More access for pedestrians, horse riders, cyclists
Boater-operated locks
Improving water, waste disposal, temporary mooring




See also


Association of Rivers Trusts (ART)
List of waterway societies in the United Kingdom




External links


UK Government, House of Commons Select Committee on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: memorandum submitted by the River Weaver Navigation Society
River Weaver Navigation Trust's Final Report on the Milepost and Boundary Marker Project, undertaken with help from the Local Heritage Initiative
National Archives holding: Rules of the River Weaver Navigation Friendly Society, Northwich 1854
Warrington Guardian newspaper article: "Time to put river back on map", reporting research by RWNS
Salt Museum, Northwich, listing for RWNS
British Waterways' leisure website "Waterscape": listing for RWNS
Lecture Notes by Captain Rick Ferris on the River Weaver Navigation, commissioned by the Northwich Heritage Society
River Weaver Navigation Society website
images & map of mile markers seen along the River Weaver Navigation

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