difficulties of navigation and has kept a number of waterways open that would otherwise have closed. In the past, the annual festival often had campaigning as one of its functions, but the number of boats attending makes many desirable venues impracticable. So, together with campaign rallies held by particular regions, a national campaign rally was established in 2006 to highlight the continued need for this activity. Past Events 2016 - Eldonian Village 2014 - Chester 2009 - Kiveton Park, Chesterfield Canal 2008 - "Monty '08", Theme: Montgomery Canal restoration 2006 - Basingstoke Canal IWA National Trailboat Festival Past Events 2017 - Ashby Canal 2016 - Chesterfield Canal 2015 - Lancaster Canal 2014 - Grand Western Canal, Devon 2013 - River Rother, Bodiam castles, East Sussex 2012 - Stroud, Gloucestershire 2011 - Neath Canal, South Wales 2010 - Monmouthshire Canal, Newport, South Wales 2009 - Moira, Ashby Canal, Leicestershire 2008 - Grand Western Canal, Devon 2007 - Grantham Canal 2006 - Lancaster Canal 2005 - Chesterfield Canal 2002 - Chesterfield Canal IWA Canalway Cavalcade Annual event since 1983, organised by IWA at Little Venice, London over the early May Bank Holiday weekend, combining a Boat Rally with a trade show, activities and entertainments. Plaques Two plaques commemorating the 1945 meeting which led to founding of the IWA stand at Tardebigge Top Lock on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. In 2015, the Inland Waterways Association unveiled a blue plaque commemorating the life and work of its co-founder and first chairman, Robert Aickman, at his home and workplace at 11 Gower Street, London. See also List of navigation authorities in the United Kingdom List of waterway societies in the United Kingdom British Waterways David & Charles Charles Hadfield Crick Boat Show Inland Waterways Protection Society (IWPS) (in the UK) Narrowboat Horseboating References Inland Waterways Association website External links Inland Waterways Association IWA National Festival Site 2008 IWA National Festival 2009 Waterways organisations in the United Kingdom Transport charities based in the United Kingdom 1946 establishments in the United Kingdom Organizations established in 1946