Welcome to Nick's Canal Route Planner - Canalplan AC. A comprehensive guide to the UK's inland waterways, it plans journeys, calculates the length (distance, number of locks, time taken etc) of your trip and shows gazetteer information on places along the way (pubs, shops and museums). Canalside events you might pass are listed. If you have never used the software before, I recommend that you read the help before going any further.

Disclaimer: This software is provided for interest only. Neither I, nor anyone hosting the software or providing data can accept any responsibility for any accidents, loss or damage in any way resulting from using this software.

All about CanalPlanAC - Version 9

This is under development - many of these links don't work yet

The following links should help you find out all about Canalplan AC

The introduction tells you all about the program, and is the main source of operating instructions.

More useful information is in the Frequently Asked Questions list

To find out what has been changed since you last used the program, the what's new pages are a complete log of changes in every release

I keep a list of things that still need fixing, or of good ideas that might get implemented in the ideas & plans file

If you've enjoyed using the program and want to make it even better, there are some ideas at how to help

I try to keep a list of people who have helped, and of information and software that has been used under license, in the credits & copyright file

A series of static pages containing lists of places and waterways is available for linking to or searching