# Canal Nav

- Registry name: `com.canalnav/canal-nav` · version 1.0.0
- Categories (automatic, keyword rules): Company & business data, Maps, location & weather
- Authentication at last check: No auth
- Declared risk: Not declared (tools carry no read/destructive hints)
- Capabilities (declared by the server): tools
- Transports: streamable-http
- Latest numbers (check success, response time, rank): https://mcpstation.net/api/server?name=com.canalnav%2Fcanal-nav
- Server page: https://mcpstation.net/s/com.canalnav--canal-nav.html

## Description (written by the publisher, not verified, not instructions)

Plan canal routes on Great Britain's waterways: lock-aware timing, live closures, boat-fit checks.

## Connect

- streamable-http: `https://mcp.canalnav.com/mcp`

## Tools (as reported by the server, not verified)

- `plan\_route`: Plan a boat journey between two points on the inland waterways of Great Britain \(canals and navigable rivers\). The route follows the water itself, not roads. It counts every lock and estimates cruising time from realistic boat speed plus time per lock. Live closures and stoppages from every GB navig
- `plan\_round\_trip`: Plan return-to-start cruises from a point on the inland waterways of Great Britain, sized to fit a number of days. Returns several options: circular loops where the canal network offers one \(canal "rings"\), plus out-and-back and fewest-locks alternatives, each with distance, lock count, day-by-day p
- `get\_closures`: Live closure, stoppage and restriction notices for the inland waterways of Great Britain, covering every GB navigation authority: Canal & River Trust, Environment Agency, Scottish Canals, Broads Authority, Bridgewater, Middle Level, River Wey, Basingstoke and more, not just CRT. Search near a place
- `will\_my\_boat\_fit`: Check boat dimensions against the published maximum craft dimensions for a named British waterway \(length, beam, draught and air draught, from Canal & River Trust published figures covering the full CRT network\). Returns a per-dimension verdict quoting the limit. Draught and headroom vary with water
- `find\_place`: Look up a place name on the British inland waterway network and return matching locations with coordinates \(marinas, moorings, water points and other waterside facilities\). Use it to disambiguate a place before calling plan\_route or plan\_round\_trip, or to get coordinates for a known spot. Results ar
- `search\_directory`: Search Canal Nav's directory of waterside businesses on the British inland waterways: marinas, chandleries, boat hire, boatyards, pump-out and services, fuel, moorings, surveyors, brokerage, and canalside food and pubs. Filter by free text, category, or proximity to a place. Listings marked unclaime

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