The story of the Wye Invader

In 1989 the 38 metre (124 foot) Dutch Barge 'Wye Invader' sailed across the Channel, round the South Coast, into the Severn Estuary then up the River Wye to Hereford, the largest vessel to navigate the River Wye, including the famous Symonds Yat Rapids, in over 150 years.

Video Channel

There are an array of fascinating archive videos featuring Britain’s inland waterways available on the internet and they offer an important dimension to our understanding of the inland waterway story. To help you access these videos we have assembled a searchable database of archive films with links to the originals. The database is searchable by waterway and by decade. Clicking on the image in the listing below will bring the associated video to the top for viewing.

Where there is no image available clicking on the link will take you to the website where the original is hosted for viewing there.

We welcome suggestions and recommendations of archive films not included here – please email them to editorial@wwonline.co.uk.

Search by waterway and decade