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Canal Nav

com.canalnav/canal-nav · v1.0.0

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

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Last check

Reachable, 6 tools, protocol 2025-06-18 · checked 2026-10-17

Test & rating

B 75/100

What it does: 6 tools · 3 read, 0 write

Test call get_closures: failed — tool error: Give a place (name or "lat,lon") or a waterway name to search for closures. (1,004 ms)

How the rating is made
  • Answers without login: +30
  • Speed of first answer: +10
  • Lists tools: +10
  • Tool descriptions: +15
  • Parameter descriptions: +10
  • Read/write annotations: 0
  • Safe test call: 0
  • More than 80 tools: 0

Tested 2026-10-17. Fixed rules, no AI model. Grade A needs a successful real call.

Install

Remote URL
https://mcp.canalnav.com/mcp

Tools

6 tools listed at last check
  • 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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