General Tools

canalnav.com

Provides tools for planning boat journeys on British inland waterways, including route planning, closure notices, boat dimension checks, and place lookups.

1 endpoint6 known toolsFirst detected July 31, 2026Last detected August 31, 2026

ENDPOINT 1

https://mcp.canalnav.com/mcp

No auth detected

MCP server metadata

Name: canal-nav
Version: 1.0.0

Capabilities

tools.listChanged

Server instructions

Canal Nav plans real boat journeys on the inland waterways of Great Britain (canals and navigable rivers). Routes follow the water itself, not roads, with lock-aware timing, live closure and stoppage data from every GB navigation authority, boat-dimension fit warnings and tidal safety warnings. Use plan_route for A to B journeys, plan_round_trip for return-to-start cruises, get_closures for stoppage lookups, will_my_boat_fit for dimension checks, find_place to disambiguate place names, and search_directory for waterside businesses. Places can be given by name or as "lat,lon" coordinates. The live map is at https://maps.canalnav.com/.

Known tools 6

plan_route

Plan a boat journey between two points on the inland waterways of Great Britain (canals and navigable rivers).

Inferred read-only

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.

Inferred read-only

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.

Inferred read-only

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).

Inferred read-only

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).

Inferred read-only

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.

Inferred read-only

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Client installation

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.canal-nav]
url = "https://mcp.canalnav.com/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canal-nav": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.canalnav.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: canal-nav
Remote MCP URL: https://mcp.canalnav.com/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canal-nav": {
      "url": "https://mcp.canalnav.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "canal-nav": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.canalnav.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "canal-nav",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://mcp.canalnav.com/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

TRUST AND VERIFICATION EVIDENCE

Trust Data Available

BuiltWith Trust API v2 evidence for canalnav.com was fetched 2026-08-03T14:39:26.078Z and is being refreshed.

Trust status RestrictedContent

canalnav.com is assessed as RestrictedContent: Domain runs gambling-related technology.

Indexed

Evidence is source-attributed and does not guarantee that a third-party server is safe. Risk labels are conservative metadata heuristics.