plan_route
Plan a canal route
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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 navigation authority (Canal & River Trust, Environment Agency, Scottish Canals, Broads Authority and others) are routed around automatically, and when a dated closure blocks the natural line the result compares waiting for it to reopen against taking the detour. Give boat dimensions to get per-waterway fit warnings (too long, too wide, too deep, too tall for a waterway on the route). Routes that cross tidal water carry a tidal safety warning. Places can be names (resolved on the waterway network) or "lat,lon" coordinates. If a name matches several distinct locations the tool returns the candidates instead of guessing; call again with the chosen one.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| from | string | yes | Start point: a place name on the waterways (e.g. "Braunston Marina") or "lat,lon" coordinates. |
| to | string | yes | Destination: a place name or "lat,lon" coordinates. |
| boat_length | number | string | no | Boat length. Metres by default (e.g. 17.4), or a feet/inches string (e.g. "57ft"). |
| boat_beam | number | string | no | Boat beam (width). Metres by default (e.g. 2.08), or feet/inches (e.g. "6'10\""). |
| boat_draught | number | string | no | Boat draught (depth below the waterline). Metres or feet/inches. |
| boat_air_draught | number | string | no | Boat air draught (height above the waterline, for bridges and tunnels). Metres or feet/inches. |
| lock_minutes | number | no | Minutes to work through one lock. Default 15. Experienced crews may use 10, single-handers 20 or more. |
| cruising_hours_per_day | number | no | Cruising hours per day, used to split the journey into days with suggested overnight moorings. Default 6. |
| date | string | no | Departure date (YYYY-MM-DD) for closure checking. Defaults to today. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"from": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Start point: a place name on the waterways (e.g. \"Braunston Marina\") or \"lat,lon\" coordinates."
},
"to": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Destination: a place name or \"lat,lon\" coordinates."
},
"boat_length": {
"type": [
"number",
"string"
],
"description": "Boat length. Metres by default (e.g. 17.4), or a feet/inches string (e.g. \"57ft\")."
},
"boat_beam": {
"type": [
"number",
"string"
],
"description": "Boat beam (width). Metres by default (e.g. 2.08), or feet/inches (e.g. \"6'10\\\"\")."
},
"boat_draught": {
"type": [
"number",
"string"
],
"description": "Boat draught (depth below the waterline). Metres or feet/inches."
},
"boat_air_draught": {
"type": [
"number",
"string"
],
"description": "Boat air draught (height above the waterline, for bridges and tunnels). Metres or feet/inches."
},
"lock_minutes": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 90,
"description": "Minutes to work through one lock. Default 15. Experienced crews may use 10, single-handers 20 or more."
},
"cruising_hours_per_day": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 16,
"description": "Cruising hours per day, used to split the journey into days with suggested overnight moorings. Default 6."
},
"date": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$",
"description": "Departure date (YYYY-MM-DD) for closure checking. Defaults to today."
}
},
"required": [
"from",
"to"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}