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GU side-ponds restored
The Canal & River Trust is restoring two side ponds on the Grand Union’s Hanwell flight in West London. However, they are being done to inform future restoration rather than to put them back into immediate use.
The Hanwell locks were Grade II-listed in 1975, but this did not require any of the side ponds to be restored to use. British Waterways decided they were too complicated for modern boaters, and almost all were disabled across the network. Only those on the now-restored Droitwich Junction Canal are thought to be…
16 January 2026
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New owner for Caen Hill Marina
Marina chain Aquavista has continued its expansion with the acquisition, in mid-January, of Caen Hill Marina on the Kennet & Avon Canal.
The 300-berth mooring,…
16 January 2026
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New electric trip-boat for Bath
The Kennet & Avon Canal Trust has acquired a new trip-boat, to be based at Bath. It is an unusual craft: a Polish catamaran with…
15 January 2026
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New HQ for IWA
The Inland Waterways Association has moved to a new head office beside the Grand Union Canal in Berkhamsted.
The new premises are at Hardy House,…
14 January 2026
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Obituary: Ron Rusack
Ron Rusack was a much-loved and deeply respected member of the Scottish canal family, although at times overshadowed by his larger-than-life father, Ronnie Rusack.
Growing…
11 January 2026
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£1m investment for Nottingham marina
Marina chain Aquavista has announced an investment of more than £1m in its Nottingham Castle Waterside & Marina.
The redevelopment will at the same time…
08 January 2026
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Liveaboard boaters escape with their lives as Llangollen Canal breaches
Hire-boat companies and private boaters are once again counting the cost and shuffling their plans as the canal network suffered its second major breach in…
24 December 2025
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New HQ and skills hub for Scottish Canals
Scottish Canals has announced plans for a new headquarters at the top of the 16-lock Falkirk flight. The base would also house a traditional skills…
18 December 2025
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Funding campaigners take protest to Little Ouse
Supporters of the Fund Britain’s Waterways campaign undertook an exploratory cruise at the end of November to test the state of the Little Ouse navigation. …
11 December 2025
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New pressure on Jericho Wharf
The Jericho Wharf Trust has renewed a long-running call for Oxford City Council to compulsorily purchase Oxford Canal’s Jericho Wharf boatyard site.
The trust’s goal…
10 December 2025
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Too much water, too little water for the Narrow Boat Trust
The Narrow Boat Trust has just come through two contrasting years, one with a surfeit of water, the other through a drought, NBT chair Kirk…
10 December 2025
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