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Trust argues business case for Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway
Supporters of the long-proposed Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway Link have published a professional business case arguing it would return £2.40 in benefits for every £1 invested.
The 151-page document sets out a compelling economic, environmental and social case for the 16-mile canal, now budgeted at £475m.
The waterway is the only realistic dream of broad-beam boats reaching the north from the Grand Union Canal, via the River Great Ouse at Bedford. First proposed over 200 years ago, the concept was resurrected 30 years ago when the Bedford & Milton…
09 July 2025
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Overwater Marina Embraces What3Words
In ‘What3Words saved my life’, in our August issue, WW reader Martin Stubbins gave a dramatic account of when the geolocation system came to his…
08 July 2025
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Appeal for Tardebigge Top Lock rebuild
The Canal & River Trust has made another individual fundraising attempt, to offset the cost of rebuilding Tardebigge Top Lock.
The lock, at over 14ft…
30 June 2025
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Developer pulls out of Brimscombe Port
The Cotswold Canals restoration has had a setback, after the developer selected to rebuild Brimscombe Port pulled out of the project in June.
Canal project…
27 June 2025
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GU reservoir gets a £6m strengthening
The Canal & River Trust has begun precautionary strengthening of yet another reservoir, this time on the Grand Union Canal’s Wendover arm, and at a…
26 June 2025
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White Mills winners inspect their mooring prize
Celebrating a decade of operation in 2025, White Mills Marina on the River Nene held a prize draw at this year's Crick Boat Show for…
25 June 2025
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Huddersfield Canal to reopen mid-August
The Canal & River Trust is predicting a mid-August reopening of the Huddersfield Canal, after starting repairs on the flood-damaged Lock 11.
The lock, a…
25 June 2025
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Government spending review ignores HVO, says IWA
The Inland Waterways Association says it is disappointed that the UK government, despite the talk of Net Zero in its latest spending review, has once…
18 June 2025
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End of an era for Branford Barge Owners
An era in the carrying world of the North East has ended, after Casper River & Canal Transport announced it had acquired Farndale-H, Fossdale-H and…
13 June 2025
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First eco-moorings outside London
The Canal & River Trust has opened new eco-zone moorings on the Oxford Canal in Oxford itself.
The first of their kind outside London, they…
12 June 2025
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Burslem Port is re-imagined in architectural students’ project
Staffordshire University architecture students in Stoke on Trent have used the old Burslem Arm’s Shropshire Union Warehouse as inspiration for their final year projects. The…
11 June 2025
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