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Whitchurch Canal Festival to return
The Whitchurch Waterway Trust says it is determined to restage its annual canal festival this year, despite it being very close to the site of the Llangollen Canal breach.
The festival – started in 1995 as the Whitchurch Boat Rally to campaign for the reopening of the 300-yard canal arm into the town – draws roving traders from all over the North-West. It is usually staged the week after the August Bank Holiday, this year over the weekend of 5th-6th September.
WWT chair Doug Sealy said that although boats attending…
12 March 2026
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Optimism for Llangollen hire-boating
The Canal & River Trust says it hopes to have the Llangollen Canal breach repaired by the end of this year.
The Langollen is Britain’s…
12 March 2026
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Novel installation for HS2 bridge over canal
A section of the Grand Union Canal reopened to boaters in mid-March, after a new 1,620-ton section of the HS2 railway track slid aross the…
12 March 2026
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EA task force tackles abandoned Thames craft
The Environment Agency says it is on course to remove over 100 sunken and abandoned vessels on the non-tidal Thames in a single year, its…
12 March 2026
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Coordinated support for liveaboard boaters
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12 March 2026
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Inland craft share in National Historic Ships grant
Two inland vessels are among 12 recipents sharing a total of £9,100 this year in the Small Grants Scheme from National Historic Ships.
The charity…
09 March 2026
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K&A pill boxes converted to bat roosts
Volunteers for the Canal & River Trust have begun a program to turn the Kennet & Avon Canal’s World War II pillboxes into bat roosts. …
09 March 2026
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Obituary: Ken Warriner
Founder of Fernwood Craft and influential consultant to Finesse Boats
Ken Warriner, who with his wife, Julia, founded narrowboat-builder Fernwood Craft, has died suddenly at…
18 February 2026
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Major chandlery group closes shops, moves to online delivery
LKQ, the big motor industry distributor that now owns Midland Chandlers, is closing its three showroom-style shops and moving to a delivery-only model.
Customers will…
13 February 2026
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CRT responds to Boat Licensing Commission proposals
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12 February 2026
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British Marine takes training online
British Marine has announced a digital training platform for the leisure marine industry.
Called the British Marine Training Academy (BM Academy for short), it has…
11 February 2026
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