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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 one of the deepest narrow locks on the network, had an emergency closure last February after boats began to get stuck. Engineers immediately feared that the 200-year-old chamber was at risk of collapse.
A repair of the weak wall is now well underway, and a reopening is slated for September.
The new online appeal hopes to raise up to £10,000, although that will only be…
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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RCR celebrates 25 years
Boater’s breakdown service River Canal Rescue celebrated its 25th anniversary on 8th June with an outdoor festival close to its headquarters at Baswich, near Stafford.…
11 June 2025
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New member for Drifters consortium
Grand Union Narrowboats has joined the Drifters boating holiday consortium, now making ten operators in total.
This latest Drifters member, based on the Grand Union…
10 June 2025
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