Developers promise to build new bridge for Lichfield Canal
Developers of a new housing estate have agreed to foot the cost of rebuilding a long-flattened bridge over the Lichfield & Hatherton restoration.
Persimmon Homes…
10 August 2023
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Woman arrested as pensioner dies after being knocked over by dog on towpath
A woman has been arrested and charged, after a pensioner died following her dog knocking him over on the Forth & Clyde towpath.
The initial…
09 August 2023
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Obituary: William Walker
Stalwart British Waterways staffer and boater whose involvement in so many waterways interests made him hard to categorise
Bill Walker, a noted and long-serving former…
08 August 2023
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Manchester, Bolton & Bury breach set for repair
The 5-mile summit level of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal is on the way to being restored, after developer Watson Homes began work in…
08 August 2023
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Horse-boating trial gets off to flying start on the Shroppie
In possibly the first time in a century a horse has hauled an original Shropshire Union fly-boat on the main line of the Shropshire Union…
25 July 2023
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Work starts on Cromford Canal extension
The Cromford Canal Trust started work in early July on the much-anticipated Beggarlee extension of the canal, at its start at Langley Mill.
Preparatory work…
19 July 2023
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Two inland vessels named 'Flagship of the Year 2023'
A 19th-century Lake District passenger trip-boat and a 1946 coal barge are joint inland winners of the National Historic Ships Flagship of the Year Award…
18 July 2023
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Historic crane returns home
A historic Stothert & Pitt crane has been returned to the Bath riverside site where it was built in the 1860s, as a tribute and…
14 July 2023
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Hereford & Gloucester Canal revived at Malswick
The Herefordshire & Gloucestershire restoration took another step forward in June with the return to water of a short 190-yard stretch at Malswick, built entirely…
13 July 2023
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Waterways campaigners strike back
A selection of opinion from various waterways influencers and commentators
On 10th July Defra, the government department overseeing the waterways, confirmed a commitment to continue…
13 July 2023
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Wigan lock problems
A cascade of problems caused the closure of the Wigan lock flight on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal to all boat traffic in mid-June. Firstly,…
13 July 2023
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