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Asbestos ends popular Grand Union festival after 30 years

Organisers of the annual Rickmansworth Canal Festival have said that the 2023 event would be the last, following the presence of underground asbestos on the…
10 January 2024
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Weekend of action for funding campaign

Fund Britain’s Waterways, the new group campaigning for better government funding for inland waterways, is appealing for boaters and waterways supporters around the country to…
10 January 2024
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CRT cancels L&L stoppage due to cost

Worries about the increasing cost of works has led the Canal & River Trust to postpone a long stoppage on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal,…
02 January 2024
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New bridge for Erewash Canal

Erewash Borough Council has unveiled a design for a new footbridge over the Erewash Canal. It would replace the current crossing below Long Eaton Lock.…
02 January 2024
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Biggest new towpath for Trent & Mersey

Over 5 miles of Trent & Mersey Canal towpath is being upgraded to cycle-level status in a £2m project through Burton-upon-Trent. The work has been…
02 January 2024
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Society in plea to save Salford canal heritage

The Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal Society is pleading for support in asking developers to save a canal parapet wall in Salford, part of the…
02 January 2024
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Five family marinas in new visitor mooring exchange scheme

Five independent family-run marinas are joining forces to offer ‘Cruise Moor’,  a discounted mooring exchange scheme. Aqueduct, Droitwich Spa, Dunchurch Pools, Overwater and White Mills…
28 December 2023
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Hillmorton volunteers install defibrillator

The growing number of defibrillator installations now includes the Oxford Canal's Hillmorton Locks.  The latest was installed at the locks on 21st December, by the…
28 December 2023
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Inland industry shows mixed fortunes for 2023

A year-end survey by British Marine, the industry trade body, has suggested mixed result for the overall boating trade, with a decline in canal &…
21 December 2023
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Green light for HVO biofuel

Hydrotreated vegetable oil, the new biofuel intended to help decarbonise the waterways, has finally been given the go-ahead for more widespread use on leisure boats.…
18 December 2023
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Hefty costs for Thames boat-licence dodger

The Environment Agency has issued details of how a liveaboard boater moored at Abingdon has been convicted of failing to register his narrowboat for use…
13 December 2023
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