Council funding key to Ashby Canal bridge repair
A £40,000 repair on an Ashby Canal bridge has highlighted the delicate dance the Canal & River Trust has to perform with local councils in…
20 November 2023
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Plans for a 75th anniversary Market Harborough festival
The Leicestershire branch of the Inland Waterways Association has announced plans to stage a special Market Harborough Waterways Festival in 2025. The event, which is…
16 November 2023
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Novel lock safety system on the Shannon
A new safety system for locks is being trialled in a sea lock in Limerick by Waterways Ireland.
The HydBeam is a docking system that…
16 November 2023
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Waterside Stortford
Bishop’s Stortford Town Council has launched Waterside Stortford, a trail to encourage boaters to explore and discover the town’s river frontage beyond the navigation. The…
15 November 2023
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Fund Britain’s Waterways message delivered to Westminster
On 14th November the new Fund Britain’s Waterways (FBW) pressure group organised a flotilla of boats to parade past the Houses of Parliament, to deliver…
15 November 2023
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Dredging advances on Welsh section of the Montgomery
A second phase of dredging has started on the Welsh section of the Montgomery Canal as part of the Levelling Up funding project.
Separate from…
14 November 2023
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Mural art for Toddbrook
An outdoor mural artist has been commissioned to decorate part of the £24m Toddbrook Reservoir restoration project.
Tom Edwards, who heads Stoke-on-Trent art collective We…
08 November 2023
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Project Flourish
The canyonisation of the Grand Union Canal’s Paddington Arm continues apace. A consortium of developers and Sainsbury’s have revealed plans for Project Flourish, a £2bn,…
07 November 2023
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HS2 grant restores Lichfield stretch
The Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust has rewatered a 130-yard length of the Lichfield Canal at Darnford Park, following a £75,000 grant from HS2’s…
07 November 2023
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Kennet leads boats through reopened Wigan fight
Leeds & Liverpool short boat Kennet led a long backlog of boats up and down Wigan Locks on 31st October, taking advantage of a brief…
06 November 2023
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Another Wey & Arun blockage removed
The Wey & Arun Canal Trust has officially returned nearly another half-mile of the canal to water with the opening on 28th October of a…
02 November 2023
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