Ashby facilities close after £30,000 fly-tipping bill
The Canal & River Trust is closing another refuse site for boaters, as it wrestles with the issue of fly-tipping.
The latest site is at…
10 February 2022
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Lockage charts suggest return to near-normal on canals
Inland boating has returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to the 2021 lockage report released by the Canal & River Trust.
It shows an almost 40%…
07 February 2022
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Obituary: Harry Machin
Harry Machin, who has died at the age of 90, was Chairman of Waterways World Ltd for the past 25 years, and had a long…
05 February 2022
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Scottish Canals looks at boat licence & moorings charges
Scottish Canals is conducting its first pricing review of boat licence and moorings charges in five years.
The public body has commissioned two independent consultants…
03 February 2022
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Council rejects plans for historic Thames boat collection
Plans to convert the old Hobbs of Henley boatyard into a new home for the Rose Toop collection of vintage River Thames boats has been…
03 February 2022
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CBOA issues new advice for pleasure boaters on NE waterways
The Commercial Boat Operators Association has published a revised leisure boater's guide to cruising the commercial waterways of the North East.
The new guide, the…
03 February 2022
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World's largest lock opened and named
The Netherlands can now lay claim to the title of the World's Largest Lock, after King Willem Alexander officially opened the new Ijmuiden sea lock…
02 February 2022
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New development for Riley Green
The site of the historic Riley Green boat-building yard on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal is likely soon to be turned into the head office…
02 February 2022
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Dock volunteers win civic award
Boaters in London's Greenland Docks have been presented with a civic award for their efforts in helping the local community during Covid lockdowns.
Sisters Miryam…
27 January 2022
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New hire-base for Coventry Canal
Drifters Waterways Holidays has announced it will be opening a new narrowboat hire-base at Springwood Haven Marina on the Coventry Canal in March. The company…
19 January 2022
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High-speed passenger boats to revolutionise Thames travel
Uber Boat by Thames Clippers has announced it is building the UK’s first hybrid high-speed passenger ferries, set to launch in London in autumn 2022…
19 January 2022
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