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Massive Aire & Calder cargo shows value of temporary pontoon wharf
The end of August saw one of the largest non-bulk cargoes on the Aire & Calder Navigation for several years, when two 180-tonne electricity transformers…
02 September 2026
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Back to the scythe on the Monty
Montgomery Canal volunteers are being trained in using scythes, the original harvesting tools. The idea is to maintain vegetation on the environmentally sensitive areas of…
02 September 2026
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Bridgewater finally ready to appoint breach repair contractor
The Bridgewater Canal Company says it is finally ready to put the contract for repair of the canal breach at Little Bollington, near Lymm, out…
02 September 2026
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Three Anglian businesses for sale
Three riverside businesses came up for sale on the Anglian Waterways at the same time this summer, all on freehold and all due to retirement. …
26 August 2026
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New year target for Llangollen breach repair
The Llangollen Canal’s breached Whitchurch embankment appears to be on target for repair by the end of this year. As we went to press the…
14 August 2026
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Boat lift reopening promised in 2027
The Canal & River Trust says it is still aiming to reopen one caisson of the Anderton Boat Lift by May 2027, despite having to…
13 August 2026
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Campaign cruise ends early
The Inland Waterways Association’s summer Fund Britain’s Waterways campaign cruise came to an early end at the Ellesmere Port Boat Museum on 20th July, after…
13 August 2026
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Canals cool even more in heatwaves
A new study from the University of Manchester has confirmed a long-held suspicion, that city canals can cool their immediate surroundings significantly.
An earlier study…
13 August 2026
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Flash drought on the waterways
A new term entered the lexicon of UK boaters at the end of July: ‘flash drought’, the counterpart to flash flood. A concept imported from…
12 August 2026
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Thames workboats go electric
The Environment Agency has taken delivery of its first new all-electric workboat for the Thames. Blackwater Joule is an RS Pulse 63 RIB to be…
12 August 2026
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CRT creates Citizen's Boater Panel
Boaters are being invited to help shape the future of boating as part of a volunteer Citizens’ Boater Panel.
The panel will advise the Canal…
12 August 2026
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