Marina plans to go net-zero with solar farm
Aston Marina, on the Trent & Mersey Canal at Stone, has gained planning approval for a new solar farm that could make it ‘net zero’. …
13 January 2025
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Twin trip-boats reunited
Two restaurant/trip-boats that operated successively on the Peak Forest Canal from the 1980s have been reunited to work together on the Staffs & Worcs Canal.…
12 January 2025
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Surfbee tests water quality automatically
A new autonomous miniature drone boat that tests for pollution is now monitoring water quality in UK waterways.
The Surfbee can patrol canals and rivers…
09 January 2025
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IWA replies to Somerset waterways strategy
The IWA West Country branch has come out generally supportive of a consultation issued recently by Somerset County Council which proposes significant changes to Taunton's…
09 January 2025
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New plaque for Market Harborough 75th anniversary
Plans are now well advanced for a boat rally to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Inland Waterways Association's Market Harborough Festival of Boats, due…
09 January 2025
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Bridgewater breached
Many boating plans this coming year will be upended after a disastrous breach on the Bridgewater Canal on New Year’s Day.
The breach happened in…
02 January 2025
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New commission will attempt complete overhaul of CRT boat licensing
The Canal & River Trust has announced a wholesale review of its boat licensing system, including how the law operates.
A new commission has been…
19 December 2024
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Fenny Marina joins Cruise Moor
The five independent inland marinas that launched the Cruise Moor scheme in 2023 have welcomed a sixth – Fenny Marina –into the fold.
Cruise Moor…
11 December 2024
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Tragedy highlights need for marina safety ladders
A coroner has called for better safety ladders in marinas, after a boater fell in at a Thames marina in the dark in March 2023…
06 December 2024
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Call for compulsory purchase of Oxford boatyard
The 30-year campaign for development of Oxford’s derelict Jericho Wharf has reached a new stage.
The Jericho Wharf Trust, a pressure group founded in 2012…
06 December 2024
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Changes to prebookable moorings in London
Last year, the Canal & River Trust introduced additional, chargeable moorings at five locations on London’s most popular stretches of canal, to guarantee that boaters…
04 December 2024
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