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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Commercial traffic halted on Aire & Calder after fish deaths
Commercial barge traffic on a section of the Aire & Calder was halted in mid-January, as investigations continue into a significant number of fish deaths…
19 January 2022
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Leeds & Liverpool breach repair in late spring
The Canal & River Trust says the Leeds & Liverpool Canal is on course to reopen in late spring, after the breach near Blackburn in…
18 January 2022
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Smoke Control Area regulations now apply to boats
Boaters with stoves have long been exempt from the various clean air acts over the years. This, however, ended last November when the Environment Act…
13 January 2022
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Government updates VAT rules for boats returning from EU
The Cruising Association says the UK Government has changed the application of Returned Goods Relief for recreational craft. This means that many UK boat-owners who…
13 January 2022
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Overwater Marina 'glamping' harks back to lost railway
Overwater Marina, on the Shropshire Union Canal near Audlem, has introduced new ‘glamping’ structures – small luxury mobile homes available for holiday rental. Built in…
12 January 2022
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Warning over cheap third-party insurance
Emergency boating service River Canal Rescue is warning boat-owners about the perils of buying third-party insurance on price alone, after claiming some insurers will not…
11 January 2022
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New London mooring consultation aims to help visiting boaters.
The Canal & River Trust has begun another consultation on ways to improve the management of mooring space in central London.
This time it has…
05 January 2022
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Cotswolds restoration completes Ocean crossing
In a single intensive week over the Christmas period, a brand new canal tunnel was installed under the main Gloucester-Bristol railway line at Ocean, near…
05 January 2022
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CRT open days return in person
The Canal & River Trust is running six ‘in-person’ open days for lock works in February and March, the first since the pandemic began last…
28 December 2021
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