Boater satisfaction drops during pandemic
Boaters' overall satisfaction with the waterways has declined in the last year. That's the conclusion of the Canal & River Trust's latest Annual Boater Survey,…
25 May 2021
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New T&Cs for CRT boat licences
The Canal & River Trust has updated its terms and conditions for private boat licences, to address nine points that it felt were causing difficulties.…
25 May 2021
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Advance tickets on sale for Crick Boat Show
Advance tickets have gone on sale for the Crick Boat Show in August, following a year's absence because of the pandemic.
The show, from Friday…
24 May 2021
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Barton Swing Aqueduct to get towpath back
The Greater Manchester Mayor's Challenge Fund, which is paying for cycle-friendly improvements around the city, has committed £4.8m to a project restoring the old towpath…
19 May 2021
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Two-year repair for Slaithwaite Reservoir
Slaithwaite Reservoir, which supplies water to the eastern side of the Huddersfield Canal, is about to undergo a two-year repair programme.
Initially monitoring equipment will…
18 May 2021
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Rothen Group scoops engineering awards for Mancetter Marina
The Rothen Group has won prizes in two categories at the Institute of Civil Engineering West Midlands Awards 2021 for its work constructing Mancetter Marina on…
17 May 2021
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Hire Boat Code is revised and strengthened
British Marine and the Association of Inland Navigation Authorities announced the release of a revised Hire Boat Code in May to ensure the continued safe…
17 May 2021
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Aire & Calder to reopen by August after £3m repair
The Canal & River Trust says the breach on the Aire & Calder Navigation should be repaired and the canal reopened by mid-August, at a…
12 May 2021
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Ortomarine announces electric narrowboat performance trials
Advanced narrowboat builder Ortomarine has announced the UK’s first propulsion performance trial for electric and diesel narrowboats.
In a one-day mass test on 29th May…
10 May 2021
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Planning approval for next stage of Chesterfield restoration
The Chesterfield Canal Trust hopes to start work on the next 1½ miles of restoration by the end of this year, after local councils approved…
10 May 2021
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Historic Thames boatyards destroyed by fire
The Dunkirk Little Ship Lady Gay was one of several vintage and historic vessels lost when two Grade-II listed boatyards on the River Thames were…
04 May 2021
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