Electric charging research for canals
A research programme to investigate how a network of public electric charging points along the English canals might be created has been announced by sub-national…
10 January 2024
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Weekend of action for funding campaign
Fund Britain’s Waterways, the new group campaigning for better government funding for inland waterways, is appealing for boaters and waterways supporters around the country to…
10 January 2024
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Historic boats for sale after eviction of boater
The Canal & River Trust has offered for public sale two historic narrowboats confiscated from a liveaboard boater after a decade-long battle over boat licensing…
10 January 2024
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CRT cancels L&L stoppage due to cost
Worries about the increasing cost of works has led the Canal & River Trust to postpone a long stoppage on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal,…
02 January 2024
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Biggest new towpath for Trent & Mersey
Over 5 miles of Trent & Mersey Canal towpath is being upgraded to cycle-level status in a £2m project through Burton-upon-Trent.
The work has been…
02 January 2024
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New bridge for Erewash Canal
Erewash Borough Council has unveiled a design for a new footbridge over the Erewash Canal. It would replace the current crossing below Long Eaton Lock.…
02 January 2024
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Society in plea to save Salford canal heritage
The Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal Society is pleading for support in asking developers to save a canal parapet wall in Salford, part of the…
02 January 2024
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Five family marinas in new visitor mooring exchange scheme
Five independent family-run marinas are joining forces to offer ‘Cruise Moor’, a discounted mooring exchange scheme.
Aqueduct, Droitwich Spa, Dunchurch Pools, Overwater and White Mills…
28 December 2023
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Hillmorton volunteers install defibrillator
The growing number of defibrillator installations now includes the Oxford Canal's Hillmorton Locks.
The latest was installed at the locks on 21st December, by the…
28 December 2023
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Inland industry shows mixed fortunes for 2023
A year-end survey by British Marine, the industry trade body, has suggested mixed result for the overall boating trade, with a decline in canal &…
21 December 2023
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Green light for HVO biofuel
Hydrotreated vegetable oil, the new biofuel intended to help decarbonise the waterways, has finally been given the go-ahead for more widespread use on leisure boats.…
18 December 2023
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