New theme park welcomed by Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway
The Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway Trust has welcomed the announcement by film company Universal that it intends to build and operate the company’s first…
10 April 2025
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New boat for CanalAbility
Essex community boating charity CanalAbility has placed an order for a new all-electric boat from Colecraft.
The charity already operates two fully accessible wide-beams on…
10 April 2025
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Imray turns to publishing in EU
British nautical publisher Imray has announced a joint venture with international map and guide publisher Freytag & Berndt to publish its charts, books and future…
09 April 2025
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Ex-Yorkshire hire-boats go west
Following the decision by Pennine Cruisers of Skipton to stop offering hire-boat holidays due to ongoing canal maintenance issues, two of its boats have found…
08 April 2025
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Emergency measures for Mon & Brec as it dries up
Glandŵr Cymru, the Canal & River Trust in Wales, has made an emergency short-term purchase of water from Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water to keep the…
08 April 2025
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Flotilla sets off to fund the waterways
The Fund Britain’s Waterways campaign flotilla set off from Keadby Lock on the tidal River Trent on 1st April, ready to take a message to…
08 April 2025
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Generous gesture from Norbury Wharf
Shropshire Union boatyard Norbury Wharf, which is active in reviving horseboating, recently made an impressive donation to a nearby horse charity.
The boatyard tea rooms…
02 April 2025
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Change at canal guide publisher
Michael Pearson, chief compiler of the eponymous Canal Companion inland waterways guide books for the last 44 years, is retiring. Publication of the series is…
02 April 2025
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Angel Canal Festival stalwart honoured
On 26th March Islington Council unveiled a plaque on the Regent's Canal to honour the late Beryl Windsor – one of the organising stalwarts of…
02 April 2025
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Now the Macclesfield Canal is breached
Access to the northern canals has become even more problematic after a culvert collapse on the Macclesfield Canal on 28th March.
The leak, just above…
01 April 2025
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From 16 to 29 storeys – Gas Street Basin tower plans grow
A developer has radically redesigned plans for a canalside tower block in Birmingham’s Gas Street Basin.
The original proposal, to demolish the old warehouse and…
01 April 2025
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