11th July 2017
Restoration: Carpenters Road Lock, East London
We visit Carpenters Road Lock in East London, the only lock in the country with two radial guillotine gates, and the last link in the opening up of the area’s waterways
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Martin Ludgate
Our Deputy ed is a guru on all things to do with canals.
9th May 2017
Cruise Guide: Aire & Calder Navigation
The coal traffic which sustained Yorkshire’s busiest freight waterway for three centuries may have vanished, but the Aire & Calder is still impressive to cruise - and may yet have a cargo-carrying future
9th May 2017
Great Canal Walk: the Oxford Canal
Our walk begins in urban Banbury but the Oxford Canal quickly heads out to a more rural setting with a charming collection of lift-bridges
11th April 2017
Steve Haywood: it’s time to cater for the weekenders
“All weekenders are looking for is a safe place to leave their boat, and surely there are commercial possibilities for marinas to provide this facility”
29th March 2017
Great Canal Walk: Chester, Shropshire Union Canal and River Dee
Chester is well known for the popular circular walk around the ancient city walls. But we’ve combined them with the Shropshire Union Canal and River Dee to make a rather different circuit
23rd March 2017
‘Serious concerns’ at HS2’s impact on canals
How will the new HS2 high speed railway affect the Trent & Mersey Canal?
21st March 2017
Why restore the Stover Canal?
It might be short, but the Stover Canal is a surviving remnant of a unique transport system which once linked Dartmoor to the coast
14th March 2017
Great canal walk: Worcester to Droitwich
Take a walk that combines two contrasting waterways: the broad reaches of the River Severn, and the rural meanderings of the Droitwich Barge Canal
20th February 2017
Great canal walk: Reading ramble
Follow the River Kennet through rural Berkshire and the centre of Reading, to reach the Thames
9th March 2016
London’s Olympic waterways to reopen
A loop of waterways in East London, closed to boating since before the 2012 Olympics, looks set to reopen this year as a centrepiece of a regeneration scheme forming part of the Olympic Legacy.
1st March 2016
“Check your fire blankets and gas bottles”, boaters warned
The Boat Safety Scheme is urging boaters to check the regulators on their propane and butane gas cylinders as well as their fire blankets, after manufacturers issued product recall notices for faulty items of both…
