10th May 2018
Middlewich breach ‘caused by lock paddles left up’, says CRT
The Canal & River Trust has said lock paddles left raised were cause of the embankment collapse that shut part of the Shropshire Union Canal just outside Middlewich
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4th April 2018
News feature: major repairs progress at Marple Locks
As the emergency closure to rebuild a lock wall at Marple extends to over seven months, we take an in-depth look at what happened, and what’s being done to repair it and prevent it happening…
4th April 2018
Leeds & Liverpool: transformation for historic wharf
Finsley Gate Wharf in Burnley, along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal is set to be revived
4th April 2018
Higher fees for wider boats as CRT completes licensing shake-up
Owners of widebeam craft will be paying more for licences than narrrowboaters following the Canal & River Trust’s licensing review
8th March 2018
Get your advance tickets for Crick Boat Show now
Advance tickets holders save 15% on the entry price and children aged 16 years and under receive free entry on all three days of the show
8th March 2018
Middle Level Bill gains safeguards
The parliamentary Bill which would for the first time require boats using the Middle Level Navigations to pay registration charges, has moved a stage closer to becoming law
8th March 2018
Prince of Wales reconnects Thames & Severn and Stroudwater Navigation in Stroud
A royal reconnection took place to mark completion of Cotswold Canals restoration from Brimscombe to Stonehouse
7th February 2018
Scottish hireboat deal agreed
Scottish Canals have made a deal with three hireboat operators...
7th February 2018
£1.9m Wendover reopening put on hold
Serious contamination was discovered, delaying the process
25th January 2018
Inland Waterways Association: ‘don’t charge continuous cruisers more’
The Inland Waterways Association has joined other organisations in opposing higher licence fees for ‘continuous cruisers’ without home moorings
25th January 2018
Mixed reaction to Environment Agency plan to transfer rivers to CRT
The Canal & River Trust has put in a formal request to the Government to transfer the Thames, Nene, Great Ouse, Medway and other Environment Agency rivers to CRT – to a mixed response from…
