19th February 2016
First ‘Indie’ for share show
A first for this year’s National Boat Share Show at Braunston will be a boat on display that isn’t part of any of the organised boat share schemes.
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19th February 2016
United Approach to derail HS2’s impact
The impact on the canals of the first phase of the proposed HS2 railway could be further reduced. The Inland Waterways Association and the Canal & River Trust have combined efforts to try to wrest…
18th February 2016
Rare bats take refuge by canal amid tricky winter
Horseshoe bats – the rarest breed in the UK – have been discovered hibernating in a lime kiln next to the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal.
12th February 2016
Floating tractor to clear a blockage to get Britain’s longest canal tunnel back open
A specialist ‘amphibious tractor’ will be venturing into Standedge Tunnel – Britain’s longest and deepest canal tunnel – on the Huddersfield Canal to clear a blockage that built up during the recent heavy downpours that…
12th February 2016
Britain’s busiest locks revealed
The monitoring of lock operations may seem trivial to some, but it is an essential practise that is actually essential to the management of our water resources and to measure the changes in the patterns…
12th February 2016
Canal & River Trust recruits 1,000th volunteer but more help still needed
The Canal & River Trust – founded in 2012 – has recruited in 1,000th volunteer from the West Midlands to help with their work in cleaning up the nations canals. Canals in Birmingham are currently…
8th February 2016
Canals and veterans come together as ‘Heritage Heroes’ is awarded £1/2 million dream fund
The UK’s canals and heroic veterans are the winners in People’s Postcode Lottery’s ‘Dream Fund’. Leading charities Canal & River Trust and Help for Heroes were delighted to receive the £500,000 award for their ‘Heritage…
5th February 2016
2016 Living Waterways Awards open for entries
The Canal & River Trust launched the 2016 Living Waterways Awards today (Friday 5 February 2016) and is calling for waterway organisations and groups across the UK to put forward their engaging, innovative and inspirational…
28th January 2016
Divers inspect WW2 London canal bomb gates
Underwater gates installed at the beginning of the Second World War to protect London’s canals during air raids are to be checked over by divers.
22nd January 2016
200 schools for 200 years: pupils invited to celebrate Leeds and Liverpool Canal heritage
Thousands of children attending primary schools close to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal are being invited to join the 2016 canal bicentenary celebrations.
22nd January 2016
Canals unlocked after winter floods
Our picture shows narrowboat Oxford on a fact-finding mission on the Calder & Hebble Navigation to check out whether it was safe to reopen following the major damage to Pennine waterways caused by the Boxing…
