24th July 2015
Green flag for Macclesfield Canal
The Macclesfield Canal has become the first canal on the national network to receive the Green Flag Award, the mark of a quality green space from the Keep Britain Tidy campaign.
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23rd July 2015
Go on, have a go
We don’t usually mention paid-for courses, but this is for a good cause and it’s short-notice…
17th July 2015
New Chair for waterways authority
The Canal & River Trust is to have a new Chairman, as Tony Hales prepares to step down after a decade heading the organisation responsible for most of the waterways in Britain.
17th July 2015
Feel better – visit a canal
We’ve always known that the waterways are good for you – and now it’s official (well, sort of). A survey by the government body Natural England has found that the millions who regularly visit canals…
9th July 2015
IWA puts the waterways case to new MPs
Conservative MP Michael Fabricant (left) and Inland Waterways Association Chairman Les Etheridge are pictured indicating the position on the map of the Lichfield and Hatherton Canals restoration project – a scheme which Mr Fabricant has…
2nd July 2015
Leaks close Lancaster Canal for a month
Three holes that developed in the bed of the Lancaster Canal have forced the canal to close for four weeks of repair work.
26th June 2015
Towpath upgrade celebrated
Celebrations were had at the Rufford Branch of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal to recognise the recent towpath upgrade
23rd June 2015
Lock gear: CRT asks the boaters
The Canal & River Trust are asking boaters for feedback on a national project devised to make locks safer for boaters.
22nd June 2015
Ribble Link warning
Boaters are being warned of the dangers of navigating the Ribble Link following call-outs to free grounded or trapped vessels. Recent rescues have included a boat perched on metal boulders on the bend at Savick…
19th June 2015
Making plans for Northampton
A convoy cruise up a little-used backwater of the River Nene is one of the more unusual activities at the Inland Waterways Association’s Northampton Festival of Water which celebrates 200 years since the canal arrived…
12th June 2015
Canals’ lost wonders recognised
David Youngs’ photo, titled ‘Where is the canal bed?’ has won first prize in a competition involving the lost wonders of the canals.
