23rd May 2022
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Restoration
13th December 2021
The Wilts & Berks Canal restoration: 15 years on
In the 15 years since our last full review of one of the Wilts & Berks Canal, things have begun to get more connected on this tricky waterway restoration...
8th July 2021
Canal heritage spotter: turf-sided locks
What are turf-sided locks? Where can they be spotted on UK canals? Martin Ludgate seeks out some survivors.
14th June 2021
Linking Lichfield: the Lichfield Canal restoration
After 30 years of restoration driven more by opportunity and necessity than logic, things are starting to come together on the Lichfield Canal restoration
8th June 2021
Restoring & reopening the Wendover Arm of Grand Union Canal
On the face of it, reopening the abandoned Wendover Arm of the Grand Union Canal might look like not too difficult a job, yet after 30 years of work by Wendover Arm Trust and its…
9th July 2019
Restoration on the Cromford Canal
An East Midlands canal restoration scheme looks set to take an important step forward, with plans to reopen a short length connected to the national navigable network
5th June 2018
The £23m Cotswold Canals restoration programme
All being well, boats will be cruising the first ten miles of the Cotswold Canals in the not too distant future. We look at the background to the £23m restoration programme, and the work to…
24th April 2018
Lichfield Canal restoration: the canal that went under itself…
Is the Lichfield Canal tying itself in knots? No, on the contrary, it’s enjoying some success in unravelling the problems of roads and railways getting in the way of restoration...
7th September 2017
Restoration: Unlocking the Swansea
The author spends a week as a volunteer on the Swansea Canal, and finds out first-hand what the prospects are for opening up navigation in this part of South Wales
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
23rd November 2016
Take a tour of works on the new Elland Bridge
Behind the scenes tours around the bridge works site and talks on the project will run on Saturday 26 November
