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Catch up with the latest canal news from around the UK with our aggregated news feed from Canal & River Trust, Towpath Talk and Canal Boat. If you have a source you'd like to see included, please get in touch. Related Sites.
restoration of the Kennet and Avon canal
20 May 2025 - CanalsOnline Magazine
Iris Lloyd looks back at the Restoration of the Kennet and Avon canal, from the work of the volunteers in the 1970s and their efforts to raise vast amounts of money, through the re-opening in 1990, and thence on to the present day.
my nomadic life
20 May 2025 - CanalsOnline Magazine
It’s almost 4 years since we decided to sell our house, cars, caravan and pretty much all of our possessions to have a narrow boat built to live on, so how has that decision played out in reality? Is this nomadic way of life what we thought it would be?
MUSEUM FOCUS: A tale packed with suspense
20 May 2025 - Towpath Talk
Nicola Lisle visits the Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum to discover the fascinating story behind Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s iconic masterpiece. Officially ...
PRIZES up for grabs
19 May 2025 - Towpath Talk
THE ever-popular National Historic Ships UK Photography Competition is back for a 16th year. The competition theme is Craft & ...
A PORT in transition…
17 May 2025 - Towpath Talk
Alison Alderton reports… THE EU Just Transition Fund is helping to transform Ireland’s hidden heartlands with work forging ahead over ...
REOPENED: Scale Lane footbridge
16 May 2025 - Towpath Talk
Alison Alderton reports: THE Scale Lane swinging footbridge over the River Hull has reopened to pedestrians and cyclists following its ...
Canal & River Trust announces new chief executive
15 May 2025 - Canal Boat UK
BINS to save CRT money
15 May 2025 - Towpath Talk
Phil Pickin looks at an unexpected way to help CRT save money while also helping the environment. (Body copy) ANYONE ...
that first shopping trip
14 May 2025 - CanalsOnline Magazine
Michael Nye gives us a snippet from his second Mayfly book, where Amanda and Jim go on their first shopping trip as a married couple.
CRT starts major heritage survey
14 May 2025 - Waterways World
How have the state of the waterways changed over the last 30 years? The Canal & River Trust has begun a heritage survey to find out, at least on its …
Major Mick rounds off his 500-mile row at Cavalcade
14 May 2025 - Waterways World
Major Mick Stanley led this year’s Little Venice Canalway Cavalcade procession as he neared the end of a 500-mile charity row in his home-made corrugated iron …
Surge in unsafe boats on waterways says RCR
14 May 2025 - Waterways World
River Canal Rescue is dealing with a surge in unsafe boats cruising the inland waterways. The breakdown service estimates around 16% of its 3,500 yearly call-outs are now …
ANOTHER ONE bites the dust!
14 May 2025 - Towpath Talk
Alison Alderton reports… FURTHER demolition to the former Cottam Power Station on the banks of the River Trent in Nottinghamshire ...
CHARACTERS of the Cut: Christine Wood, Traditional Canalware
13 May 2025 - Towpath Talk
Alice Elgie reports… IT SEEMS like Christine Wood was blessed with the right name for her trade, busy as she ...
Driest start to season for years shuts Leeds & Liverpool
12 May 2025 - Waterways World
The driest start to the year in almost a century is forcing the Canal & River Trust to close the central Leeds & Liverpool Canal from Wigan to Skipton. All …
Flotilla takes funding plea to Westminster
12 May 2025 - Waterways World
The IWA says the UK government has received ‘a wake-up call’, after a flotilla from the campaigning group Fund Britain’s Waterways took its message to …
MARINA hosts MP visit
12 May 2025 - Towpath Talk
WHITE Mills Marina at Earls Barton was delighted to welcome local MP Stuart Andrew, who visited the family-run business as ...
EMERGENCY REPAIRS keeps longest canal lock flight closed
10 May 2025 - Towpath Talk
URGENT repairs to the longest canal lock flight in Britain will keep the locks closed until August. The Canal & ...
SHARE YOUR STORY and win a CRT licence
9 May 2025 - Towpath Talk
River Canal Rescue is reminding boaters they have until 16 May to submit their short story about life on the ...
LONDON CANAL MUSEUM gets royal visitor
8 May 2025 - Towpath Talk
HRH The Princess Royal visited the London Canal Museum where she saw first hand the work of volunteers and the ...
Fund Britain’s Waterways Takes Warning to Westminster
7 May 2025 - Canal Boat UK
MONTGOMERY CANAL RESTORATION: Work continues apace
7 May 2025 - Towpath Talk
VOLUNTEERS from the Shropshire Union Canal Society (SUCS) are inching the Crickheath section of the Montgomery Canal closer to Schoolhouse ...
May 2025 work party report
6 May 2025 - The Montgomery Canal
The Shropshire Union Canal Society which organises volunteer work parties to restore the Montgomery Canal by Crickheath in Shropshire have published their latest report of work undertaken. “Another highly productive work party”, that is how restoration project manager, Tom Fulda described the May Bank Holiday weekend. Helped by the prolonged dry and sunny spell, profiling, …
CRT sells assets to pay for boating facilities
6 May 2025 - Waterways World
The Canal & River Trust has announced new water taps, Elsan points and pump-out facilities for boaters over the next five years, with an extra investment of £4.…
TOXIC LEAK: Canal recovery work cost hits £500K
6 May 2025 - Towpath Talk
THE COST of essential remedial work to the Walsall Canal after it was poisoned by 4000 litres of highly toxic ...
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6 May 2025 - Towpath Talk
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More unsafe boats on waterways says RCR
6 May 2025 - Canal Boat UK
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6 May 2025 - Canal Boat UK
Restorers celebrate latest Montgomery extension
5 May 2025 - Waterways World
Supporters of the Montgomery Canal Waterway Trust celebrated on 6th April when another 150 yards of the canal was ceremonially reopened. With the original Crickheath project being completed …
FUND BRITAIN’S WATERWAYS Wesminster campaign cruise
5 May 2025 - Towpath Talk
Event: Fund Britain’s Waterways Westminster Campaign Cruise Date: Wednesday 7th May 2025 Location: Westminster Bridge Time: The flotilla will cruise to the Palace of Westminster ...
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