Canal & River Trust announces changes to executive team

11 July 2026 - Towpath Talk

Canal & River Trust has announced a streamlined executive team structure that is coming into effect from today, 1 July ...

Two Great Reasons Combine to Get People Fishing This Summer

10 July 2026 - Towpath Talk

wo major trade-backed initiatives – Take a Friend Fishing and National Fishing Month – combine this summer to provide even ...

We swapped our London flat for a houseboat

10 July 2026 - BBC News

Some young people who are unable to afford a flat in London are taking to living on water.

Sound of music comes to canalside cafe

9 July 2026 - Towpath Talk

A family-run cafe in north Shropshire will ring to the sound of music at a special event being staged as ...

Canal & River Trust publishes results of Annual Boaters’ Survey 2026

9 July 2026 - Canal Boat UK

Canal-inspired garden for flower show

9 July 2026 - Waterways World Paid

A show garden that took its inspiration from the Huddersfield Canal was awarded a gold medal at the Royal Horticultural Society's first Badminton Garden Festival at the end of …

Narrowboat challenge at Llanymynech Canal Wharf

8 July 2026 - The Montgomery Canal

Volunteers who look after the George Watson Buck narrowboat at Llanymynech Canal Wharf on the Montgomery Canal between Wales and England are asking local people and businesses to consider helping them refurbish the boat for future generations. The volunteers operate the wheelchair accessible trip boat during the summer as a popular local tourist attraction. The …

Major repair work underway on 180-year-old Worcester lock

8 July 2026 - Towpath Talk

The Canal & River Trust is carrying out essential repairs to Diglis Small Lock on the River Severn in Worcester. ...

Campaign cruise to highlight funding crisis threatening the Great Ouse

7 July 2026 - Towpath Talk

Boaters will travel from St Ives to Bedford this July in a bid to highlight what campaigners describe as a ...

Volunteer shortages cancel events

7 July 2026 - Waterways World Paid

The cancellation of the 2026 Montgomery Canal Triathlon is the latest in a series of volunteer-organised waterways events being called off this year because of difficulties in organisation. Originally …

Call for rethink on Exeter Ship Canal bridges

7 July 2026 - Waterways World Paid

Supporters of the Exeter Ship Canal have criticised a proposal by Devon County Council to replace the familiar swing-/lift-bridge pair on the canal, without taking the opportunity to …

Rapid response reopens Lock 5 at Camp Hill Locks in Birmingham

6 July 2026 - Towpath Talk

Waterways charity, Canal & River Trust, has been able to quickly restore navigation at Lock 5 on the Camp Hill ...

Smoke controls extended to canal boats in crackdown

4 July 2026 - Canal Boat UK

Tree strike at Wolseley Bridge

4 July 2026 - Towpath Talk

On Saturday 27 June, River Canal Rescue engineer, Jake Mullen, was called to bridge 70 (Wolseley Bridge, near Rugeley, Stafford) ...

'Seeping' canal to undergo repairs

4 July 2026 - BBC News

South Kesteven District Council said water had been found "seeping" through the banks.

Historic lock drained for major repair works

3 July 2026 - BBC News

The lock has been drained so work can be completed over an eight-week period.

New sculpture trail encourages visitors

3 July 2026 - Canal Boat UK

Tree strike at Wolseley Bridge

3 July 2026 - Canal Boat UK

Historic Cheshire canal bridge reopens after vehicle strike repair

2 July 2026 - Towpath Talk

Canal & River Trust engineers have completed heritage-sensitive repairs to Grade II Listed Nanney’s Bridge, allowing the B5074 near Worleston ...

Your August Issue Of Canal Boat Is Out!

2 July 2026 - Canal Boat UK

Executive Team Changes

2 July 2026 - Canal Boat UK

Water conservation in focus

2 July 2026 - Canal Boat UK

Great Canal Journeys TV show really a 'love story'

2 July 2026 - BBC News

Actor Samuel West unveils a plaque to his parents, Timothy West and Prunella Scales.

Lottery money to bring 'The Danny' up to Northwich

2 July 2026 - Waterways World Paid

The Daniel Adamson Preservation Society has been promised £153,525 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund for its new ‘Setting a Steady Course to Northwich’ project.  …

Gate deterioration cause closure of lock flights

2 July 2026 - Waterways World Paid

Two key Canal & River Trust lock flights closed indefinitely in June after gate deteriorations caused concern.  On the BCN’s Walsall Town lock flight, a top gate …

green boating is the next big wave

1 July 2026 - CanalsOnline Magazine

The quiet hum of an electric motor replacing the clatter of diesel is becoming the new soundtrack of Britain's canals. Green boating, centered on battery-electric canal boats, eco-friendly vessels, and sustainable waterway living, is transforming how people experience and inhabit the cut.

Campaigners warn ‘now or never’ for historic canal restoration

1 July 2026 - Towpath Talk

CAMPAIGNERS and supporters of the Wilts & Berks Canal Trust are calling for urgent public backing to ensure the proposed ...

Festivals in the Potteries

30 June 2026 - Waterways World Paid

The end of May and the beginning of June saw two adjacent canal events in Stoke-on-Trent – the first at Etruria, the second at Middleport Pottery. And in …

Edinburgh Canal Festival

30 June 2026 - Waterways World Paid

Saturday 20th June was sunny and warm for the annual Edinburgh Canal Festival in the Union Canal’s Lochrin Basin, but rather more benign than the baking south of …

CRT launches new accessible mooring bollards

30 June 2026 - Waterways World Paid

A new type of canal mooring bollard has been installed on a pilot site on the Grand Union Canal at Wolverton.  Designed to make it easier for boaters with …