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ENERGISING Britain’s waterways
20 January 2025 - Towpath Talk
Phil Pickin attended an interesting and occasionally entertaining British Marine Midlands annual meeting. WORCESTERSHIRE County Cricket Club once again played ...
Ecocoast and Noria unite to tackle pollution with solar-powered innovation
20 January 2025 - Canal Boat UK
Urgent Safety Recall of Morco Gas Water Heaters
18 January 2025 - Canal Boat UK
30 YEARS IN BUSINESS for leading brokerage
18 January 2025 - Towpath Talk
ABNB Boat Brokerage, one of the UK’s leading inland waterways brokers, is celebrating 30 years in business this year. Since ...
AWARD for Aquavista
17 January 2025 - Towpath Talk
THE UK’s largest marina operator Aquavista won the Lloyds Small to Medium Sized Business of the Year Award at the ...
30 YEAR CELEBRATION for Maritime Voluteer Service
16 January 2025 - Towpath Talk
THE Maritime Volunteer Service marked three decades of help to communities and vital training with a celebration in London. More ...
Thames Tideway cruise for St Pancras enthusiasts
16 January 2025 - Waterways World
St Pancras Cruising Club is organising another of its regular Thames Tideway trips on the weekend of 27th-29th June, with a briefing at Limehouse on the Friday evening. …
CRT launches ‘Impact Report’ for 2025
16 January 2025 - Waterways World
In an effort to point out the value of inland waterways to the UK economy, the Canal & River Trust has issued its latest Impact Report for 2025. The feel-…
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Memories of the 1971 breach and subsequent repair
15 January 2025 - Waterways World
The latest Bridgewater breach is a near-copy of the the one in 1971, which closed the canal for nearly two years. Ian McCarthy, a witness of the time …
Funding cruise begins
15 January 2025 - Waterways World
The Fund Britain’s Waterways umbrella organisation begins a national campaign cruise at the end of March, planned to culminate in an assembly outside parliament in early May. …
Stover Canal breach
15 January 2025 - Waterways World
The Stover Canal restoration in Devon must sadly be added to the list of severely damaged canals at the end of 2024. This short but charming waterway, under restoration since …
Adventure climbs straight out of the Kelpie's mouth
15 January 2025 - Waterways World
The Kelpies, the extravagant follies built as a gateway to the Forth & Clyde Canal at Falkirk a decade ago, are finally being opened up to the general public who …
RIVER CANAL RESCUE: maintenance course dates
15 January 2025 - Towpath Talk
River Canal Rescue is now taking bookings for its two-day maintenance courses, running at its Stafford HQ on: 18/19 February, ...
Wilts & Berks restoration gains, despite Swindon threat
14 January 2025 - Waterways World
The Wilts & Berks Canal Trust (WBCT) has expressed worries about an application that might scotch long-term plans for the restoration to run through the centre of Swindon. …
ARTS BARGE ‘built with kindness’ takes shape
14 January 2025 - Towpath Talk
Plans to transform a former grain barge into an arts venue are well under way. Sally Clifford popped by to ...
MUSEUM FOCUS: Essex quayside historic steam tug
13 January 2025 - Towpath Talk
Nicola Lisle visits the 80-year-old steam tug Brent, currently moored on the River Blackwater in Maldon, Essex, and finds out ...
Neath and Tennant Canals Consultation fails to recognise canal potential
13 January 2025 - Canal Boat UK
Ticket to Ride … the Montgomery Canal
12 January 2025 - The Montgomery Canal
Volunteers at Llanymynech Canal Wharf who offer boat trips on the Montgomery Canal between England and Wales have launched a new Season Ticket for 2025. The ticket gives the ticket holder and up to three guests unlimited travel on the short section of canal from Llanymynech Heritage Area and is an ideal way for local …
Progess on the Chesterfield
11 January 2025 - Waterways World
Four professional archaeologists from York University have uncovered an old canal basin on the next stage of the Chesterfield Canal restoration. The dig, at the end of Bellhouse Lane …
GERRY HEWARD: Moving forward
11 January 2025 - Towpath Talk
Jonathan Mosse reports… ONCE raised, the two pans – mentioned at the conclusion of last month’s Part 1 introduction to ...
£1.1M UPGRADE for Towpath
10 January 2025 - Towpath Talk
Work is under way on a project to improve a four-mile stretch of towpath on the northern reaches of the ...
A new boiler for President
9 January 2025 - Waterways World
Supporters of historic narrowboat President are looking forward to seeing its return to steam, after they got a glimpse in November of its brand-new boiler under construction. It will …
IWA replies to Somerset waterways strategy
9 January 2025 - Waterways World
The IWA West Country branch has come out generally supportive of a consultation issued recently by Somerset County Council which proposes significant changes to Taunton's waterfront on the River …
New plaque for Market Harborough 75th anniversary
9 January 2025 - Waterways World
Plans are now well advanced for a boat rally to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Inland Waterways Association's Market Harborough Festival of Boats, due to be held at …
CANAL BOAT ARTIST transforms Tuk-Tuk
9 January 2025 - Towpath Talk
RENOWNED canal boat artist Alan Baillie rose to a new challenge when he was asked to paint a tuk-tuk. A ...
Crickheath Tramway Wharf in water after 90 years
8 January 2025 - The Montgomery Canal
The water has finally levelled up at Crickheath Tramway Wharf on the Montgomery Canal after a break of over 90 years, making Crickheath a canalside hamlet once more. The Shropshire Union Canal Society has worked tirelessly with the restoration of the canal and recently lifted the top few stop planks that have held back the …
MULTI-MILLION UPGRADE for reservoir
8 January 2025 - Towpath Talk
Lucy Wood reports… HILL Top Reservoir, known locally as Slaithwaite Reservoir, is being upgraded by the Canal & River Trust ...
DEAL PENNED: Poet and canal trust
7 January 2025 - Towpath Talk
CANAL Laureate Roy McFarlane has become an ambassador for Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust (LHCRT). Birmingham-born Roy, known for ...
Historic canals championed as solutions to UK’s modern challenges
6 January 2025 - Canal Boat UK
LAND GIFT to speed up canal restoration
6 January 2025 - Towpath Talk
A DEVELOPER has donated a parcel of land in Lichfield which will speed up canal restoration. The land – owned ...