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Why is this water wasted?

A BOATER HAS ASKED why in this time of acute water shortage is it being wasted in Chester on the Shropshire Union?

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Published: 29 August 2025

Demolished wall causes Stratford Canal water shortage

About 20 years ago, alas in the BW days, someone decided to demolish the wall between the GU and a short Stratford Canal pound. writes Mike Todd.

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Published: 29 August 2025

Should boater pay if prevented from moving?

WHEN BOATERS HAVE their boats stranded on drained canals they obviously cannot move.

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Published: 29 August 2025

Visitors desert Foxton Locks

EVEN THOUGH THE TRUST advertised 'come and explore Foxton' it was deserted, surrounded by steel fencing.

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Published: 29 August 2025

Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Wigan could be blocked for weeks more

A HUGE AND COMPLEX civil engineering project in Wigan is showing no sign of reaching a conclusion after a water main burst underneath the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, writes I Dugald Campbell.

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Published: 29 August 2025

Coventry Canal could be closed from Fradley to Tamworth

THERE IS WORRY as to whether the Coventry Canal will be closed through lack of water.

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Published: 29 August 2025

Winter works brought forward to summer

THE WINTER WORKS ON THE Pocklington Canal have been brought forward to be done in summer.

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Published: 29 August 2025

Boater walks from Land's End to John O'Groats

THEN WALKED BACK AGAIN!

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Published: 28 August 2025

Two long lock closures repaired

IT WAS IN OCTOBER of last year that navigation through the top Lock 58 on the Tardebigge Flight was restricted.

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Published: 28 August 2025

Blocked pipes closes Burscough Services twice?

THERE WAS A CLOSURE NOTICE from the trust telling that Burscough Customer Service Facility was closed.

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Published: 28 August 2025

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