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Towpath closed for month

THE towpath North of Audlem on the Shropshire Union Canal will be closed for the whole of March due to resurfacing work.

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Published: 23 February 2011

Another Regent's towpath stabbing

THE warning to boaters cruising the Regent's Canal in our Grand Union Waterways Hire Guide of its dangers was brought home with the news that another man has been stabbed on the towpath at Camden Locks.

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Published: 21 February 2011

EA prosecutes more boaters

FIVE more boaters have ended up with criminal records after being successfully prosecuted by the Environmental Agency for having no boat licences.

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Published: 21 February 2011

Email: Tumbling Bay sanitary station

Sometime in the past British Waterways decided to rent the mooring spot for this Sanitary Station. Both the station and mooring spot were paid for and is still maintained by BW out of our licence fees but is now for the personal use of the handful of BW rented moorings at this site.

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Published: 21 February 2011

Towpath Tidy every month

OBVIOUSLY with the plan of getting more volunteers, British Waterways' annual Towpath Tidy will now be monthly.

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Published: 21 February 2011

Boat hire—Grand Union Canal

CONTINUING with our Waterways Hire Guide is the Grand Union Canal. Besides being the longest in the country it is also the most varied for the holiday maker as it winds its way from Birmingham to the Thames, with a section from the Trent.

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Published: 20 February 2011

BW stops boaters using sanitary facilities

THERE was a demonstration of boaters in Ware on the Lee & Stort Navigation against British Waterways' decision to stop boaters using its sanitary facilities.

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Published: 18 February 2011

Trent lock hours cut

THE hours of lock keepers on the Trent are being cut this season as part of the overall cuts by British Waterways.

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Published: 18 February 2011

Recycled hire boats good value

WHILST some canal businesses may be sunk in gloom, one operator has opted to expand his hire fleet by a third this year—and is already seeing the new boats being booked out as quickly as he can introduce them.

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Published: 18 February 2011

Waterways Ireland at the show

WATERWAY Ireland is exhibiting at Birmingham's Boat & Caravan Show for the first time.

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Published: 18 February 2011

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