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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OBVIOUSLY with the plan of getting more volunteers, British Waterways' annual Towpath Tidy will now be monthly.
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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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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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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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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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WATERWAY Ireland is exhibiting at Birmingham's Boat & Caravan Show for the first time.
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THE well-known historic 42ft dock tug Major revisited Essex Wharf at Lea Bridge at the weekend, on a nostalgic trip up the Lee Navigation.
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THE Best Kept Village Committee at Wombourne on the Staffs & Worcs Canal has been stopped from cleaning the graffiti off its canal bridges by British Waterways.
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For those travelling the Middlewich Branch of the Shroppie, there are some changes at Venetian Marina that boaters might like to be aware of, Dave King writes.
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