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Regents ramp is to alleviate conflict

THE redesign of the ramp on the Regents Canal is needed to help alleviate conflict between towpath cyclists and pedestrians, who have right of way on the canal towpath, British Waterways Waterway Manager Jon Guest, writes.

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Published: 11 June 2010

Deer dying in Fossdyke

IT IS estimated that 16 dead deer have been pulled from the Fossdyke Navigation in the past six weeks.

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Published: 10 June 2010

Narrowboat hijacking for burglary

Burglars hijacked a narrowboat on the Nottingham Canal to gain access to a canalside door to raid newsagents in the city.

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Published: 10 June 2010

Caldon Canal bridge damaged

A BRIDGE over the Caldon Canal in Milton has been severely damaged by a car ploughing into the parapet.

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Published: 10 June 2010

Towpath tales wanted

BRITISH Waterways is asking the people of Bath to tell them their tales of the towpath this summer in a bid to record people's memories of the area known as the Bath Flight of Locks.

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Published: 10 June 2010

Is the 'clutter' necessary?

ONE thing you notice straight away about the Bridgewater Canal is the lack of towpath 'clutter', writes Ralph Freeman.

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Published: 10 June 2010

Money for National Waterways Museum

THE National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port, in partnership with National Historic Ships, has received £110,000 from Heritage Lottery Fund's ‘Skills for the Future' programme to help expand its successful Heritage Boatyard operation.

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Published: 09 June 2010

Diesel in Grand Union

A NARROWBOAT has sunk at Aspley Basin Quay on the Grand Union Canal spilling a huge quantity of diesel into the waterway.

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Published: 09 June 2010

On the verge of complete restoration

THOUGH people at Droitwich are complaining that the restoration of the Barge Canal has come to a stop, British Waterways has contacted the local newspaper and told that it was 'on the verge of complete restoration'.

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Published: 09 June 2010

Habitat flourishing

COMMUNITIES and visitors are being invited to see first hand how a partnership between British Waterways and Mother Nature is flourishing along the Barge Canal in Droitwich, a spokesman tells us.

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Published: 07 June 2010

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