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Mercia Marathon—Challenge Completed!

Mercia Marina gives huge congratulations to Kate Read and Rob Pollard, who have just completed their incredible 24 hours Mercia Marathon challenge.

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Published: 05 December 2025

How long will it last?

THE EVER FAILING Keadby Rail Drawbridge is once again operational.

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Published: 05 December 2025

Water has to be run down every morning

SUCH IS THE LEAKAGE from Marsworth Flight that water has to be run down every morning.

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Published: 04 December 2025

Leigh Branch reopens after burst water main

IT WAS BACK IN AUGUST when United Utilities started work on the burst water main under the Leigh Branch of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.

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Published: 04 December 2025

Exhibition featuring Manchester Ship Canal

AN EXHIBITION IS TAKING PLACE of rare maritime artifacts and personal memorabilia of the Manchester Ship Canal.

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Published: 04 December 2025

BCN teams up with Fund Britain's Waterways for cruise

THIS YEAR THE Birmingham Canal Navigation Society (BNCS) have teamed up with the Fund Britain’s Waterway Campaign to jointly organise an Icicle Cruise to Walsall Town Arm over the weekend of the 20th/21st March 2026, Keith Gudgin reports.

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Published: 04 December 2025

Richard Parry patron of Avon Navigation Trust

FORMER CANAL & RIVER TRUST Chief Executive Richard Parry has become a Patron of the river championing Avon Navigation Trust. (ANT).

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Published: 04 December 2025

Paddington Arm will be in a canyon

A LONG-RUNNING BATTLE by the Grand Union Canal in Paddington has resulted in a 600 bed Baltic Wharf student towers project being built.

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Published: 03 December 2025

Landowner causes Worcester & Birmingham Canal to remain closed

THE WORCESTER & BIRMINGHAM CANAL and towpath is closed by a fallen tree in the waterway at Shortwood Tunnel West Portal.

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Published: 03 December 2025

Macclesfield swing bridge out of action

ONCE AGAIN THE Royal Oak Swing Bridge on the Macclesfield Canal is out of action.

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Published: 03 December 2025

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Latest

  • Embankment breaches getting worse
  • Sutton Weaver Swing Bridge get repaired
  • More lock gates failing
  • They're all out!
  • More stoppages and solutions
  • More boats off the Weaver
  • Getting tough with the skivers
  • Obstruction still stopping navigation
  • Two more stoppages yesterday
  • River Canal Rescue competition winner
  • Getting the two boats out of the Llangollen Canal breach
  • Two lock repairs completed
  • BBC film the work being undertaken by Cotswold Canals Trust
  • Kennet & Avon lock to be repaired during season
  • Boat stranded teetering over Whitchurch breach refloated
  • Bridgewater Canal set to be reopened by December this year
  • Two more canal closures
  • Pollution still entering Chesterfield Canal
  • Move across to the canal
  • Feasibility study to replace Skipton bridge

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