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Starting on silt removal on Droitwich and Barge canals

CONTRACTORS are 'getting ready to mobilise' over the next week to remove the silt that closed the Droitwich and Barge canals.

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Published: 07 March 2024

Contractor appointed to build new canal bridge at Staveley

THE Chesterfield Canal Trust has appointed O’Brien Contractors Ltd. to construct and install a new bridge for pedestrians and cyclists over the soon to be restored route of the canal at Staveley.

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Published: 07 March 2024

Easter Regatta in Little Venice

THERE is to be an Easter Regatta celebrating the National Bargee Travellers Association.

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Published: 06 March 2024

Canals change lives

A NEW report from Canal & River Trust tells the stories of how canals change lives.

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Published: 06 March 2024

Fly tipping closes waste site

SO MUCH fly tipping has occurred at Bathampton Rubbish Disposal Point that it is to close.

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Published: 06 March 2024

Reviews, achievements and future activities of the restoration of the Montgomery Canal

THE Annual General Meeting of the Friends of the Montgomery Canal reviewed all they had achieved in the past year and coming events.

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Published: 06 March 2024

Eco-Friendly? Think Again

FOR ages, I've called a narrowboat my home, under the impression it was the pinnacle of eco-conscious living, writes Ralph Freeman.

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Published: 04 March 2024

Efforts being made to clear oil slick

CONTRACTORS are at present attempting to clear the massive oil slick on the Paddington Arm  in London.

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Published: 04 March 2024

The 'police incident' still closes Leicester Section

THE 'police incident' that closed the Leicester Section between Kings Lock (38) and Freeman's Meadow Lock (41) is still in force.

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Published: 04 March 2024

Victor believes we should give thought about going electric

AS YOU most likely have read, a team at the University of Southampton are tasked with the design of a Zero Carbon inland waterways canal boat.

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Published: 02 March 2024

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Latest

  • Two wasted attempts to ride the boat lift
  • Culvert repair to take five months
  • Watford to Foxton open at last
  • Lock side toll office being sold
  • Victor tells—"I don't believe it!"
  • New spectacular footbridge over Erewash Canal
  • Still another bridge damaged by vehicle
  • Leicester Section open for a week
  • Spooky Halloween events on Yorkshire canals
  • Rotting lock walk board closes canal
  • Fines for burning wrong fuel on log burners
  • Thefts from narrowboats on Paddington Arm
  • Anderton Boat Lift downtime and lack of communication unacceptable
  • Anderton Visitor Centre will be open on Friday
  • Oxford Canal reopens next week
  • All kaput at Anderton!
  • No access through Kennet & Avon lock through winter
  • Thames private island for sale
  • Water company still taking Caldon Canal water
  • Litterpickers group launch with success

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