News
Who's standing for council?
3 February 2012
VOTING starts in the election for the Canal & River Trust Council on Wednesday February 8 with packs going out to all eligible private boaters on Monday (February 6).
There are 33 private boater candidates competing for four seats and five boating business candidates competing for two seats. They will be elected using the single transferable vote system.
More than 7000 visit Bingley
3 February 2012
MORE than 7000 people visited the Bingley Five Rise Locks open days last weekend.
They braved the cold weather and queued patiently for a glimpse inside the locks which they entered down scaffolding staircases.
Further staircases allowed them to descend from one lock of the steep flight to the next. A water bus service carried visitors to and from the site by canal.
Other News
- Launch of Mon & Brec 200 celebrations
- IWA welcomes Government funding deal
- Billion pound kick-start for Canal & River Trust
- New individual giving manager appointed for Canal & River Trust
- Coronation Street to move canalside
- Volunteers needed for Grantham Canal
- Canalside football club may face move
- Braunston Marina MD meets the Princess Royal
- Wey & Arun Canal bridge project wins grant
Competitions
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CLOSING DATE: Monday, 6th February 2012
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Feature Articles
Towpath Walk: An amble with a pub…
15 December 2011
on the Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) - Highlights from Phillippa Greenwood and Martine O’Callaghan’s towpath walk from Cornwall to Scotland.
Other Feature Articles
What's On
Open day at Hertford Union Bottom Lock
3 February 2012
MEET the British Waterways team working on the Bottom Lock on the Hertford Union Canal this winter tomorrow (February 4).
As part of the annual works programme both the top and bottom sets of gates are being replaced at this lock on the doorstep of the Olympic site.
Open day at Stanley Ferry workshop
3 February 2012
FOLLOWING the success of last year's open day, visitors will have a second chance to take a behind-the scenes tour of British Waterways' Stanley Ferry lock gate workshops on Saturday February 11.
The workshop, on the Aire & Calder Navigation near Wakefield, is one of the hubs of the waterways where lock gates are refurbished and new ones crafted. More than 70 lock gates are built every year.
Open from 9am-3pm, booking not required.
Videos
Whilton Marina: Mooring up to a Pier
27 January 2012
EACH month we will be bringing you a video from Whilton Marina’s About Narrowboating channel on YouTube. There are currently 44 films covering everything from Blacking a Narrowboat to Different Types of Handrails. We start the ball rolling by going back to basics with Mooring up to a Pier.
Other Videos
Current Issue: Feb 2012
• BOATERS’ MANIFESTO MEETS THE TRUSTEES
• LETTING THE WATER IN
Staveley basin
• DROITWICH SPA MARINA
News focus
• CARING FOR A LIVING HERITAGE
Water & wildlife
• 340 BOATS FOR SALE
PLUS:
• Next issue on sale: 23 Feb 2012
