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  • Taking steps to reduce plastic pollution

    PLASTIC pollution is an issue that everyone is talking about. With marine life washing up on shores across the world

  • How long will the engine last?

    ONE of the questions often asked by prospective owners of shared ownership narrowboats when they come to the National Boat

  • Temporary barriers erected on the Rochdale 9

    FOLLOWING the death of 19 year-old student Charlie Pope, who was thought to have drowned in the Rochdale Canal in

  • Waterways Ireland rolls out Smart Cards for lock passages on River Shannon

    WATERWAYS Ireland is extending its Smart Card system to include lock passages on the River Shannon and Lower Bann. The service

  • Pull Dawn Rose along the Chesterfield Canal

    YOU could raise funds for the organisation or charity of your choice by taking part in the annual sponsored boat

  • Emergency appeal launched following Middlewich branch breach

    THE Canal & River Trust has launched an appeal for funds following a breach on the Middlewich Branch of the

  • Help us choose the Towpath Talk Top Team for 2018

    TEAMS of volunteers help to maintain the network of more than 4000 miles of inland waterways across the British Isles.

  • Middle Level Bill could bring better facilities – IWA

    THE Middle Level Bill, which has successfully passed its third reading in the House of Commons and been referred to

News

Pub sets new plastics target

April 20, 2018 webeditor

TO MARK Earth Day on Sunday April 22, owners of canalside pub, The Navigation at

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Stop planks removed from Dee Branch

April 20, 2018

More cash for the Maid

April 18, 2018

Kill the engine… not yourself

April 17, 2018

Waterways licence dodging at all-time low

April 17, 2018

Winter facelift completed on Bosley flight

April 16, 2018

Features

Taking steps to reduce plastic pollution

April 16, 2018 webeditor

PLASTIC pollution is an issue that everyone is talking about. With marine life washing up

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Murder Mystery event in aid of local charity

March 25, 2018

Riverside pub to reopen with a new name

March 24, 2018

Waterways Holidays answers first-timers’ FAQs

March 24, 2018

Self-drive boats return to the Regent’s Canal

March 24, 2018

Leo roars across the skies

March 23, 2018

What’s On

Get snap happy on the Pocklington Canal

April 18, 2018 webeditor

GET out your camera and start snapping – a new photo competition is now open

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Enfield river to become site for artistic exchange

April 18, 2018

Paintings to be auctioned for paddler restoration

April 17, 2018

Halesworth New Reach exhibition

April 16, 2018

How long will the engine last?

April 13, 2018

Pull Dawn Rose along the Chesterfield Canal

April 10, 2018

Volunteers

Halesworth New Reach exhibition

April 16, 2018 webeditor

THE Halesworth New Reach Group is holding an exhibition upstairs at Halesworth Library fromMonday April

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Volunteers sought for Droitwich Festival

April 13, 2018

Canal camp boost for Shrewsbury restoration

April 9, 2018

‘Plasberg’ eyesore removed from River Aire

April 9, 2018

Work continues on woodland project

March 26, 2018

Community groups set to improve Chesterfield Canal

March 26, 2018

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April 12, 2018 mrtadmin

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Canals, Cats & Catastrophes by Margaret Awty-Jones SPECIAL READER OFFER

July 31, 2017

Mysterious Moorings with Mouse by Kitty Irvine

July 31, 2017

Britain’s Historic Ships

June 28, 2017

Towing Path Tales by Beatrice Holloway

June 28, 2017
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