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  • Canal & River Trust prepares for further dry weather

    THE Canal & River Trust is putting measures in place to prepare for the possibility of further dry weather. June

  • Family interactive flower and crafting at Crofton

    HEAD to Crofton for a celebration of creativity and abundance over the August bank holiday weekend! Last year, Crofton Beam

  • St Neots welcomes IWA’s Festival of Water

    ONE hundred boats will cruise to the Great Ouse this summer to join IWA’s campaign focused Festival of Water in

  • Something for everyone at Blisworth

    THIS year’s Blisworth Festival runs over the weekend of August 18-19, a week later than in previous years. Originally conceived

  • Stainton Aqueduct to be restored thanks to HLF grant

    THE Canal & River Trust and Lancaster Canal Regeneration Partnership (LCRP) have been awarded a £1.3 million grant by the

  • Boat trips and activities on the Lowland canals and the River Clyde this summer

    Boat trips BRIDGE 19–40 Union Canal Society runs boat trips from Port Buchan in Broxburn on the Union Canal on

  • Poppy art installation on Trent & Mersey Canal at Stoke

    THE Trent & Mersey Canal, near Stoke, offers the perfect vantage point for viewing a nationally-important poppy art installation which

  • Aqueduct ‘thrill seekers’ targeted in new safety campaign

    A NEW safety campaign has been launched by Glandŵr Cymru, the Canal & River Trust charity in Wales, to deter

News

Kayaking sessions prove a hit in East Yorkshire

August 15, 2018 webeditor

FREE kayaking sessions at the Yorkshire Waterways Museum, have proved a hit with the youth

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Bookshelf put on Brentford Canal

August 15, 2018

Trustee wanted for Dudley board

August 15, 2018

Jelly fish at Middlewich?

August 15, 2018

Flow Photo: call for entries

August 13, 2018

Waverley sails up the main street!

August 10, 2018

Features

Saving the past for the future

June 25, 2018 webeditor

THE Yorkshire Ex-Commercial Barge Club specialise in industrial history preservation. Its members are all owners

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Helping hands – volunteers making a difference on our waterways

June 13, 2018

It’s my second sinking today

June 4, 2018

Re-Union Canal Boats reinvigorates volunteers on Lowland waterways

June 1, 2018

Canal maintenance and engaging with the public

May 31, 2018

An extraordinary life in words and pictures

May 31, 2018

What’s On

Festival returns with a new look

August 14, 2018 webeditor

BURNLEY will come to life again with vibrant performances and magical family activities for Burnley

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Family interactive flower and crafting at Crofton

August 14, 2018

St Neots welcomes IWA’s Festival of Water

August 14, 2018

Flow Photo: call for entries

August 13, 2018

Summer days out at Cheshire attractions

August 7, 2018

Wild weather and wide smiles

August 7, 2018

Volunteers

Hot blocks go down in the cut

August 13, 2018 webeditor

SHROPSHIRE Union Canal Society volunteers worked again in very, very, hot conditions to resume lining

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STTV work through the heat!

August 6, 2018

Canal & River Trust reports record year for volunteering

July 30, 2018

Canal & River Trust staff volunteer on the Monty

July 16, 2018

Everything and the bathroom sink cleared from Liverpool canal

July 10, 2018

Places left on Waterway Recovery Group 2018 family camps

July 2, 2018

Reviews

Canal & River Trust prepares for further dry weather

August 3, 2018 webeditor

THE Canal & River Trust is putting measures in place to prepare for the possibility

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Mikron takes the Suffragettes’ story to the stage

June 27, 2018

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
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