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EXCITEMENT is building as the five finalists in our new Towpath Talk Top Team award are revealed in this issue.
Weed blocks stretches of River Soar

By Les Heath BOATERS on the Soar Navigation are running into problems, literally, in the form of huge mats of
Pirate treasure hunt on the Regent’s Canal

FOR a limited time, a pirate treasure hunt will be taking place on the Regent’s Canal to celebrate Halloween. Starting
Hissing steam for a spooky Halloween

THE spooky setting of Crofton Beam Engines will be the perfect place to enjoy an amazing Halloween – combined with
Eco-mooring zone in Islington

THE Canal & River Trust and Islington Council are creating an ‘eco-mooring zone’ for visiting boats between York Way and
Water Gypsies head for London

A GYPSY jazz band from the Kennet & Avon Canal in Wiltshire are travelling to the Regent’s Canal to perform
Work begins on £700,000 towpath upgrade

WORK begins this week on a £700,000 project to revamp more than two miles of towpath on the Gloucester &
Historic Hayhurst Bridge to be updated

NORTHWICH’s Hayhurst Bridge, the world’s first electrically-operated swing bridge, is being updated with essential repairs by the Canal & River
Further sections of canal reopen following recent rainfall

THE Canal & River Trust has announced that further lock flights and sections of canal in the North of England

News

Weed blocks stretches of River Soar

October 19, 2018 webeditor

By Les Heath BOATERS on the Soar Navigation are running into problems, literally, in the

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Bridge improvements completed ahead of schedule

October 12, 2018

Car trapped on canal bridge

October 12, 2018

Eco-mooring zone in Islington

October 9, 2018

Work begins on £700,000 towpath upgrade

October 3, 2018

Historic Hayhurst Bridge to be updated

October 2, 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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It’s my second sinking today

Re-Union Canal Boats reinvigorates volunteers on Lowland waterways

Canal maintenance and engaging with the public

An extraordinary life in words and pictures

Paddle your own canoe (kayak, etc.)…

What’s On

Pirate treasure hunt on the Regent’s Canal

October 17, 2018 webeditor

FOR a limited time, a pirate treasure hunt will be taking place on the Regent’s

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Cheshire attractions offer reduced price half-term fun

October 17, 2018

The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse are back

October 17, 2018

Hissing steam for a spooky Halloween

October 17, 2018

Water Gypsies head for London

October 9, 2018

Canal artist goes on the road

October 9, 2018

Volunteers

Leeds roller derby skaters help care for the canal

October 8, 2018 webeditor

SKATERS from Leeds Roller Derby have been supporting their local community in their own unique

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Site visit looks at silt build-up

October 1, 2018

Volunteer canal boat launched in Bath

October 1, 2018

Waterway awards celebrate volunteering

September 27, 2018

Volunteers needed at Saltaire

September 24, 2018

New towpath taskforce launched in Rotherham

September 24, 2018

Reviews

Vote for the Towpath Talk Top Team of 2018

March 14, 2018 Web Editor

EXCITEMENT is building as the five finalists in our new Towpath Talk Top Team award

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Mikron takes the Suffragettes’ story to the stage

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

Mysterious Moorings with Mouse by Kitty Irvine

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Ascending the Parkhead flight

Chesterfield Canal Walking Festival starts

Tripboat at Tapton Lock

October 22, 2018 / 6:44 am

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