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  • Vote for the Towpath Talk Top Team of 2018

    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

  • Walkies alongside the Mersey

    THE Canal & River Trust is encouraging people and their pooches to find out why life is better by water

  • 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

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

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

Paddle your own canoe (kayak, etc.)…

May 31, 2018

What’s On

Tunnel fright!

October 17, 2018 Geoff Wood

FANCY a fright for Halloween ? The Standedge Tunnel on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal at

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Pirate treasure hunt on the Regent’s Canal

October 17, 2018

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

Walkies alongside the Mersey

October 17, 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

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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