ONE of the winter works delayed by storm Eunice has been the repairs at Eshton Lock on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal where a depression
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Author: Colin Wareing
The ‘Iron Giant’ opens for walkers and cyclists
MANY boaters who have travelled the Erewash Canal will have been unable to miss the old railway iron viaduct that crosses the Erewash River valley
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Grindley Brook locks host first open day for a while
THE Canal and River Trust invited visitors to have a look at maintenance work on the three-lock staircase at Grindley Brook near Whitchurch in Shropshire
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Stoppages: Winter works west of Wigan
AS PART of the annual winter stoppage programme on the inland waterways, work has been taking place at Dean Lock to the west of Wigan
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March target for reopening breach site
THE Canal & River Trust is aiming to reopen the Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Rishton at the end of March 2022 following the recent
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Canals saviour immortalised in bronze
A STATUE commemorating Blackburn MP Barbara Castle has been unveiled in the Lancashire town’s Jubilee Square. She is portrayed holding a representation of a copy
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Fears over water supplies as Toddbrook repairs take place
MAINTAINING water supplies for boating on the Peak Forest Canal looks set to become a challenge over the next few years in the wake of
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Top gate replacement works at Pagefield Lock 88
THIS month the Canal and River Trust are replacing the top gates on Pagefield lock on the Leeds & Liverpool canal in Wigan. Here the
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