Janet Richardson

TV personality to open upgraded towpath

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Janet Richardson

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May 20, 2024

CANAL Boat Diaries presenter Robbie Cumming is to officially open the upgraded canal towpath from Wendover to Halton. The ribbon cutting ceremony will take place at 1pm on Friday, June 28 at the entrance from the towpath to Walnut Tree Meadow, and a host of other activities are planned to take place from 10am to…
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Cutting reopens to boat traffic

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Janet Richardson

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May 17, 2024

EASENHALL Cutting on the Oxford Canal has reopened to navigation while a major repair project by the Canal & River Trust continues. After a period of intense rainfall in early February an estimated 4000 tonnes of the 18m cutting slipped into the canal. Trust teams worked through difficult conditions, with continued wet weather saturating the…
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Weekend of action to culminate in Westminster Campaign Cruise

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Janet Richardson

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May 7, 2024

FUND Britain’s Waterways weekend of action across the country will culminate in the Westminster Campaign Cruise, tomorrow Wednesday May 8. This flagship event will see a flotilla of around 30 boats stand together off the Houses of Parliament and sound their horns to highlight the campaign to both the public and key decision makers. The…
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Tripping across the border

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Janet Richardson

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May 3, 2024

THE popular trip boat George Watson Buck based on the Montgomery Canal in Llanymynech is due to restart 30-minute trips between England and Wales on Sunday (May 5) following a successful survey of the boat. Based at the Llanymynech Wharf Visitor Centre in the Limeworks Heritage Area in Llanymynech, the boat trips are ideal for…
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Bridge repairs continue in Gloucester

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Janet Richardson

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May 3, 2024

REPAIRS are continuing to High Orchard Bridge, which carries St Ann Way over the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal in Gloucester. The Canal & River Trust is repairing cracks in the structural welds at the base of the lift-bridge’s ‘masts’ which, until repaired, are preventing the bridge from being opened for boats over five metres in…
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Canal repair work starts in Nottingham city centre

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Janet Richardson

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May 2, 2024

THE Canal & River Trust has started work to repair a popular stretch of the Nottingham & Beeston Canal towpath running through the heart of the city. A 10m section of canal wall near Castle Wharf failed causing water to encroach onto the towpath. It is one of the busiest in the East Midlands, with…
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‘Weekend of Action’ call for Government support

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Janet Richardson

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May 1, 2024

FUND Britain’s Waterways (FBW) is orchestrating a significant weekend of action for the early May bank holiday weekend (May 4-6). Events will be taking place across the country on waterways managed by different inland navigation authorities, with the aim of mobilising nationwide support and highlighting the crucial need for increased government funding for the maintenance…
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Sports come together for clean water

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Janet Richardson

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April 30, 2024

SEVEN national governing bodies of water-based sports have come together to form an alliance calling for clean open water across the UK. The Clean Water Sports Alliance of Angling Trust, British Rowing, British Triathlon, GB Outrigger, Paddle UK, Royal Yachting Association and Swim England has united over the issue of water pollution, setting the vision…
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Pirate weekender launches NWM summer event programme

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Janet Richardson

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April 29, 2024

PIRATES, shanty-singing sailors and Mermaid Aurora drop anchor at Ellesmere Port’s National Waterways Museum over the weekend of May 17-19, to launch the attraction’s summer events programme. Hosted by the Canal & River Trust, the Mutiny at the Port Pirate Weekender kicks off at 7pm on the Friday, with live music from the Old Time…
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Have a quacking time at Droitwich

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Janet Richardson

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April 25, 2024

THE annual St Richard’s Canal Festival will be taking place in Vines Park, Droitwich Spa WR9 8LB, from the evening of Friday May 3 until late afternoon Bank Holiday Monday May 6. Now in its 12th year, attractions include daytime canal boat trips aboard Pamela May 2, and live entertainment, food stalls and children’s activities each…
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Conference to celebrate life of preservation pioneer

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Janet Richardson

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April 24, 2024

TO MARK the 50th anniversary of the death of the writer and biographer L T C Rolt, the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust has partnered with academics from Keele University to host a conference on Friday May 10. Celebrating his life and continuing legacy of his work. It will examine the full diversity of his written…
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Clocking up the miles ahead of London Marathon

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Janet Richardson

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April 19, 2024

LAST year 1.4million people ran or jogged next to the canal on average twice a week, according to new towpath figures compiled for the Canal & River Trust ahead of this Sunday’s TCS London Marathon. As 50,000 competitors prepare to take to the streets of the capital the trust’s waterways and operational assets around Docklands…
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Celebrating re-opening with free festival

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Janet Richardson

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April 18, 2024

A FREE canalside neighbourhood festival will take place on Saturday May 18 at Middlewood Locks in Salford to celebrate the re-opening of parts of the Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal for the first time in 15 years. ‘Middlewood Locks Fest’ promises an action-packed fun day for all the family, including boats, music, art workshops, a…
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Election address from Fund Britain’s Waterways campaign

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Janet Richardson

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April 5, 2024

THE Fund Britain’s Waterways campaign has issued a statement in the run-up to the local elections in England and Wales on May 2. Describing the network of 5000 miles of canals and navigable rivers as a unique national asset, it states: “Almost 80% of local authorities have a navigable waterway or a waterway under restoration,…
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