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WINNERS of photo competition announced

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March 25, 2025

CANAL holiday business Foxhangers was thrilled to announce the winners of its highly anticipated Memories photo competition. In the run up to the competition the hire firm was inundated with an array of stunning entries, each capturing the essence and beauty of canal holidays. First prize went to Reeling in Holiday Memories by Estella Rich, who…
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MUSEUM FOCUS: Celebrating the rich history of the Thames

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March 24, 2025

Nicola Lisle explores the story of the Thames at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, from its royal connections to its industrial heyday. A MARITIME museum might not seem the obvious choice for anyone interested in Britain’s inland waterways, but the National Maritime Museum is not just about our seafaring past. There is also a…
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DOUBLE your donation and unlock the future of the Lichfield Canal

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March 22, 2025

In April, Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust (LHCRT) will take part in the Big Give Green Match Fund appeal to raise £180,000 in just one week! These funds will be used to construct a vital lock on the Lichfield Canal along Tamworth Road. This crucial appeal aims to raise a game-changing £90,000 in donations…
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WIN A YEAR’S RCR GOLD MEMBERSHIP

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March 21, 2025

To celebrate River Canal Rescue’s 25th anniversary, managing director, Stephanie Horton, is giving away prizes every month, throughout the year. In this month, Towpath Talk readers can win a gold membership worth £320. The breakdown assistance & recovery package includes: vessel covered for any user or member covered on any vessel, unlimited call-outs, recovery to…
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WAVERLEY on board with Railway 200 celebrations

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March 20, 2025

PS WAVERLEY, the world’s last sea-going paddle steamer, is backing Railway 200, the national celebration of the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825. Carrying the year-long celebration event’s logo on its website and publications, Waverley Excursions Ltd is reminding passengers that the ship was built in 1947 by…
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VOLUNTEERS needed to help canal wildlife

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March 19, 2025

A CALL has gone out for volunteers to join a spring campaign to help wildlife along Britain’s waterways. The Canal & River Trust says there are great opportunities for millions of people to help endangered species. With spring around the corner, the charity is preparing the ground for the year ahead and is calling on…
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OXFORD CITY COUNCIL start eco-moorings project

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March 18, 2025

Phil Pickin reports… WORK has begun to install electric infrastructure for boats to reduce air pollution along Oxford’s waterways. The council, in conjunction with the Canal & River Trust, was awarded £193,000 by the Government as part of the annual Air Quality Grant to install what have been termed as ‘eco-moorings’ on the Aristotle Lane visitor…
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BIODIVERSITY BOOST along towpath

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March 17, 2025

WORK to improve wildlife-rich hedgerow running along the Montgomery Canal is underway by Glandŵr Cymru, the Canal & River Trust in Wales. Thanks to funding from the Local Places for Nature Fund, the initiative is part of the Putting Down Roots project. Volunteers have been undertaking hedge laying along the canal towpath between Newtown and…
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FREEZING WEATHER BRAVED for restoration project

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March 15, 2025

HARDY volunteers from the Shropshire Union Canal Society braved freezing temperatures to ensure Montgomery Canal restoration work stayed on course. They managed to continue their work at Crickheath despite frozen ground preventing them from hedge planting and managed to clear a sizeable stretch of vegetation as part of the restoration plan. Tom Fulda, restoration project…
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BUILDING BRIDGES on the Droitwich Canals

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March 14, 2025

REMOVING and installing canal footbridges is not an easy task. So, when contractor Griffiths was tasked with replacing two old bridges on the Droitwich Canals, the team knew it would require large-scale, unusual lifting operations on the water. With this in mind, the company turned to marine engineering and maintenance experts The Rothen Group to…
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FEED THE BIRDS… but with the right food

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March 13, 2025

Lucy Wood reports… NORTH East Lincolnshire-based James (Jim) Elliott, known as the Canoe River Cleaner, regularly takes to his local waterways in a canoe to clear litter and fly-tipping, conduct wildlife surveys and more, all the while promoting the well-being benefits of being outdoors. Among the environmental issues he highlights, he campaigns heavily about using…
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SET SAIL on this special steamship

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March 12, 2025

Lucy Wood reports… One of the UK’s premier historic steamships celebrates a double anniversary this year – its 122nd birthday and 10th year back in service after being saved from the scrapyard and restored to working order. THE Daniel Adamson, a unique combination of Edwardian tugboat and Art Deco passenger ferry, sails back on to…
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STANDEDGE TUNNEL leads to Borneo…

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March 11, 2025

Well, indirectly. We’ll leave Lucy Wood to explain… An intrepid group of schoolfriends braved one of the UK’s longest tunnels to raise funds for a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Borneo. THE adventurous pupils from Honley High School, in the Holme Valley, West Yorkshire, took on navigating the cold, murky waters of Standedge Tunnel. Located in the…
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BOAT RALLY returns for 2025

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March 10, 2025

The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Society (SWCS) is returning for the third year to The Bratch Locks for its Annual Rally of Boats. THE rally is a celebration of the heritage of the society and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal and is taking place this year on August 30 and 31. The Bratch is a beautiful example of industrial heritage,…
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