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National Boat Count 2023

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May 5, 2023

The Canal & River Trust’s annual National Boat Count has shown a 1.9% rise in boat numbers on its network across England and Wales and that external economic factors may be affecting boaters, with licence compliance now standing at 93%, down from 94.1% last year. The national licence compliance picture is impacted by boats in…
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Caldon Canal has re-opened to boats while the Hazelhurst Bridge rebuild continues

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May 4, 2023

Canal & River Trust, the national waterways and wellbeing charity, has re-opened the Caldon Canal to boats. At the same time, the £2 million project to rebuild the Grade II Listed Hazelhurst Bridge on the Caldon Canal near Endon in Staffordshire continues. The 12-month project, enabled by an award from the Postcode Earth Trust, thanks…
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Coronation Award Canal & River Trust Volunteer From Cheshire

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May 3, 2023

Trevor Dobson is one of 500 outstanding volunteers to be chosen as the nation’s Coronation Champions A canal volunteer from Nantwich, Cheshire, has been recognised by Their Majesties, The King and The Queen Consort as part of the official Coronation celebrations in conjunction with Royal Voluntary Service. Trevor Dobson, who has been volunteering for six…
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Applying for energy payments in Buckinghamshire

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May 2, 2023

LIVEABOARD boaters in the Buckinghamshire Council area have until May 31 to apply for a £400 non-repayable energy payment through the Energy Bills Support Scheme. Residents on the following moorings can apply: Aylesbury; Soulbury Three Locks (Leisure); Marsworth (Towpath); Cooks Wharf (Pitstone); Seabrook Lock Leisure (Cheddington); Circus Field Basin (Aylesbury); College Road (Aston Clinton); Marlow…
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Canal volunteers improve popular path to Lacock

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May 1, 2023

A COUNTRYSIDE walk between Chippenham and Lacock has been made much easier following repairs to a former towpath. The Wilts & Berks Canal Trust has already restored a significant stretch of the waterway from Pewsham Locks to Double Bridge, making it a popular spot for walkers, runners and cyclists. However, the public right of way…
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Take part in the canalathon

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April 28, 2023

Charity challenges people inspired by London Marathon to run the capital’s towpaths and help save our wildlife-rich canals People inspired by the 48,000 participants who took to the streets of London for the marathon yesterday are being Challenged to run or walk the capital’s famous canal towpaths this June to raise money to protect the nation’s…
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Essential read: Managing lock cills

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April 26, 2023

Every year, lock cills catch boaters unaware, no matter how experienced they are. Once a vessel’s caught on a cill, it causes the rudder to pop out of the cup, which is quickly resolved. However, in many cases, it results in damage to the skeg, rudder and bearings, and the boat needs to be towed…
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Heritage Under The Hammer

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April 25, 2023

A cast iron registration plate and a guide to the Norfolk Broads dating back at least 100 years are two items that make the headlines in Geoff Courtney’s bi-monthly round-up of canalia sold at auction in recent months. THE registration plate was BCN1461, which sold for £70 in a live online Great Central Railwayana auction…
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Trust funds five benches for elderly and disabled

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April 21, 2023

THE Dulverton Trust Fund, managed by the Heart of England Community Foundation, has generously awarded a grant to fund benches for elderly and disabled people to sit and relax by water at Whitehouse Wharf in Selly Oak, in the West Midlands. An independent grant-making charity, it supports UK charities tackling a range of social issues,…
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Canal-bank seats for the passer-by

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April 20, 2023

Words and photos: Tim Coghlan TWO benches have been installed beside the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, to commemorate the lives of two of its well-known canal and community activists, David Blagrove (1937-2016) and Roy Sears (1945-2018). The funds to purchase the benches and pay for their installation came from the David Blagrove…
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They’re not making them any more

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April 19, 2023

Jonathan Mosse’s monthly look at freight developments on the inland waterways. “BUY land, they’re not making it anymore”; thus goes a well-known observation attributed to Mark Twain. Much the same thing could be said about ports scattered around the periphery of the United Kingdom. So when confronted by a headline such as: ‘Councillors vote to…
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IWA Lichfield Branch offside vegetation clearance

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April 18, 2023

IWA Lichfield Branch has been busy this winter, cutting back the offside vegetation in its area. Starting at Willington, members worked their way along the Trent & Mersey Canal to Fradley Junction and had a little time left over to do some ‘spot’ trimming on the northern reaches of the Coventry Canal. The offside vegetation…
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Training crews ready for a new season

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April 17, 2023

National Community Boats Association press officer Madhurika Walsh keeps us up to date with the latest training activities. WITH the new community boating season fast approaching, members of our senior training team are once again out on the water running instructor training courses for a variety of our projects. This will enable them to continue…
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Gallows Inn Lock open day sees visitors flock to Erewash Canal

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April 15, 2023

Report & photos: Les Heath ONE of the 14 locks on the 15-mile Erewash Canal became a tourist attraction over the winter when the Canal & River Trust invited the public to view a £204,000 major works project. Despite a damp start an open day at Gallows Inn Lock attracted numerous visitors thanks to the…
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