NEW grants totalling £40,000 are available from the Port of London Authority (PLA) for clubs and organisations working to increase public participation in rowing, paddling
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Volunteer surveyor sought for Montgomery Canal restoration
THE chairman of an organisation supporting the restoration of the Montgomery Canal is appealing for volunteers to come forward to help with surveying and engineering
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CRT publishes boater report
The Canal & River Trust has published a Boater Report for its 34,000 leisure licence holders. The Report sets out how the Trust generates its
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Anglo Welsh Waterway Holidays offer canal boat hire from Whixall Marina.
om 5 April 2019, Anglo Welsh Waterway Holidays will begin offering canal boat hire from Whixall Marina, on the Prees Branch of the Llangollen Canal in Shropshire.
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Towpath project completed in Knottingley
A £175,000 towpath improvement project led by Wakefield Council in collaboration with national waterways and wellbeing charity Canal & River Trust has been completed, giving
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Lowland Canals Carnival set to celebrate reopening of the Forth & Clyde Canal
TO CELEBRATE the re-opening of the Forth & Clyde Canal this year, Scottish Canals and canal-focused voluntary bodies are holding a flotilla-and-carnival over the Bank
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Canal lockage feels last summer’s heat
THE Canal & River Trust has published its Annual Lockage Report for 2018 which summarises the recorded usage of the locks across its 2,000 miles
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Funding boost for Swansea Canal
FUNDING of over £320,000 has been confirmed to regenerate the historic Swansea Canal into a major visitor destination. Glandŵr Cymru – the Canal & River Trust
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Living Waterways Awards open for 2019 entries
THE Canal & River Trust’s 2019 Living Waterways Awards have opened for entries, and the charity is looking for projects from across the UK that
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Paddleboarder highlights plastic pollution during coast-to-coast trip
RECYCLING company boss, Jason Elliott, will set off on Thursday (February 7) to travel from Liverpool to Goole entirely on standup paddleboard, to raise awareness
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Shrewsbury & Newport Canals Trust receive major grant from Wolfson Foundation
THE Wolfson Foundation has awarded the Shrewsbury & Newport Canals Trust a grant of £20,000 towards its “Thomas Telford @ Wappenshall Wharf” project. The money
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Historic narrowboat Sculptor leaves museum for essential work
Sculptor, a 1935 Small Northwich former working boat, built by WJ Yarwood and Company at Northwich and based at the Canal Museum in Stoke Bruerne, is on her
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Dredging could bring boats back to Grantham Canal stretch
A PROJECT to dredge part of the Grantham Canal is taking place which, once finished, will bring boats back to this stretch for the first
Read moreCommunity invited to share canal ideas
A SERIES of consultation events are aiming to get the public more involved in the restoration of the Cotswold Canals. The community is at the
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