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
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Caldon Canal gets £157,000 winter makeover
THE Canal & River Trust is carrying out more than £157,000 worth of vital maintenance and repair work to the Caldon Canal in Staffordshire this
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Join ‘the Daves’ and become a volunteer lock keeper urges CRT
‘JOIN the Daves’ urges the Canal & River Trust, as it launches a new campaign to recruit more volunteers to take on the iconic role
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Mayor kicks off Birmingham Canals’ 250th anniversary celebrations
MAYOR of the West Midlands Andy Street has launched a year of celebrations marking the 250th anniversary of the birth of Birmingham’s famous canals. Speaking
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Craven Canal towpath project gets green light
A £2 MILLION project to transform the Leeds & Liverpool Canal towpath between Skipton and Gargrave, and Bradley to Kildwick, has been given the go-ahead.
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Closed towpath causes problems for moorers
By Colin Wareing UPDDATE: The Canal & River Trust has issued a navigation closure notice in respect of the Trent & Mersey Canal between Bridge
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Petition with 400 signatures to be handed to Wadworths
OVER 400 people have signed a petition to Wadworths and Canal & River Trust to re-instate the boaters’ rubbish bins at the Bridge Inn on
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Boaters return to Middlewich branch
WITHOUT fuss and fanfare the Middlewich branch of the Shropshire union canal reopened to navigation on December 21 with some of the first boats being
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New rules for CO alarms on the way
New rules will comes into force in April in a bid to save boaters and other waterways users from the dangers of carbon monoxide. Following
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Plucky pooch on the mend after canal drama
AN elderly dog who ‘got spooked’ and jumped off a narrowboat at the exact spot where her owner’s brother drowned as a child is making
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Winter repairs on border canals
The Canal & River Trust is carrying out nearly £300,000 worth of repairs to the Llangollen and Montgomery canals. Repairs to a handrail at Britain’s
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Towpath Talk’s 2018 top teams – take a bow
IN THIS season of goodwill, we are delighted to announce the results of our Towpath Talk Top Team award for 2018. Clear winners following the
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