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Easter regatta focus on fight against licence fee rises

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Janet Richardson

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March 5, 2024

THE National Bargee Travellers Association is bringing together boaters from around the country on Saturday March 30 for an Easter regatta. As well as celebrating the boating community they will be making a stance against the increase in Canal & River Trust licence fees and differential pricing based on mooring status. Supporters, whether arriving by…
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A chance to see Stafford canal artefacts

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Janet Richardson

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March 4, 2024

ARTEFACTS unearthed during canal restoration work have gone on display in Stafford. Organised by the Stafford Riverway Link (SRL) it showcases the items recovered by volunteers while clearing and excavating the site of the Stafford Branch Canal at Baswich. The display at Stafford Library continues until Saturday March 16 and will be on show at…
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Bingley Five Rise Locks celebrates 250th anniversary…

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March 1, 2024

Waterways charity Canal & River Trust is commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Grade I Listed Bingley Five Rise Locks and Grade II* Listed Bingley Three Rise Locks on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in Yorkshire with a special event on Saturday 23 March, at 10am – 3pm. Celebrating what makes Bingley Five Rise Locks…
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Easter bunnies on the cut

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Janet Richardson

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February 28, 2024

IT WILL be bunnies, eggs and hot-cross buns galore on the Chesterfield Canal this Easter when the Chesterfield Canal Trust will be running a host of cruises on three different boats. Every child will receive an Easter egg; adults will receive a drink and a hot-cross bun. All tickets cost £9. Booking is essential, just…
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Spring cruises on the Wey & Arun Canal

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Janet Richardson

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February 19, 2024

MAKE Mother’s Day on Sunday March 10 with a boat trip or cream tea cruise along the Wey & Arun Canal. Refreshments are served during the morning trips at 11.30am and 12.30pm each taking 50 minutes. The 90-minute cream tea cruises leave at 2.30 and 3pm. Booking is essential for all cruises at www.weyarun.org.uk Easter…
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Drained Lock: Go Behind The Scenes

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January 30, 2024

The Canal & River Trust is giving members of the public the unique opportunity to go behind the scenes into the temporarily drained Lock 7 on the Old Main Line Canal in Wolverhampton at the end of February to see close up the refurbishment of the 250-year-old canal lock, which includes the replacement of the…
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Life is not still

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January 25, 2024

A florilegium of the Kennet and Avon Canal… THIS spring, as the flowers along the towpath start to bud and bloom, an exhibition of lino prints, paintings and contemporary quilts by Wiltshire-based artist Maria Harryman will be unfurled at Gallery 5 of the West Berkshire Museum in Newbury on Wednesday, March 20. Billed as A…
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Beat The January Blues at a new weekly ‘Chatty Cafe’ at Cheshire’s National Waterways Museum

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December 19, 2023

Beat the January blues by dropping in on the Canal & River Trust charity at their new weekly ‘Chatty Café’ on ‘Warm Up Wednesday’ in the National Waterways Museum in Ellesmere Port. Every Wednesday morning (10 am – 12 noon), volunteers will be around the museum’s attractive waterside café to welcome visitors and enjoy a…
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Rt Hon Lord Stunell OBE joins VIP’s and Members in Commemorating Local Cruising Club’s Oak (80th) Anniversary

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September 8, 2023

On Saturday, 9th September, to propel into action the North Cheshire Cruising Club’s 80th Anniversary Celebrations, the Rt Hon Lord Stunell OBE will cut the red ribbon on a rare surviving exhibit that was recently dredged out of the High Lane Arm on the Macclesfield Canal. The historic relic, a significant section of tram rail that can…
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See Foxton Locks from a different perspective this summer

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Mark Lancaster

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August 4, 2023

The Canal & River Trust is inviting visitors to see Foxton Locks from a different perspective this summer as it announces a new programme of events and activities. The charity, which cares for the popular landmark as part of its 2,000-mile canal network across England and Wales, is holding a series of activities enabling people…
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The Canal Museum at Stoke Bruerne

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July 25, 2022

Nicola Lisle continues her museum series by exploring the pretty canal village of Stoke Bruerne and its museum! UNTIL the late 18th century, Stoke Bruerne was a tiny hamlet in an ancient Northamptonshire parish with little more than a cluster of picturesque cottages, farmhouses and a church surrounded by fields and meadows. Then, in 1793,…
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Things to Do! Summer holiday family fun at Chichester Canal

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July 20, 2022

Chichester Canal is home this summer to a family of swans with a record-breaking 9 cygnets. As well as family-friendly wildlife, the canal is home to many bugs, butterflies and bees, and this summer the canal volunteers are encouraging families to find out more. The Chichester Ship Canal Trust, the volunteer-led, self-funded charity behind the…
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100th Anniversary of the Bradford Canal Closure

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July 13, 2022

On the 15th July, 2022, it will be exactly 100 years since the last commercial boat descended the Bradford Canal to Shipley. The canal had a chequered early history, from being central to the development of the town in the late-18th Century, to being blamed for a cholera epidemic in the 1850s. This resulted in…
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Bioblitz New Cut Trail and Paddington Meadows

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July 1, 2022

9th and 10th July 2022 and 27th August 2022 At last the annual Bioblitz can go ahead which is a snapshot of the variety of life found in the area. On the days of the events, wildlife experts and the members of the public will be able to work together to find out and record the biodiversity of the “patch”.…
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