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Whether it’s news, reviews, reports or guides, we’ve got it covered right across the UK’s entire canal network, and there’s a substantial trader section for all your buying and selling needs. Towpath Talk is the best way to find out what’s going on in British waterways today.
Remembering Dinah Hutchinson – founder of the London Canal Museum
Tributes have been paid to Mrs Dinah Hutchinson (1935 – 2025), who was also the first chair of the Canal Museum Trust
Three quarters of Britain’s canals face ‘dual crisis and irreversible decline’
The Inland Waterways Association is calling for a government review in response to its stark new warning that 75% of Britain’s waterways face a ‘perfect storm’ of underinvestment and climate risk – as the country braces itself for heavier winter rainfall.
Recognising an outstanding contribution to biodiversity
Darnford Moor copse, at Darnford Moors Ecology Park, has been named after the Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust’s former chair.
The Odd Lock artist
In this first instalment, Tim Coghlan recalls the life, works, and his own personal memories of canal artist Alan Firth (1933-2012), once described by the IWA as ‘probably Britain’s best-known waterways artist.’
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