british waterways

Fresh face at trust

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January 20, 2026

Former Canal & River Trust chief executive Richard Parry has been appointed a patron of the Avon Navigation Trust (ANT), strengthening the charity’s leadership as it continues its work caring for the River Avon. Based in Solihull, Richard Parry said he was delighted to accept the role and to join a respected group of patrons…
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CHARACTERS OF THE CUT: Charlotte Hopwood, Seawood Signwriting

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December 19, 2025

A LIFELONG love of arts and crafts, along with a chance meeting at a festival 12 years ago, is what set Charlotte Hopwood on her signwriting journey. Alice Elgie reports… Charlotte shares with me: “I was at Moira Canal Festival helping in the crafty kids tent, but also at the festival was Martyn King, of…
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Shipshape and Braunston fashion

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May 5, 2022

WITH the lifting of lockdown and the prospect of a full season of waterways rallies and festivals ahead, the owners of Effingham, Keith and Jill Astley, have recently had its paintwork restored to the original 1959 British Waterways livery. The work was carried out by father and son boat painters Dave and Aaron Bishop in…
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Python gets tooled up

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April 14, 2022

THE Chesterfield Canal Trust’s narrowboat Python does maintenance work along the canal, crewed by volunteers. This volunteering has proved so beneficial that it is also part of the new Green Prescribing Programme from South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Integrated Care System. Python works in partnership with the Canal & River Trust which owns and manages the…
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