Canal & River Trust

Government Energy Support Now Available to Continuous Cruisers

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August 18, 2023

People living on boats without home moorings on Canal & River Trust navigations will be entitled to payments from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero from the Energy Bill Support Scheme, following months of lobbying from the Canal & River Trust. This support will be provided in the form of a single £600…
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Opening the way for boats and tourism benefits

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August 14, 2023

Volunteers are the lifeblood of many organisations. Sally Clifford chats to members of Pocklington Canal Amenity Society about their ambitious plans for the future. THEY are the silent workforce. Without volunteers, many organisations throughout the country would struggle to survive or, at least, get anything done. Canals and towpaths are just some of the places…
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Canal Charity Warns of Increasing Battle Against Aquatic Weeds

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August 7, 2023

The Canal & River Trust – the national charity working to protect the nation’s historic canals – predicts that warmer, wetter summers brought about by climate change are challenging the fight to stop Britain’s canals from becoming choked by invasive weeds. The Trust’s annual summer programme to tackle the weed across its 2,000 miles of…
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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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Green Flags for Almost 600 Miles of Waterways!

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July 25, 2023

The Canal & River Trust is announcing that Keep Britain Tidy has awarded 50* of its canal and river navigations with prestigious Green Flag status. The nation’s canal charity has secured a further 53.5 miles of Green Flag waterways across England and Wales, with 592* miles now holding the international quality mark for parks and…
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Canal Charity Announces Programme of Work to Help Protect Nation’s Historic Waterways

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July 24, 2023

The Canal & River Trust has announced an £89m programme of engineering work, illustrating the scale of the resource required to protect and preserve the nation’s 250-year-old canal network. Against a backdrop of the government announced sweeping cuts to the future funding of canals, in the current financial year, the Trust will complete more than…
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Hazlehurst Bridge restoration complete

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July 21, 2023

Canal & River Trust, the national canal charity, has completed the project to rebuild the Grade II Listed Hazlehurst Bridge on the Caldon Canal near Endon in Staffordshire. The 12-month project, costing £2 million, was enabled by an award from the Postcode Earth Trust, thanks to funds raised by People’s Postcode Lottery players. It has…
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Latest Stoppage on the Leeds & Liverpool

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Colin Wareing

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July 18, 2023

A leak had been detected either from damage to a culvert that carries a field drainage ditch under the canal or the canal wash wall with the canal flowing into an adjacent farm field. Attempts were made to stop the water flowing through the wash wall with a plastic fibre sheet, but this didn’t stem…
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Have your say on canal charity’s proposals for new fishing platforms

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July 13, 2023

Public Consultation: 7 July – 3 August 2023 Canal & River Trust, the waterways charity that looks after Harthill Reservoir, is inviting people to have their say on proposals for new fishing platforms as part of the Trust’s upgrade project. The Trust is planning to replace the existing fishing platforms, which are no longer fit…
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Government funding cuts put future of nation’s historic canals at risk

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Mark Lancaster

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July 12, 2023

Following today’s announcement from the Government, Canal & River Trust is issuing a stark warning that a reduction in grant funding of over £300 million in real terms will threaten the future of the nation’s historic canals, leading to their decline and to the eventual closure of some parts of the network. The reduced grant…
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Canal & River Trust Launches Towpath Code Ahead of Summer

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July 10, 2023

Ahead of the busy summer holidays, the Canal & River Trust, the charity that raises funds for and upkeeps 2,000 miles of waterways across England and Wales, is appealing for people to remain friendly and courteous on towpaths – as figures published today show the nation’s canals are benefiting more people than at any time in…
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Swing bridge closed after balustrade collapse

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Colin Wareing

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July 6, 2023

UPDATE: Contractors have successfully removed the damaged balustrade. Whilst further repair works are conducted the bridge will be left in the open position to allow navigation to resume. The Canal & River Trust is now working with its contractors carry out the repairs to reinstall the damaged parts over the next few weeks. REPAIR work…
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CRT endeavours to aerate canal

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Phil Pickin

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July 5, 2023

A number of dead fish can be seen floating on the canal’s surface close to the locks at Knowle. The sad sight provides graphic proof of the lack of oxygen in many canals due to the record-breaking temperatures recorded in June. CRT are trying to increase the level of oxygen in the water by setting…
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Glastonbury Festival fire kept alight by Bevere Fish Pass debris

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July 3, 2023

Over 50 tonnes of wood debris from the Canal & River Trust’s Bevere Fish Pass on the River Severn made its way to this year’s world-famous Glastonbury Festival. The wood, which collects in the fish pass when the river floods, was used as firewood for the event’s stone circle, which stays alight across the five…
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