Canal & River Trust

Peak Forest and Macclesfield Canals

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July 1, 2023

As a result of continuing dry weather, the Canal & River Trust has announced plans to temporarily close lock flights on the Peak Forest and Macclesfield canals to navigation from 10 July until water supplies recover. With the ongoing repair works at Toddbrook Reservoir meaning this key source of water for the canals isn’t available,…
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Fund Britain’s Waterways calls on Government to stop inland waterways falling into disrepair

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June 28, 2023

Britain’s unique and well-loved network of canals and navigable rivers is deteriorating because of inadequate funding. At a time of unprecedented challenges caused by the climate emergency and high inflation, the government is failing to respond. Fund Britain’s Waterways (FBW), a coalition of organisations representing hundreds of thousands of users and supporters of inland waterways,…
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Locking Ahead – the future of maintenance planning

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June 28, 2023

In the third article about how the Canal & River Trust maintains its 200-year-old system, national boating manager Matthew Symonds looks at some of the challenges that lay ahead. THE canal network is one of the nation’s greatest regeneration stories. From losing many hundreds of miles of waterways in the last century as canals stopped…
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Vandal attack on canalside sculpture

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June 23, 2023

THE Canal & River Trust is appealing to people living in Wolverhampton for information after a public art sculpture was vandalised and almost sawn in half. Part of a series along the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal, the wooden hand-crafted sculpture was created by local artist Robot. Wolfie, so-called as it depicts a wolf, has been…
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CRT completes second phase of Gloucester Docks dredging programme

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June 19, 2023

The second phase of the Canal & River Trust’s dredging programme at Gloucester Docks has been completed. A total of 9,000m3 of silt, equivalent to 3.6 Olympic swimming pools, has been removed in the latest phase of the £1 million programme that began last November. Throughout the programme the Trust has been closely monitoring environmental…
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June milestone for Toddbrook Reservoir

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June 17, 2023

The Canal & River Trust charity, which cares for Toddbrook Reservoir in Whaley Bridge, celebrates a significant milestone this month, with the installation of nearly 1,000 sheet piles forming the route of the new £15 million overflow spillway channel – a fundamental part of the design that will bring the reservoir back into use. A…
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Visitor moorings available at Gloucester Docks

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June 16, 2023

THE Canal & River Trust has confirmed that visitor moorings in Gloucester Docks are once again available following progress made with dredging to remove the build-up of silt. As part of a £1 million ongoing dredging programme, the silt was bought into the docks last year via the River Severn when water levels in the…
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CRT Ambassador Visits New Riverside Pocket Park in Leeds

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June 15, 2023

AND ASKS – CAN YOU HELP LOOK AFTER THIS WATERSIDE TREASURE? Yesterday, Canal & River Trust ambassador Dr Amir Khan joined staff and volunteers at Whitehall Riverside Pocket Park in Leeds. He appealed for locals to join the Canal & River Trust volunteers who look after the park, which celebrates the beauty and heritage of the city’s…
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Amazing Women Celebrated in New Special Event at Waterways Museum

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June 7, 2023

Amazing Women through History are the focus for a new day of public celebration and exploration on Sunday, 25 June, at the National Waterways Museum in Ellesmere Port, hosted by the Canal & River Trust waterways and wellbeing charity. Coinciding with International Women in Engineering Day (23 June), the event will shine a light on…
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Mooring trial to begin on Birmingham City Centre canals

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June 6, 2023

The Canal & River Trust is trialling new mooring stay times along the canal in Birmingham to make the city centre more accessible to visiting boaters and to remove any confusion over stay times at popular mooring spots. The proposals, put out to consultation earlier this year, have been shaped by feedback from boaters, boating…
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Canal Towpath Improvements Set To Begin In Market Harborough

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May 24, 2023

Works will give local people a clean, green route to feeling happier and healthier A project is set to begin to revamp a section of canal towpath in Market Harborough, making it easier for local people to feel the health and well-being benefits of spending time on or by the water. Charity, the Canal &…
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Canal towpath in Loughborough reopens after further phase of improvements

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May 22, 2023

A section of the historic canal towpath in Loughborough has reopened after the charity, Canal & River Trust completed the latest phase of improvements, making it easier for people to access the canal. The Trust, working in partnership with Loughborough Town Deal, is improving a 2km stretch of the River Soar towpath between Moor Lane…
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First-Ever Boater Census Paints Picture of 21st Century Canal Life

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May 19, 2023

The Canal & River Trust has published the results of its first-ever Boater Census of the 35,000 boats licensed on the charity’s 2,000 miles of waterways in England and Wales. The Census is intended to offer a snapshot of life on the waterways in the 21st century, 250 years after the network opened to navigation. The…
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Seeing red at historic Camden landmark

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May 9, 2023

THE Canal & River Trust has completed a £533,000 10-week project to repair the Grade II Listed Interchange Basin Towpath Bridge on the Regent’s Canal in Camden and has repainted the bridge Indian Red. Built in 1846, the historic bridge, known locally as ‘Dead Dog Bridge’, is an important local landmark carrying the Regent’s Canal…
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