Canal & River Trust

Heritage fly-boat’s new home at Ellesmere Yard

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Phil Pickin

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April 20, 2022

DESPITE winter being a quiet time of the year on the canals, it would seem a lot has been going on at the Canal & River Trust’s Ellesmere Yard. Arguably the most significant news will be the arrival of Saturn, the heritage fly-boat and her companion craft Sweden in north Shropshire. The Canal & River…
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EASTER BOAT GATHERING RETURNS TO NATIONAL WATERWAYS MUSEUM ELLESMERE PORT

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Web Editor

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April 9, 2022

The Easter Boat Gathering festival at the National Waterways Museum in Ellesmere Port returns this month after a three year gap due to Covid. More than 40 boats, including many rare historic vessels, are travelling from all over the country to congregate for a special celebration event in the Cheshire museum grounds, hosted by the…
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Going behind the scenes at Seend Locks

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April 8, 2022

THE Canal & River Trust offered a different perspective on a familiar beauty spot when more than 350 people took a look below the water line at the new lock gates and repair works at Seend Locks on the Kennet & Avon Canal. As well as experiencing the drained lock and seeing what is usually…
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District Enforcement launches moorings management solution

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April 2, 2022

SPECIALIST enforcement company District Enforcement has launched the first commercially available moorings management solution, enabling landowners to tackle the problem of moorings abuse. This follows successful trials and contracts with the likes of the Canal & River Trust, Reading Borough Council and Historic Royal Palaces, who are working with District Enforcement to better manage their…
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Freight flounders

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April 1, 2022

Jonathan Mosse continues his monthly look at freight developments on the inland waterways. STILL the fish kill saga continues in the Knottingley area of the Aire & Calder Navigation with no apparent resolution in sight, although in reality it’s the freight traffic that is being decimated rather than the local fish stocks. So, what do…
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How committed is Canal & River Trust to a greener future?

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Phil Pickin

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March 26, 2022

Phil Pickin questions whether the charity has fully embraced the need to address ‘all things climate change’. OVER the past few years, we’ve all grown more accustomed to reports of the growing need to combat climate change, something that crosses all walks of life. Many organisations have pledged to do more and to change the…
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FREIGHT BARGES TO RESUME SERVICE ON AIRE & CALDER NAVIGATION

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March 19, 2022

Canal & River Trust is giving freight traffic the green light to recommence passage on the Aire & Calder Navigation as the charity’s investigations into fish deaths nears completion. The announcement follows a temporary eight-week suspension to allow the Trust’s environmental team to carry out detailed investigations into the cause of fish deaths on the…
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Boaters to march on Canal & River Trust’s London office to fight for moorings

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March 18, 2022

On Saturday 26 March 2022, boaters from around the country will march on Canal & River Trust’s (CRT) main London office to protest the Trust’s continued attack on the capital’s liveaboard boating community. Starting in Regents Park, the protest will march to CRT’s offices in Little Venice where there will speeches and entertainment, plus the…
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Grindley Brook locks host first open day for a while

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Colin Wareing

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March 3, 2022

THE Canal and River Trust invited visitors to have a look at maintenance work on the three-lock staircase at Grindley Brook near Whitchurch in Shropshire on February 5. Because of the Covid pandemic this was one of the first open days to resume with the trust’s chief executive Richard Parry attending and looking forward to…
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Grade II listed bridge being restored to former glory

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March 2, 2022

OXFORD-based civil engineering company Greenford has been appointed by the Canal & River Trust to carry out works on Oxford Canal Bridge 233. Due to the historical significance of the bridge, the works will fulfil the requirements of Historic England’s Grade II listed building standards and will be completed with great respect for the canal…
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CANAL CHARITY REPAIRS UK’S STEEPEST LOCK FLIGHT AT BINGLEY FIVE RISE LOCKS AS PART OF £55M WINTER WORKS MAKEOVER

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Janet Richardson

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February 25, 2022

Canal & River Trust is putting the finishing touches to a major restoration project at the Grade I Listed Bingley Five Rise Locks on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in West Yorkshire. The project to replace two out of five sets of lock gates on the UK’s steepest lock flight is part of a four-month,…
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LONDON CANAL DRAINED AS PART OF MAJOR HERITAGE REPAIR PROJECT

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Janet Richardson

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February 21, 2022

This weekend thousands of Londoners got a unique view of one of the capital’s 200-year-old canals as they walked along the Hertford Union Canal which has been drained for the Canal & River Trust charity to carry out vital restoration work. The canal, one of the busiest in the country, runs alongside London’s Victoria Park,…
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Local people invited to explore the depths of 20ft River Trent lock at family open days

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Janet Richardson

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February 19, 2022

Waterways and wellbeing charity, the Canal & River Trust, is inviting members of the public to climb down into a drained section of the River Trent as part of a behind the scenes tour of works to replace giant lock gates. The Trust is inviting local people to venture down to the bottom of Newark…
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DISABLED BOATER FORUMS FOR 2022: DATES PUBLISHED

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Janet Richardson

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February 17, 2022

The Canal & River Trust has published its programme of Disabled Boater Forums for 2022. To improve accessibility, the charity has arranged a British Sign Language interpreter to be present at the online meetings. The informal forums are places for disabled boaters to discuss the challenges they face when using the inland waterways and to…
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