Canal & River Trust

The Canal & River Trust is starting a discussion with boaters and other stakeholders on how to manage the busy London waterways. Against the backdrop of a record high and growing boat numbers in the capital, the charity is asking what approach should be taken for managing very congested areas, and how respondents can help. Over the…

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The Canal & River Trust is today announcing that headline private and business boat licence fees will rise by 2% from 1 April 2021. 

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Canal & River Trust has today (13 October) published its 2019/20 Annual Report & Accounts alongside details of how to view and take part in its Annual Public Meeting being held online on 28 October.

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Boaters enjoying time afloat on the Bridgwater & Taunton Canal will soon find the waterway easier to travel along, thanks to a major dredging project by the Canal & River Trust. This week the charity has begun work to remove almost 6,000m3 of silt from a 3.7km stretch of canal between Bridge 27a, M5 Flyover and…

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Volunteers on the Grantham Canal are getting back into the swing of things after lockdown by lifting new oak lock gates into the restored Lock 14 – the first new gates the lock has had in almost 90 years. The Canal & River Trust, Grantham Canal Society (GCS) and the Waterway Recovery Group have been…

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Thanks to donations from hundreds of people to the Canal & River Trust’s appeal to support small waterway-based charities, the Trust has been able to award £31,500 in grants shared across 43 local charities based on inland waterways in England and Wales. As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, these charities, which provide vital support…

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Now that boats are cruising again with the easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions, the Canal & River Trust is asking boaters to take part in its ‘Waterway Experience’ survey.  Sent out monthly over the summer to a sample of cruising boaters, the survey aims to get up-to-date feedback on the waterways so the Trust can…

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Following the announcement from the Secretary of State for Health & Social Care (29 June 2020) regarding the reintroduction of lockdown measures in Leicester, the Canal & River Trust is issuing new guidance on use of the waterways in the city and surrounding areas during this period. In line with Government advice the Trust is…

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Waterways and wellbeing charity Canal & River Trust is calling on people across England & Wales to help stop half a million pieces of plastic reaching the ocean by taking its Plastics Challenge this month. The charity, which usually relies heavily on its army of volunteers to help clear the waterways of plastic and litter,…

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In line with the latest government advice for England issued today (23 June 2020), we are pleased to say that from Saturday 4 July 2020 all boaters can stay overnight on their boats and take extended cruises.  Holiday hire boat companies will also be able to freely operate, taking precautions around safe practise, such as…

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A project to revamp a section of canal towpath in Hinckley making it easier for local people to feel the health and wellbeing benefits of spending time by the water is set to get under way. The waterways and wellbeing charity, Canal & River Trust, is about to improve a 240 metre stretch of the…

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The Canal & River Trust, the national waterways and wellbeing charity, has completed repairs on Lune Embankment on the Lancaster Canal.  Costing over £1.5 million the work has taken six months to complete after engineers had to face storms Dennis and Ciara and restrictions as a result of the coronavirus. A 240-metre section of the…

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