Canal & River Trust

BOATERS BENEFIT from docks dredging programme

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August 6, 2025

THE Canal & River Trust has carried out dredging at Gloucester Docks as part of its vital work to manage Britain’s most inland port. The charity has spent £3 million in the last three years on dredging the docks to allow boats and tall vessels to freely navigate and moor in the heart of Gloucester,…
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MAJOR REPAIRS complete and bridge reopens

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August 5, 2025

The Canal & River Trust, working in partnership with Sandwell Council, has reopened the 129-year-old Wrights Bridge after extensive repairs. Located on the Dudley No. 2 Canal, the bridge connects local people to the Old Hill railway station and has been closed for several years due to safety concerns about the bridge deck and its…
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£80K BILL after latest historic canal bridge vehicle strike

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August 4, 2025

DRIVERS have been urged to take care after the bridge located on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal between Dimmingsdale Lock and Wightwick Lock was stuck by a vehicle for the fifth time in 14 years. Lucy Wood reports… The Canal & River Trust is carrying out urgent repair work, estimated to cost £80,000, to the…
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OVERLY COMPLEX PROCESSES could halt future restoration work

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July 31, 2025

CANAL restoration charities have slammed the Canal & River Trust after it revealed a new way of working with organisations that repair and renovate waterways. CRT says it will not support new projects at the expense of navigations it already maintains and will charge charities who do work on its property. But the Wendover Canal…
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GROUNDING advice from RCR

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July 16, 2025

River Canal Rescue (RCR) is warning boaters about the risks of grounding after receiving 40+ calls in a six-week period, prompting a higher-than-usual number of call-outs. From 1 June to 11 July, rescue co-ordinators have been giving on the phone assistance to one/two people a day, and while many callers are then able to move…
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MUSICAL CELEBRATION on the Leeds & Liverpool

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July 12, 2025

A musical celebration on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal was part of Bradford being feted as the UK’s City of Culture this year. Sally Clifford beat a path to the West Yorkshire market town of Bingley… MELODIC electronic beats play out from the lock chamber. The creator of this gentle yet funky compilation sits at…
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LIFE SAVED thanks to Lock Keeper

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July 9, 2025

QUICK-thinking volunteers and staff from the Canal & River Trust sprang into action to help save the life of a canal cyclist who suffered a sudden cardiac arrest near the historic Bingley Five Rise Locks in West Yorkshire. The incident occurred on May 2, when 61-year-old Bingley-born resident Joost Smeele collapsed on Beck Lane, near…
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WATERWAY RESTORATION conference a success

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July 7, 2025

THE Annual Waterway Restoration Conference at the National Waterways Museum was jointly organised by IWA and Canal & River Trust. IWA’s Amy Tillson reports… A packed audience attended this event, held at the historic venue at Ellesmere Port on April 26. Special thanks go to the excellent speakers and compere who made the conference inspiring…
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CRT: New Chief Executive

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July 2, 2025

Lucy Wood reports… WATERWAYS charity the Canal & River Trust has announced the appointment of Campbell Robb as its new chief executive. Mr Robb will join the charity on October 6, after six years leading the social justice charity Nacro as its chief executive. He is replacing Richard Parry, who joined the trust in 2013,…
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BRIDGE REPAIRS: Complete

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May 31, 2025

THE CANAL & River Trust has completed a five-month programme of works to refurbish Royal Oak Swing Bridge, which carries Woodhouse End Road over the Macclesfield Canal in Oakgrove, Cheshire. With the repairs requiring a road closure, the bridge reopened on April 25 following the work by the UK’s largest canal charity. The increased weight…
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SEDIMENT REMOVED by floating digger

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May 30, 2025

WATERWAYS charity Canal & River Trust is carrying out dredging on the Ashby Canal in Leicestershire as part of vital works to help ensure boaters can continue to use the centuries-old waterway. The dredging will see the charity remove around 7000 tons of sediment at various locations on the canal between Sutton Cheney and Market…
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VOLUNTEERS compile huge canal survey

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May 26, 2025

A VOLUNTEER-LED heritage survey of 2000 miles of canal network in England and Wales has started this year – the first in more than three decades. The work, which will take four years to complete, will create a vast digital database which will detail the history of the network and its associated structures. This is…
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EMERGENCY REPAIRS keeps longest canal lock flight closed

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May 10, 2025

URGENT repairs to the longest canal lock flight in Britain will keep the locks closed until August. The Canal & River Trust is undertaking urgent works, costing £500,000, to Tardebigge Top Lock on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal after investigations revealed that the 200-year-old lock wall is in need of restoration. The work is vital…
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HERITAGE HEROES AWARDS recognition for canal volunteer

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May 2, 2025

A NORTHAMPTONSHIRE canal volunteer is celebrating after receiving recognition in the Heritage Heroes Awards, organised by the Heritage Alliance. Kathryn Dodington, who has volunteered with national charity Canal & River Trust since 2014, has been selected as a runner-up in the Lifetime Achievement category of the awards, which recognise the invaluable role that volunteers play…
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