Canal & River Trust

AQUATIC WEEDS! UK conference to be held

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October 2, 2024

A conference dedicated to the control of invasive weeds will examine the impact of aquatic weeds on Britain’s waterways and how best to deal with their problems. The Property Care Association’s (PCA) 2024 International Invasive Weed Conference (IIWC2024) will feature, for the first time, a session dedicated to ‘aquatic invasives’, with expert speakers from a…
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MISSING OUT: That’s boaters on vital public services

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September 30, 2024

Tim Greenfield reports… HUNDREDS of boaters are missing out on access to vital services such as healthcare, education and banks. Waterway users say many central and local government agencies just aren’t able to deal with people who don’t have a permanent address – leaving many falling through the cracks and suffering in the process. Boaters…
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SNAP UP a waterways calendar for charity

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September 24, 2024

Thirteen images have been chosen to appear in River Canal Rescue’s 2025 calendar (front cover and one for every month), which goes on sale later this year to raise funds for Cancer Research UK. THE competition attracted more than 375 entries, which the judges – RCR managing director Stephanie Horton, Canal Boat editor Charlie Waters…
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RIBBLE LINK: Undergoing maintenance

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September 12, 2024

LANCASHIRE’S Ribble Link, which connects the Lancaster Canal to the national waterways network, is undergoing vital maintenance to allow it to reopen for boats. Engineers from the Canal & River Trust discovered that a seal around the Sea Lock Gate at the entrance to the link, which should be watertight, was causing too much water…
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REPAIRS: Underway at Swing Bridge

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August 30, 2024

A SIX-WEEK programme of repairs to Sellars Swing Bridge, which carries Sellars Road over the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal, is under way. Over the years, vehicles have become heavier, which has affected the condition of the bridge, which connects Hardwicke and Quedgeley with Elmore. The Canal & River Trust is making improvements that will strengthen…
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GREEN FLAG STATUS for waterways

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August 24, 2024

Almost 750 miles of waterways managed by the Canal & River Trust have been honoured with the prestigious Green Flag status by Keep Britain Tidy. CANAL & River Trust has retained all its existing 736 miles of Green Flags, with waterways maintaining the standard required for the international quality mark for parks and green spaces.…
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‘INHUMANE’ RULES: NBTA want rethink

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August 22, 2024

The National Bargee Travellers’ Association, which represents thousands of itinerant UK boat dwellers, calls for end to the Canal and River Trust’s current enforcement policy. THE trust which manages most of the UK’s inland waterways has published the full results of its Boater Census first conducted in 2022, which highlights the issues and challenges faced…
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FOXTON LOCKS: Car park improvements

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August 19, 2024

THE Canal & River Trust has been improving car parking at Foxton Locks in Leicestershire, making it easier for hundreds of thousands of visitors each year to visit the historic site. As part of the proposed upgrade, the charity is installing an ANPR system, which will enable people to park their vehicles and pay when…
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REPLACED: Ageing safety gate

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July 29, 2024

A £50,000 project has seen a deteriorating safety gate on the Shropshire Union Canal at Knighton make way for a handcrafted replacement. The Canal & River Trust carried out the work at the historic wharf in June, replacing the ageing gate with one made in the charity’s specialist workshop. Between 1911 and 1961, Cadbury’s used…
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EASENHALL CUTTING: Now open

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July 20, 2024

EASENHALL Cutting on the Oxford Canal has reopened to navigation while a major repair project by the Canal & River Trust continues. After a period of intense rainfall in early February an estimated 4000 tonnes of the 18m cutting slipped into the canal. Trust teams worked through difficult conditions, with continued wet weather saturating the…
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CANAL RESTORATION: Underway in Staveley

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July 19, 2024

THE Chesterfield Canal Trust celebrated the start of its latest phase of restoration with a groundbreaking ceremony at Staveley. Lee Rowley MP, Toby Perkins MP and Coun Tricia Gilby, leader of Chesterfield Borough Council and vice-chairman of the Staveley Town Deal Board, were joined by Tony Mitchell, a director of O’Brien Construction Ltd and Peter…
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COSTLY! Bridge repairs prompts ‘slow down’ plea

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July 18, 2024

MOTORISTS are being urged to slow down and take more care when crossing historic hump-back bridges that span the canal network. The call comes as the Canal & River Trust completes a £100,000 project to repair the latest damage to the parapet of Barrow Bridge in Derbyshire when brickwork was knocked into the Trent &…
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ROWED HOME: Swedish lifeboat after 155 years

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July 17, 2024

A 19th CENTURY lifeboat has been rowed across the Thames to Limehouse Basin in London, site of the yard where she was built. There, a commemorative plaque was unveiled to mark the visit and the RNLI’s 200th anniversary. Unveiling the plaque, Canal & River Trust chairman David Orr said: “The return of Lifbåt 416, built…
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Wigrams Turn Waterside & Marina launches new residential moorings

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July 16, 2024

AQUAVISTA has just announced its latest marina to be awarded full residential status. Wigrams Turn Waterside & Marina on the junction of the Oxford and Grand Union Canals in Warwickshire now have brand-new residential moorings for sale for both wide beams and narrowboats. Aquavista’s residential mooring package includes a registered UK postal address and post box, a 2000L Keter…
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