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Accessible picnic area opens at Saul Junction

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May 3, 2024

WHEELCHAIR users will be among visitors able to appreciate the benefits of spending time by the water at Saul Junction with the creation of a new picnic area. Volunteers from the Canal & River Trust have spent eight months building the area, which has been designed to provide space for up to four wheelchairs at…
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Spring launch for Sharpness 150 landmark

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May 1, 2024

CELEBRATIONS to mark 150 years since the opening of Sharpness New Dock in 1874 were launched with an exhibition at Sharpness Sports and Social Club. Aimed at bringing people from the community, surrounding areas and visitors together to participate in and enjoy exploring the past, present and future of Sharpness Dock, anniversary events will continue…
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Health check for ‘stream in the sky’

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April 29, 2024

THE Canal & River Trust recently emptied Pontcysyllte Aqueduct of water to check that the 307m long structure is in good working order. Nicknamed the ‘stream in the sky’, the aqueduct was built in 1805 by Thomas Telford to carry the Llangollen Canal across the Dee Valley 38m below and was granted World Heritage Status…
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Restoration team springs into action

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April 26, 2024

THE eagerly awaited start of lining and blocking the Montgomery Canal route at Crickheath South got off to a flying start. Tom Fulda, restoration project manager for the Shropshire Union Canal Society, said that the team had been delayed by the wet weather over the winter but pumps were being used to reduce water levels…
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Experts to help trust with climate challenges…

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April 24, 2024

WITH the canal network facing the growing challenge of climate change driven storms and floods, the Canal & River Trust will bring in technical experts to make sure its waterways are safe and open. The charity’s in-house team can now call for specialist support to help look after the network’s reservoirs, embankments, cuttings and other structures.…
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Boat owners warned: pay up or face a fine

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April 19, 2024

A READING-based boat owner has been convicted and fined for failing to register his cruiser for use on the River Thames. Environment Agency officers discovered the unnamed boat moored opposite Reading Marine Services during routine checks last year, Reading magistrates were told. The owner Michael Toner did not attend the hearing. As the boat was…
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Getting set for lining and blocking

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April 12, 2024

DELIVERY of building blocks and various liner materials will signal the start of work on the next section of the Montgomery Canal south of Crickheath Tramway. The second Shropshire Union Canal Society work party of the year saw a variety of activities including channel profiling and hedge laying in readiness for the resumption of work…
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Birmingham moorings trial prompts boater stay time changes

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April 8, 2024

AFTER a successful six-month trial, the Canal & River Trust is implementing changes to the mooring stay times along the canals in Birmingham city centre. The new times, which were put out to consultation and trialled between July and December 2023, will standardise the stay times at popular mooring spots across the city centre and take…
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Upgrade for sliding canal bridge

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April 5, 2024

ENGINEERS from Network Rail recently completed nine days working on the UK’s only sliding canal bridge at Keadby. Keadby Canal’s walls and remove rails and track equipment that had been in place for many years, to install new replacements. Scheme project manager Sean Ellerby said: “The last nine days have seen an incredible amount of…
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Before you make that journey

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April 3, 2024

The team at River Canal Rescue helps to get you ready for the first cruise of the season with some useful tips and advice… WITH an early Easter this year, you may have already cranked up your engine and undertaken the first cruise of the season. If that’s the case – how prepared were you…
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IWA campaigns to save Welsh aqueduct

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April 1, 2024

A MOVE to demolish Aberdulais Aqueduct, which carries the Tennant Canal over the River Neath, has prompted an angry reaction from the Inland Waterways Association. It has sharply criticised what it calls ‘a lazy proposal’ by Welsh Government quango Natural Resources Wales (NRW) that says it is considering demolishing the scheduled ancient monument. It described…
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Dunsfold Park desilting extends navigable canal

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March 29, 2024

THE Wey & Arun Canal Trust has started the year with the completion of desilting work on the Dunsfold section. This has resulted in a fully navigable unobstructed wide and deep channel for nearly 2km from Fast Bridge in Surrey down to Tickner’s Heath and a canalside path. Trust chairman Sally Schupke said: “We are…
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Lock closure cuts off boaters’ link to national canal network

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March 25, 2024

BOATERS have been left on the wrong side of access to 130 miles of navigable waterways in the Anglian region due to a failure to remove a build-up of tidal silt. Navigation authority Middle Level Commissioners is responsible for the Fen waterways between Stanground Lock in Peterborough and Salter’s Lode Lock near Downham Market in…
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Flood defence gates out of action

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March 22, 2024

THE sluice mechanism which helps prevent flooding along the Rivers Wissey and Little Ouse in Norfolk and Suffolk is currently not working to full capacity. Levels in the relief channel are remaining higher than usual due to reduced discharge into the tidal river at Tail Sluice. In a recent briefing, the Environment Agency acknowledged that…
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