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Volunteers needed for Cotswold Canals project

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March 19, 2024

RESTORATION of the ‘Missing Mile’ of the western section of the Stroudwater Navigation has been given the thumbs up by Stroud District Council planners. Securing planning permission was a critical step in the Cotswold Canals Connected Phase 1B Project plan to restore the Stroudwater Canal linking the Cotswold Canals to the national waterways at Saul…
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Tickets now on sale for Crick Boat Show

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March 8, 2024

ADVANCE tickets are now on sale for the 2024 Crick Boat Show which begins with a Trade & Preview Day sponsored by Haven Knox-Johnston on Friday May 24. Showcasing the inland waterways industry with over 200 exhibitors, there will be more than 30 new boats to view. Show director Peter Johns said: “Our ‘Trade &…
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Sustainable boating awards launch!

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February 28, 2024

Champions of greener boating are sought for the IWA/Towpath Talk Sustainable Boating Award. TOWPATH Talk and the Inland Waterways Association have joined forces to launch an exciting new award scheme recognising the pioneers of sustainable boating. In a world of climate change and energy crisis, there is a common consensus that new and pioneering ideas, strategies,…
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Schoolboys have a brush with history as they paint canalside infrastructure

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January 13, 2024

ON THE scorching-hot final day of the summer term 2023, 40 pupils from Berkhamsted Boys School in Hertfordshire set to work painting infrastructure along the Grand Union Canal, next to the school’s Castle Campus in the town, says IWA’s Amy Tillson. The day, organised through the Inland Waterways Association working in collaboration with the Canal…
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Brighter days ahead for Sankey-St Helens Canal

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January 11, 2024

Volunteers have responded to the threats faced by the historic Sankey-St Helens Canal by forming the Save Spike Island and Widnes Canal Restoration Group. THE newly formed restoration group has already built clay dams designed to contain salt water ingress from high tides on the Mersey into a canal bed currently low on water after…
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Volunteers get to work on offside vegetation

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January 10, 2024

IWA’s Lichfield Branch volunteers have been busy cutting back the protruding offside vegetation on the Trent & Mersey Canal. Having begun at Fradley Junction in October, they are currently working their way north to Great Haywood, and will then head down the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal. Since its inception in 2017 as a joint venture…
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National Trailboat Festival to return after five-year break

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December 13, 2023

THE Inland Waterways Association has announced that next year’s IWA National Trailboat Festival is to be held at Moira on the Ashby Canal. It will be hosted and organised by the Ashby Canal Trust over the weekend of May 18-19, and will be hosted and organised by Ashby Canal Trust. The event is the largest…
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IWA and Towpath Talk Launch the ‘IWA/Towpath Talk Sustainable Boating Award’

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December 12, 2023

Have a read of this IWA announcement, below! IWA is pleased to announce the launch of an IWA/Towpath Talk Sustainable Boating Award, which will recognise the individuals, organisations, or businesses making the most valuable contribution to sustainable boating during the previous calendar year. There will be two categories, one for individuals or groups representing charitable or…
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IWA welcomes HS2 cancellation

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November 21, 2023

THE Inland Waterways Association (IWA) has welcomed the cancellation of HS2 Phase 2 as announced by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Cancellation of HS2 Phases 2a, 2b and HS2 East will avoid major noise impacts on waterway users at numerous locations and remove the blight on several canal restoration projects. Phase 2a (Fradley to Crewe) was…
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Chief executive resigns from IWA

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October 19, 2023

PROFESSOR Sarah Niblock has resigned her position as chief executive of the Inland Waterways Association. IWA is extremely fortunate to have the interim support of some highly experienced volunteers who, along with an enthusiastic trustee team, will cover the position in the short term. National chairman Les Etheridge said: “IWA would like to thank Sarah…
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IWA branch to join key River Dee committee

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October 7, 2023

THE Inland Waterways Association (IWA), Chester & Merseyside Branch, has been invited to take a seat on the Dee Estuary Consultative Committee by the Environment Agency for Wales. The agency manages the basic navigation structures such as moorings, navigational aids etc in the area covered by law for the estuary. This area is basically from…
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Tackling one of IWA’s Silver Propeller challenges

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September 27, 2023

IT IS rare to have a passage enquiry more than 60 days ahead requesting a specific day and time – it has sometimes been less than 60 hours, writes IWA and River Foss Society member Peter Hopwood. However, on May 17 skipper Mike Wright confirmed his 57ft long, 6ft 10in wide narrowboat, Uz Boat, would…
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New guide to electric boats published

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September 26, 2023

IWA is pleased to announce the publication of its new guide An Introduction to Electric-Drive Narrowboats. It believes that it is vital for members of the inland waterways community to make their contribution to a more sustainable environment. IWA’s Sustainable Boating Group has been looking at how inland waterways leisure boating can become more sustainable…
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Organise a National Trailboat Festival

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Mark Lancaster

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July 18, 2023

FESTIVALS are very useful for drawing attention locally and nationally to the restoration or improvement project your team is working on. A greater awareness of your need for more support is generated as a result of that attention. Festivals are encouraged and promoted by the IWA to highlight your restoration project. You will draw local…
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