Leeds and Liverpool Canal

Rare coast-to-coast paddleboard journey completed

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October 16, 2026

PADDLEBOARDER Natasha Sones has completed a 161‑mile coast‑to‑coast journey across England using only her stand‑up paddleboard. The 46‑year‑old mother of three from Suffolk travelled from Liverpool to Goole, following the full length of the 127‑mile Leeds & Liverpool Canal and the 34‑mile Aire & Calder Navigation, in 10 days. She paddled around 15 miles a…
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£2.1m approved for Leeds & Liverpool Canal towpath improvements in East Lancashire

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Mark Lancaster

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October 8, 2026

Plans for £2.1 million of improvements to the Leeds & Liverpool Canal towpath have been approved, with work set to provide safer and more accessible routes between Whitebirk, Rishton and Accrington. Lancashire County Council approved the plans on October 1, paving the way for improvements to sections of the canal towpath aimed at making it…
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‘Boaters deserve better – it’s time to act’

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September 26, 2026

NABO general secretary Peter Braybrook comments on some more topical issues. I CONFESS: I am not a boater any more. I am still a boat owner, but this year our boat has only moved to turn it round to wash the other side. We planned to cruise the Kennet & Avon this summer as we…
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Historic ‘Ashing-Up’ Technique Revived as Yorkshire Railways Help Maintain Canal Locks

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April 29, 2026

Yorkshire’s historic canals and heritage railways – both with origins in the Industrial Revolution – are working together to support a long-established canal maintenance method. The Canal & River Trust is collaborating with Keighley Worth Valley Railway, Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway and Middleton Railway to help maintain water levels across the canal network. The…
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WIGAN CANAL REOPENS after water main burst

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December 28, 2025

Boats have returned to cruising the seven-mile Leigh Branch of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in Wigan following its closure in August caused by a burst water main. Engineers from the Canal & River Trust worked closely with United Utilities, which owns the damaged main, to complete a bespoke repair to the canal bank between…
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Leeds and Liverpool Canal

Rare coast-to-coast paddleboard journey completed

£2.1m approved for Leeds & Liverpool Canal towpath improvements in East Lancashire

‘Boaters deserve better – it’s time to act’

Historic ‘Ashing-Up’ Technique Revived as Yorkshire Railways Help Maintain Canal Locks

WIGAN CANAL REOPENS after water main burst

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