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  • Canal & River Trust marks six months of progress on Whitchurch breach repairs

    Canal & River Trust marks six months of progress on Whitchurch breach repairs

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    Waterways charity Canal & River Trust is marking six months since the significant breach on the Llangollen Canal near Whitchurch, reflecting on the extensive programme of works already completed and outlining the next steps to repair the damage. Since the incident in December 2025, engineers from the Trust and its infrastructure partner Kier, have developed…

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  • BREACH at Whitchurch on the Llangollen Canal: what we know so far

    BREACH at Whitchurch on the Llangollen Canal: what we know so far

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    A major embankment failure on the Llangollen Canal at Whitchurch has led to the closure of a key section of the waterway while emergency services and engineers assess the damage and plan repairs. The incident occurred in the early hours of Monday 22 December 2025, close to New Mills Lift Bridge, and resulted in a…

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  • BRING BACK the boats!

    BRING BACK the boats!

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    For almost three years, visiting boats have been unable to moor at Trevor Basin, near Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, on the Llangollen Canal. The Inland Waterways Association’s Shrewsbury District & North Wales Branch have been campaigning to correct this.  “WE have been in the ridiculous situation where visiting boats cannot moor at Trevor Basin, in the heart…

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  • Health check for ‘stream in the sky’

    Health check for ‘stream in the sky’

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    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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