EACH year more than 250 canal boat industry exhibitors converge at Crick Marina for Britain’s biggest inland waterway showcase, the Crick Boat Show. After two
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Tag: The Canal & River Trust
ANDERTON BOAT LIFT HOSTS MAJOR STEAM FESTIVAL AND 10K CHARITY RUN
Anderton Boat Lift, Cheshire’s historic ‘Cathedral of Canals’ in Northwich, will be hosting two major public weekend events in May – a Steam Festival (7
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CANAL CHARITIES CELEBRATE 21ST ANNIVERSARY OF HUDDERSFIELD CANAL REOPENING AND LAUNCH OF NEW E-SHUTTLE
CANAL & RIVER TRUST AND HUDDERSFIELD CANAL SOCIETY INVITE COMMUNITIES TO JOIN IN BANK HOLIDAY FUN WITH HELP FROM BBC STAR ROBBIE CUMMINGS Spend your
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Heritage fly-boat’s new home at Ellesmere Yard
DESPITE winter being a quiet time of the year on the canals, it would seem a lot has been going on at the Canal &
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EASTER BOAT GATHERING RETURNS TO NATIONAL WATERWAYS MUSEUM ELLESMERE PORT
The Easter Boat Gathering festival at the National Waterways Museum in Ellesmere Port returns this month after a three year gap due to Covid. More
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Going behind the scenes at Seend Locks
THE Canal & River Trust offered a different perspective on a familiar beauty spot when more than 350 people took a look below the water
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District Enforcement launches moorings management solution
SPECIALIST enforcement company District Enforcement has launched the first commercially available moorings management solution, enabling landowners to tackle the problem of moorings abuse. This follows
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Freight flounders
Jonathan Mosse continues his monthly look at freight developments on the inland waterways. STILL the fish kill saga continues in the Knottingley area of the
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How committed is Canal & River Trust to a greener future?
Phil Pickin questions whether the charity has fully embraced the need to address ‘all things climate change’. OVER the past few years, we’ve all grown
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FREIGHT BARGES TO RESUME SERVICE ON AIRE & CALDER NAVIGATION
Canal & River Trust is giving freight traffic the green light to recommence passage on the Aire & Calder Navigation as the charity’s investigations into
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Boaters to march on Canal & River Trust’s London office to fight for moorings
On Saturday 26 March 2022, boaters from around the country will march on Canal & River Trust’s (CRT) main London office to protest the Trust’s
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Grindley Brook locks host first open day for a while
THE Canal and River Trust invited visitors to have a look at maintenance work on the three-lock staircase at Grindley Brook near Whitchurch in Shropshire
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Grade II listed bridge being restored to former glory
OXFORD-based civil engineering company Greenford has been appointed by the Canal & River Trust to carry out works on Oxford Canal Bridge 233. Due to
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CANAL CHARITY REPAIRS UK’S STEEPEST LOCK FLIGHT AT BINGLEY FIVE RISE LOCKS AS PART OF £55M WINTER WORKS MAKEOVER
Canal & River Trust is putting the finishing touches to a major restoration project at the Grade I Listed Bingley Five Rise Locks on the
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