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Boaters to march on Canal & River Trust’s London office to fight for moorings

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March 18, 2022

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 continued attack on the capital’s liveaboard boating community. Starting in Regents Park, the protest will march to CRT’s offices in Little Venice where there will speeches and entertainment, plus the…
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Grindley Brook locks host first open day for a while

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Colin Wareing

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March 3, 2022

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 on February 5. Because of the Covid pandemic this was one of the first open days to resume with the trust’s chief executive Richard Parry attending and looking forward to…
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Grade II listed bridge being restored to former glory

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March 2, 2022

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 the historical significance of the bridge, the works will fulfil the requirements of Historic England’s Grade II listed building standards and will be completed with great respect for the canal…
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CANAL CHARITY REPAIRS UK’S STEEPEST LOCK FLIGHT AT BINGLEY FIVE RISE LOCKS AS PART OF £55M WINTER WORKS MAKEOVER

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Janet Richardson

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February 25, 2022

Canal & River Trust is putting the finishing touches to a major restoration project at the Grade I Listed Bingley Five Rise Locks on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in West Yorkshire. The project to replace two out of five sets of lock gates on the UK’s steepest lock flight is part of a four-month,…
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LONDON CANAL DRAINED AS PART OF MAJOR HERITAGE REPAIR PROJECT

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Janet Richardson

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February 21, 2022

This weekend thousands of Londoners got a unique view of one of the capital’s 200-year-old canals as they walked along the Hertford Union Canal which has been drained for the Canal & River Trust charity to carry out vital restoration work. The canal, one of the busiest in the country, runs alongside London’s Victoria Park,…
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Local people invited to explore the depths of 20ft River Trent lock at family open days

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Janet Richardson

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February 19, 2022

Waterways and wellbeing charity, the Canal & River Trust, is inviting members of the public to climb down into a drained section of the River Trent as part of a behind the scenes tour of works to replace giant lock gates. The Trust is inviting local people to venture down to the bottom of Newark…
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DISABLED BOATER FORUMS FOR 2022: DATES PUBLISHED

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Janet Richardson

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February 17, 2022

The Canal & River Trust has published its programme of Disabled Boater Forums for 2022. To improve accessibility, the charity has arranged a British Sign Language interpreter to be present at the online meetings. The informal forums are places for disabled boaters to discuss the challenges they face when using the inland waterways and to…
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New landing stage on Bedford river

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Janet Richardson

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February 16, 2022

A LANDING stage has recently been completed on the River Great Ouse in Bedford to encourage more boats to make the journey to the head of the navigation. Carried out by civil engineers Land & Water, the project, contracted by Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway Trust, involved using specialist plant to create a sheet piled…
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CANAL APPRENTICES ‘BUILD THE FUTURE’ AND PRESERVE THE PAST

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Janet Richardson

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February 14, 2022

Canal & River Trust apprentices in the Midlands carrying out environment enhancements on the Staffordshire & Worcester Canal showed off their work to chief executive Richard Parry as part of National Apprenticeship Week 2022. With a theme of ‘Build the Future’, this year’s National Apprenticeship Week is closely aligned with the Trust’s duties of caring…
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Breach repairs continue at Rishton

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Janet Richardson

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February 12, 2022

THE Canal & River Trust is continuing work to repair a collapsed embankment which swept a section of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal into the River Hyndburn at Rishton, Lancashire. Subject to weather conditions, it is hoped to re-open the canal in late spring. It is estimated the work will cost nearly £1.7 million. Senior…
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Government Minister welcomes the role of 200-year-old canals in the Green Industrial Revolution

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Janet Richardson

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February 11, 2022

The Canal & River Trust charity has hosted Lord Callanan, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, at London’s Docklands, where he heard about how the nation’s former industrial waterways can play a 21st century role in the Green Industrial Revolution. In Docklands the Trust’s waterways have…
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CANAL CHARITY HAS THE HUMP OVER BRIDGE STRIKES COSTING UP TO £1 MILLION A YEAR!

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Janet Richardson

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February 10, 2022

National waterways and wellbeing charity, the Canal & River Trust, is asking drivers to take much more care when crossing the 200-year-old hump-back bridges that span the nation’s canal network. Among its 2,000-mile network of canals and rivers, the charity looks after 2,800 historical bridges. Hump-back bridges, synonymous with Britain’s canal network, were built 200…
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ANNUAL LOCKAGE REPORT 2021: How many times locks were used…

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Janet Richardson

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February 7, 2022

The Canal & River Trust has published its Annual Lockage Report for 2021 which shows how many times locks were used across the charity’s 2,000 miles of waterways. As Covid-19 restrictions lifted in the spring, most places recorded counts that were close to pre-pandemic levels. The Report compares 2021’s lock use with the previous year.…
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New gates to be lifted into Newark Town Lock

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Janet Richardson

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February 5, 2022

THE Canal & River Trust has started works to replace two giant sets of lock gates at Newark Town Lock as part of a major winter programme. As part of the works, which are due to last until mid-March, the trust will be installing temporary dams in order to drain the lock enabling the engineering…
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