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Innovation at lock gate workshops

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August 30, 2023

THE Canal & River Trust’s lock gate workshops, at Bradley in the West Midlands and Stanley Ferry in Yorkshire, are bringing forward several small changes to lock gate production to increase speed and efficiency. With more than 1500 locks across the trust’s canal network, and a working life of typically 25 years, there is a…
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Paddle challenge along the Swansea Canal

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August 29, 2023

PEOPLE are being challenged to canoe or kayak a mile of the Swansea Canal as part of the year-long celebration of the canal’s 225th anniversary. Glandwr Cymru, the Canal & River Trust in Wales, is encouraging the local community to take to the water and participate in the one-mile paddle over a stretch of the…
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Greyhound Goodbye

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August 28, 2023

Greyhound Inn landlord Leigh Watts would like to tell his customers, many of whom are boaters, that he will be leaving on September 28 after 21 years at the canalside pub at Sutton Stop on the junction of the Oxford and Coventry canals. He will be holding a farewell party in the garden on Sunday…
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Atherstone company champions colleagues from non-academic backgrounds

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August 26, 2023

On GCSE results day, one Atherstone employer urges other companies not to define prospective candidates by their grades or degrees. Last week, the UK saw A-level results fall to pre-Covid levels, prompting calls for support to those who didn’t get the results they wanted. Now, leading waterways specialist The Rothen Group, wants to show other…
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Redhill Marine Ltd become Bronze Sponsors – Oarsome Partnership!

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August 25, 2023

Redhill Marine Ltd is proud to announce its partnership with Team Stronger Twogether by becoming a Bronze Sponsor. Richard Morley, the owner of Redhill Marine Ltd, supports the pair: “I know a chap who rowed the Atlantic recently, and his stories are fascinating. I’ve been following their progress for a while now, and it’s great…
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September 2023

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Arianne Davey

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August 25, 2023

Regularly topping 100 pages, Towpath Talk features everything you need to know about boats, marinas, wildlife, conservation, heritage and superb days out.
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Retro on the Water returns this Weekend

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August 24, 2023

Retro on the Water returns to Gloucester on the weekend of 26-27 August, with the City’s historic Docks hosting an array of boat trips, displays and stalls. The free-to-attend event takes place at the same time as the Gloucester Goes Retro festival across the city, one of Gloucester’s vibrant festival calendar highlights. Across the two…
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Dry dock ‘n’ roll

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Mark Lancaster

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August 23, 2023

Banbury’s unique piece of nationally recognised industrial revolution heritage – Tooley’s Boatyard – is throwing open the doors to its 254-year-old dry dock, the UK’s oldest on the canal system, for ten days of music, comedy and theatre to coincide with the Banbury canal festival. Tooleys have teamed up with award-winning floating venue boat The…
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130 Years Strong for Winterburn Reservoir

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August 22, 2023

RESTORATION REPAIRS REACH HALFWAY POINT AS CANAL CHARITY PROTECTS NATION’S HISTORIC WATERWAYS Winterburn Reservoir, which opened 130 years ago this month and was the last significant Victorian construction project on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, is at the halfway point of a three-month programme of essential maintenance works carried out by Canal & River Trust.…
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Stretch of the Leeds and Liverpool reopens

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Colin Wareing

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August 19, 2023

Repairs have been completed on Leeds and Liverpool to a leak through the wash wall between bridges 32 and 31 near Burscough in West Lancashire on Wednesday the 16.8.2023. A leak had been detected through the wash wall along the towpath side with the canal flowing into an adjacent farm field. On Sunday the 16th of…
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Government Energy Support Now Available to Continuous Cruisers

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August 18, 2023

People living on boats without home moorings on Canal & River Trust navigations will be entitled to payments from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero from the Energy Bill Support Scheme, following months of lobbying from the Canal & River Trust. This support will be provided in the form of a single £600…
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Shropshire volunteers earn award for restoration work

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Phil Pickin

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August 16, 2023

THIS year it was Oswestry’s turn to host the Montgomery Canal Forum, which was held in the Aico Centre of Excellence on the outskirts of the town. The impressive and modern venue saw a number of speakers outline the work carried out over the past year, which saw the official opening of the Crickheath basin…
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Boating tragedy brings community benefit

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August 15, 2023

IN SEPTEMBER 2022, a hire boater died on the Coventry Canal close to Huddlesford Junction and the moorings of Lichfield Cruising Club. It is believed the man was taken ill while steering and there was a minor collision with a moored boat, following which he went into the water. A small gathering of Russell Newbery…
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Opening the way for boats and tourism benefits

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August 14, 2023

Volunteers are the lifeblood of many organisations. Sally Clifford chats to members of Pocklington Canal Amenity Society about their ambitious plans for the future. THEY are the silent workforce. Without volunteers, many organisations throughout the country would struggle to survive or, at least, get anything done. Canals and towpaths are just some of the places…
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