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Canal Charity Warns of Increasing Battle Against Aquatic Weeds

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August 7, 2023

The Canal & River Trust – the national charity working to protect the nation’s historic canals – predicts that warmer, wetter summers brought about by climate change are challenging the fight to stop Britain’s canals from becoming choked by invasive weeds. The Trust’s annual summer programme to tackle the weed across its 2,000 miles of…
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See Foxton Locks from a different perspective this summer

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Mark Lancaster

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August 4, 2023

The Canal & River Trust is inviting visitors to see Foxton Locks from a different perspective this summer as it announces a new programme of events and activities. The charity, which cares for the popular landmark as part of its 2,000-mile canal network across England and Wales, is holding a series of activities enabling people…
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August 2023

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Arianne Davey

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August 4, 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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Pack a picnic and enjoy a free summer day out at Stockingfield Bridge

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August 3, 2023

In celebration of the newly installed community artworks at the award-winning site, Scottish Canals will host an afternoon of storytelling, art and entertainment on Sunday, August 20th. Scottish Canals invite you to pack a picnic and head to Stockingfield Bridge in Glasgow next month to enjoy a free summer day out. In celebration of the…
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Flagship award for floating bookshop

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Mark Lancaster

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August 2, 2023

A floating bookshop has received recognition for its historical importance. Sally Clifford finds out more. “I PLAYED cricket where we are stood when it was empty without coal.” For Peter Claxton, stepping aboard the former coal barge his father Norman skippered for a decade or so evoked fond memories of school holidays spent on the…
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Family photographs recall bygone days

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August 1, 2023

BOATER and wildlife photographer Grant Hebblewhite, who was featured recently in Towpath Talk (Character, Issue 212, June 2023) writes: “I found these lovely old photos of my Nan and Grandpa taken in the 50s, I expect at Stoke Bruerne. The butty is still around, apparently. “It used to carry the two different names Northolt and…
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Have you HERD about this?

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July 31, 2023

Sally Clifford finds out how the canal – with a little help from some fleecy friends – played a part in a unique music celebration in West Yorkshire. Textiles have played an integral part in Yorkshire’s history so it was fitting for some fleecy friends to be part of a unique celebration. HERD, described as…
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Tapton Lock Festival Returns Next Month!

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July 29, 2023

Now in its eleventh year, organisers have confirmed that the popular Tapton Lock Festival will return this September with a host of new activities and entertainment for families to enjoy. The free annual event is organised by Junction Arts and Derbyshire County Council to bring families and friends together to enjoy the outdoors, promoting better health…
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More good news for the Monty Canal!

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July 27, 2023

THE Shropshire Union Canal Society has received a £14,600 restoration grant from the Association for Industrial Archaeology towards the cost of restoring the historic tramway wharf on the Montgomery Canal at Crickheath. It was the terminus of a 2½ mile horse-drawn tramway from the limestone quarry at Porth-y-waen. Built by navvies during the construction of…
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Cost of living petition presented at No 10

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July 26, 2023

Boaters joined a flotilla to take their Energy Bills Support Scheme plight to the capital. Sally Clifford finds out more. SLOW cruisers took their campaign to the doorstep of Britain’s political power. The boaters travelled to London to protest the continued exclusion of itinerant boat dwellers and others without a fixed address from receiving the…
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Green Flags for Almost 600 Miles of Waterways!

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July 25, 2023

The Canal & River Trust is announcing that Keep Britain Tidy has awarded 50* of its canal and river navigations with prestigious Green Flag status. The nation’s canal charity has secured a further 53.5 miles of Green Flag waterways across England and Wales, with 592* miles now holding the international quality mark for parks and…
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Canal Charity Announces Programme of Work to Help Protect Nation’s Historic Waterways

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July 24, 2023

The Canal & River Trust has announced an £89m programme of engineering work, illustrating the scale of the resource required to protect and preserve the nation’s 250-year-old canal network. Against a backdrop of the government announced sweeping cuts to the future funding of canals, in the current financial year, the Trust will complete more than…
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Canal Stalwart and Local Historian has taken his Last Journey Afloat

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July 22, 2023

William Walker, a long-serving and devoted, retired employee of British Waterways (now Canal & River Trust) was given a most fitting send-off when he made his last waterborne journey aboard the Phoenix narrowboat on Friday 21st July 2023. Departing from Whaley Bridge at 10am, William’s coffin was transported on a last trip afloat, in traditional style,…
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Hazlehurst Bridge restoration complete

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July 21, 2023

Canal & River Trust, the national canal charity, has completed the project to rebuild the Grade II Listed Hazlehurst Bridge on the Caldon Canal near Endon in Staffordshire. The 12-month project, costing £2 million, was enabled by an award from the Postcode Earth Trust, thanks to funds raised by People’s Postcode Lottery players. It has…
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