TPT June 2025

RIVER RODING REVIVED: Woody Deflectors Clear the Way for Wildlife

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June 3, 2025

Lucy Wood reports… WOODY flow deflectors have been installed in the River Roding, Essex, to add habitat diversity and direct the water’s power to sweep away excess sediment. The project was managed by the Wild Trout Trust. “Just one day later, the gravels downstream of the deflectors were noticeably cleaner than the upstream ones,” it…
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IMPROVING ACCESS for disabled canal users

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June 2, 2025

THE Accessible Waterways Association is working closely with the Canal & River Trust to expand the scope of disabled boaters’ meetings. Founder Tracey Clarke said: “The current meetings began after I had a series of consultations with the CRT to discuss the needs of all canal users – not just boaters – with accessibility issues. …
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BRIDGE REPAIRS: Complete

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May 31, 2025

THE CANAL & River Trust has completed a five-month programme of works to refurbish Royal Oak Swing Bridge, which carries Woodhouse End Road over the Macclesfield Canal in Oakgrove, Cheshire. With the repairs requiring a road closure, the bridge reopened on April 25 following the work by the UK’s largest canal charity. The increased weight…
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SEDIMENT REMOVED by floating digger

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May 30, 2025

WATERWAYS charity Canal & River Trust is carrying out dredging on the Ashby Canal in Leicestershire as part of vital works to help ensure boaters can continue to use the centuries-old waterway. The dredging will see the charity remove around 7000 tons of sediment at various locations on the canal between Sutton Cheney and Market…
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FOXTON hosts 75th anniversay celebration

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May 27, 2025

FOXTON Locks is set to host a weekend-long canal festival celebrating the pivotal role that Leicestershire’s waterways played in the renaissance of the nation’s canal network 75 years ago. The festival, taking place on June 7 and 8, is being organised by the Leicestershire branch of the IWA with local partners including the Canal &…
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VOLUNTEERS compile huge canal survey

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May 26, 2025

A VOLUNTEER-LED heritage survey of 2000 miles of canal network in England and Wales has started this year – the first in more than three decades. The work, which will take four years to complete, will create a vast digital database which will detail the history of the network and its associated structures. This is…
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