waterway maintenance
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£5.2m revamp for safer summer on eastern waterways
Boaters are set to benefit from a £5.2 million programme of improvements across Anglian Waterways – but campaigners say the figure just isn’t enough. WORK carried out at more than 14 sites – from Northamptonshire to Norfolk – are designed to boost safety, reliability and environmental quality, ensuring rivers remain open and accessible to thousands…
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Focus on reliability as trust steps up support for boaters
With more boats taking to the waterways as the better weather arrives, the Canal & River Trust is renewing its pledge to do more to tackle the issues most important to boaters. THE trust is encouraging people out on the cut to report faulty paddles, spots that need more dredging, places with overgrown vegetation and…
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Canal & River Trust announces changes to executive team
Canal & River Trust has announced a streamlined executive team structure that is coming into effect from today, 1 July 2026, as the charity accelerates plans to strengthen the organisation for the future. The changes, first outlined in April, respond to a more challenging operating environment, marked by funding pressures, rising costs, climate change and…
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Fundraising campaign launched to tackle invasive weed on the River Soar in Leicestershire
The charity that cares for the River Soar in Leicestershire has launched a public appeal for help tackling an invasive weed which, if left unchecked, can choke native wildlife and spoil people’s enjoyment of their local waterways. The Canal & River Trust is attempting to raise funds to help in its efforts to remove Floating…
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