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Moor up for a movie at Barby Moorings outdoor cinema!

A group of canal boaters sitting on the Barby Moorings bank watching outdoor films

Emily Damment

The next outdoor cinema night at Barby Moorings for canal boaters will be on September 25, and the film is Mama Mia Here We Go Again; cinema food available!

WRG and CUCT volunteers reinstating a Uttoxeter milepost

Uttoxeter Canal restoration back on; development plans rejected!

Martin Ludgate

Camp Hill Locks

Updated canal boat licence conditions introduced June 2021

Martin Ludgate

Brinklow Marina on the northern Oxford Canal has become the 11th site operated by Castle Marinas
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Brinklow becomes Castle’s 11th marina

Emily Damment

Heading down the Paddington Basin arm from Little Venice
Credit: Martin Ludgate

Back to boating: leisure boats spotted as lockdown restrictions ease

Emily Damment

Canal boat hire companies are gearing up for summer and the lifting of lockdown restrictions after s

UK holiday hireboats preparing for great getaway

Emily Damment

Unless housing plans can be changed, this 2005 reopening of Froghall Lock and Basin is as far as the

Save the Uttoxeter Canal restoration!

Emily Damment

Boats from the waterways network will return to Stroud for the first time in over 70 years

£9m boost will bring boats to Stroud

Emily Damment

Some of the first holiday hirers enjoying the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Bruerne in early July (phot

Canal boat holidays return and are booking up quickly

Martin Ludgate

The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (the highest in the world) near Llangollen in Wales is one of the best kno

Best canal holidays in the UK

More scenes like this? Boats for sale after a hire fleet closed down

Can waterways businesses be saved?

Caen Hill Locks (photo: Martin Ludgate)

The canals are reawakening after lockdown

CRT going cash-free (photo: Poike, Getty Images)

CRT moves towards cash-free

Crick Boat Show (photo: Martin Ludgate)

Waterways hit by coronavirus

Crick Boat Show 2020 has been cancelled because of coronavirus (photo: Martin Ludgate)

Crick Boat Show hit by Coronavirus

Easter cruises will be taking place on the Chesterfield Canal

Easter cruises on the Chesterfield Canal

Some of the best IWA dates for your diary (photo: VictorHuang, Getty Images)

Inland Waterways Association dates for your diary: March 2020

Lord Mayor of Oxford thanks boater for litter pick marathon

Oxford Canal: Oxford boater’s litter marathon

Graham Palmer memorial stone with new plaque (photo: Waterways Images)

Graham Palmer: Waterway Recovery Group memorial restored

Bollington Embankment (photo: Martin Ludgate)

Macclesfield Canal shuts until spring 2020

Tackling waterway weeds is a priorty

Waterways diversity under threat

The canoe trail meets in Burnley

Leeds & Liverpool Canal: Canoes meet to mark trail completion

Dignitaries including the Canal & River Trust's Richard Parry at the Lock 15 ribbon-cutting ceremony

Grantham Canal Lock 15 opening looks to the future

Damaged spillway, with ballast to prevent collapse (photo: Martin Ludgate)

Toddbrook Reservoir failure: ‘we will find the cause’

The Toddbrook dam spillway, with ballast placed on the damaged area to reduce chances of collapse (p

Toddbrook Reservoir: Whaley Bridge inquiries launched

Derby Canal (photo: Martin Ludgate)

HS2 link threatens Derby restoration

CRT London prospectus

Canal & River Trust’s blueprint for London released

Titford Pools (photo: Martin Ludgate)

£3m of funding for improvements on Birmingham Canal Navigations

Tug Wheldale (photo: Yorkshire Waterways Museum)

Fundraising campaign launched to save historic tug

Diesel's days could be numbered (photo: peplow/Getty Images)

Clean Maritime Plan: Are diesel’s days numbered?

Martin Ludgate