9th July 2014
Cotswolds’ grant bid put back
A bid for a multi-million pound National Lottery grant to connect the Cotswold Canals to the national network has been put on hold – to give it a better chance of success.
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9th July 2014
A bid for a multi-million pound National Lottery grant to connect the Cotswold Canals to the national network has been put on hold – to give it a better chance of success.
8th July 2014
West Midlands Police are asking for help from boaters and other canal users following the murder of Michael Spalding, whose body was dumped in the Birmingham Canal Navigations.
3rd July 2014
There’s a big party at Stratford-upon-Avon this weekend to mark the 450th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s birth and the restoration of the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal and the Upper Avon in Warwickshire.
20th June 2014
The invasive Himalayan balsam is under attack from volunteer ‘balsam bashing’ teams led by the Inland Waterways Association.
20th June 2014
That might be some folks’ opinion of modern art, but it was literally true in Manchester recently.
3rd June 2014
The next length of the Montgomery Canal to be restored is seen with the first few inches of water in it as refilling of the completed channel from Crickheath Bridge to Pryces Bridge began on…
29th May 2014
You don’t often think of canal boats at the Hay Festival, but they starred this year to celebrate the 70th anniversary of LTC Rolt’s Narrow Boat – the book that ‘saved the canals’ and launched…
27th May 2014
Crick was a typical boat show again this year – heavy rain, glorious sunshine and a violent hailstorm just to liven things up… but despite all that, as our video shows, the turnout of boats…
21st May 2014
It’s Boat Fire Safety Week 2014 next week (26-30 May) and canal and river boat owners are being asked to pass on tips via Facebook and Twitter to others to help stay safe from fire…
13th May 2014
Calling all youngsters between the ages of seven and 14 years! Ever wondered what it would be like to be a lock-keeper?
8th May 2014
The Southern Oxford Canal is set to reopen tomorrow Friday 9 May following almost a week’s closure as a result of the structural failure of a wall at Napton Locks.