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8th June 2021
On the face of it, reopening the abandoned Wendover Arm of the Grand Union Canal might look like not too difficult a job, yet after 30 years of work by Wendover Arm Trust and its…
9th July 2019
An East Midlands canal restoration scheme looks set to take an important step forward, with plans to reopen a short length connected to the national navigable network
5th June 2018
All being well, boats will be cruising the first ten miles of the Cotswold Canals in the not too distant future. We look at the background to the £23m restoration programme, and the work to…
24th April 2018
Is the Lichfield Canal tying itself in knots? No, on the contrary, it’s enjoying some success in unravelling the problems of roads and railways getting in the way of restoration...
7th September 2017
The author spends a week as a volunteer on the Swansea Canal, and finds out first-hand what the prospects are for opening up navigation in this part of South Wales
21st March 2017
It might be short, but the Stover Canal is a surviving remnant of a unique transport system which once linked Dartmoor to the coast
23rd November 2016
Behind the scenes tours around the bridge works site and talks on the project will run on Saturday 26 November
10th November 2016
Improvements are part of a major project to reinvigorate the picturesque waterway and its wildlife from Brecon to Cwmcarn
24th October 2016
Three-mile towpath between Skipton and Bradley now offers better access to the Leeds & Liverpool
20th October 2016
Work begins next year to reopen over a mile of the waterway and a winding hole
23rd September 2016
The work is the next stage in an ambitious project to repair and refurbish the entire canal, which would allow boats to travel through Northern Ireland
