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SAFEGUARDED! Centuries-old lock gate crafting tradition
7 April 2025 - Towpath Talk
THE BUILDING of a new craft centre in Ireland will lead to the preservation of a traditional woodworking skill. Alison ...
CELEBRATING River Welland
7 April 2025 - Towpath Talk
Lucy Wood reports ARTISTS, volunteers and the community came together to create beautiful willow sculptures, nature-inspired waymarkers and a community ...
Top attractions at National Waterways Museum’s Easter Historic Boat Gathering
5 April 2025 - Canal Boat UK
BOAT VANDALISM: Worst case ever seen
4 April 2025 - Towpath Talk
A NARROWBOAT that was broken into, vandalised and scuppered – blocking boats cruising the Hawkesbury junction area of the Coventry ...
2024 officially one of the worst years on record for UK butterflies
4 April 2025 - Canal Boat UK
£500M REVITALISATION with canal restoration at the heart
3 April 2025 - Towpath Talk
THE RESTORATION of the Chesterfield Canal could be at the heart of a rejuvenation project which may bring £500m to ...
May Issue of Canal Boat
3 April 2025 - Canal Boat UK
Dredging gets underway to remove toxic sediment from Walsall Canal
2 April 2025 - Canal Boat UK
how it all started
2 April 2025 - CanalsOnline Magazine
My previous post told the story of how our life aboard Art Deco ended and I thought that maybe it is a good idea to tell the story of how it started...
Angel Canal Festival stalwart honoured
2 April 2025 - Waterways World
On 26th March Islington Council unveiled a plaque on the Regent's Canal to honour the late Beryl Windsor – one of the organising stalwarts of London’s Angel …
£3M UPGRADE to tackle climate change
2 April 2025 - Towpath Talk
AN EAST Lancashire reservoir which provides a vital supply of water to the Leeds & Liverpool Canal will shortly undergo ...
Your Events Guide
2 April 2025 - Canal Boat UK
Lancaster Canal reopens after breach repair
1 April 2025 - Waterways World
The Canal & River Trust has reopened the Lancaster Canal to boaters following a £1.6m project to repair Hollowforth Aqueduct. The canal breached last year close to the …
Now the Macclesfield Canal is breached
1 April 2025 - Waterways World
Access to the northern canals has become even more problematic after a culvert collapse on the Macclesfield Canal on 28th March. The leak, just above Bosley Top Lock, is nowhere …
The church that went by water
1 April 2025 - Waterways World
The elegantly unassuming Church of the Sacred Heart in St Ives, a (hefty) stone's throw from the River Great Ouse, has two quietly remarkable claims to fame. One is …
£300 MILLION BLACK HOLE: CRT pressures government
1 April 2025 - Towpath Talk
THE Canal & River Trust is hoping to persuade the Government it has a strong case for increased funding so ...
ABBA Revival to headline entertainment at Crick Boat Show
1 April 2025 - Canal Boat UK
WATERSIDE respite lodge dream nears reality
31 March 2025 - Towpath Talk
COURAGEOUS brain cancer sufferer Hannah Roberts is hoping she will see the £203,000 waterside holiday home for other patients and ...
Let the kids go wild this Easter!
29 March 2025 - Canal Boat UK
HYDROGEN fuel cell domestic power for boats
29 March 2025 - Towpath Talk
GREENER solutions are a subject that Towpath Talk reports on frequently and something we like to update our readers on, ...
Emergency repairs for longest canal lock flight in the UK
28 March 2025 - Canal Boat UK
BRAUNSTON’S rudder mystery
28 March 2025 - Towpath Talk
Tim Coghlan reports… THE waterside setting of the Red Wheel Plaque, awarded in 2024 to Braunston Marina by the National Transport ...
10 reasons to take a canal boat holiday this summer
28 March 2025 - Canal Boat UK
March Town Bridge Extension of Closure
27 March 2025 - Canal Boat UK
Try canal boating at an Anglo Welsh open day
27 March 2025 - Canal Boat UK
IWA Canalway Cavalcade 2025
27 March 2025 - Towpath Talk
IWA Canalway Cavalcade returns to London’s Little Venice on Saturday, May 3, for the full Early May Bank Holiday weekend. ...
BOATING BREAKS get top marks
26 March 2025 - Towpath Talk
NEW research reveals that 87% of people who took a quintessentially British holiday on the nation’s historic navigable canals and ...
rcr 25th anniversary
25 March 2025 - CanalsOnline Magazine
River Canal Rescue began its journey in June 2000, when now-retired chief executive officer, Trevor Forman (partner of managing director, Stephanie Horton), had a recurring dream about providing a breakdown service for boaters.
WINNERS of photo competition announced
25 March 2025 - Towpath Talk
CANAL holiday business Foxhangers was thrilled to announce the winners of its highly anticipated Memories photo competition. In the run ...
MUSEUM FOCUS: Celebrating the rich history of the Thames
24 March 2025 - Towpath Talk
Nicola Lisle explores the story of the Thames at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, from its royal connections to ...