The Canal & River Trust has secured an agreement with High Speed 2 which will significantly reduce the impact of the rail line on the Trent & Mersey Canal at Fradley Junction. Under HS2’s proposals, a permanent access road would have been built adjacent to the Trent & Mersey Canal at Pyford Brook, in the… Read More »
A Wigan masonry apprentice has built a solid foundation for her career by picking up a national award less than a year into her role at the Trust. Paula Baron, 26, won Apprentice of the Year at the Waterways Alive Awards. Having graduated with a history degree, Paula was passionate about the past, but with… Read More »
The Canal & River Trust have celebrated some of the fantastic work carried out by staff and volunteers over the past year with the presentation of their annual Waterways Alive Awards at the Anderton Boat Lift. The awards are open to staff and volunteers and the winners showcase the sheer variety of the work that… Read More »
A local Nordic walking group is using the canal towpath in Hemel Hempstead as a way to keep fit and help local people walk themselves back to health. The weekly sessions, which are run by occupational therapist and Nordic walking leader Jacqueline Smith and supported by the Trust, involve walking up to six miles along… Read More »
Staff and volunteers have undertaken a mammoth clear-up project in Melling and Bootle this week, removing several skip-loads of fly-tipped rubbish from the Leeds & Liverpool canal. They were making the most of the low water levels caused by a collapsed culvert earlier this month. With the waterway temporarily closed all sorts of rubbish was… Read More »
The Canal & River Trust has rescued over 7,000 fish following a collapsed culvert beneath the Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Melling. Engineers were called out following reports of water flowing out of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Melling on the 12th of June. They worked into the early hours of Wednesday morning, assisting… Read More »
The Canal & River Trust are organising a weekend of fun waterway activities at Welshpool Wharf, as part of the Welshpool Transport Festival on 23-24 June. Free canoeing and coracle taster sessions will be on offer on the Saturday (10.00am-5.00pm) and paddle boarding taster sessions on the Sunday (10am -2.00pm). Narrowboat trips, also free courtesy… Read More »
Desmond Family Canoe Trail 12/06 To mark the official arrival of the trail in the city, a metal canoe sculpture will be unveiled next to Office Lock in Leeds city centre. This will also act as a unique waymarker, indicating the distance to both ends of the trail (127 miles to Liverpool and 35 miles… Read More »
The Canal & River Trust have appointed four Chairs to their new Regional Advisory Boards. They will use their local knowledge and contacts to connect the waterways, and all their wellbeing benefits, into the lives of the communities that surround them. The appointments, which are voluntary and for an initial term of three years, include… Read More »
The Canal & River Trust were joined this week by a team of volunteers from Tower Hamlets council to help tidy-up the waterway in Mile End. Using grapple hooks the team pulled litter and debris from the water, with items recovered including a motorbike exhaust, a spade and bike frames. The day was part of… Read More »