The Canal & River Trust is carrying out more than £157,000 worth of vital maintenance and repair work to the Caldon Canal in Staffordshire this winter. Over the next three months, three lock gates are due to be replaced and essential repairs carried out to several bridges, lock chambers and a timber walkway. They will… Read More »
Our canals and rivers are glorious places to walk in the winter and we have 2,000 miles of pedestrian-friendly towpaths for you to explore. This winter, escape the noise and hustle of busy city streets and step onto the towpath into a calm and tranquil world. There’s no question that a walk by the water… Read More »
Property consultancy, Vail Williams LLP, has advised the Canal & River Trust on the sale of its wholly-owned marina subsidiary, BWML, to private equity investor, LDC, who is supporting its existing management team. Established in 2004, as part of the Canal & River Trust (British Waterways prior to 2012), British Waterways Marinas Limited (BWML) operates… Read More »
This month, the Canal & River Trust begin a £40,000 project to repair a lock near Thatcham on the Kennet & Avon Canal. Engineers will be painstakingly repairing Widmead Lock over the next five weeks, using over 3,000 bricks to rebuild the walls of the lock. This project is part of a £400,000 programme of works… Read More »
Fish who live in the Leeds & Liverpool Canal are being temporarily rehomed ahead of major repair work at Finsley Gate. A team of fisheries experts are currently braving the cold water to remove species such as roach, perch, eels, chub and bream. The fish will then be safely rehomed in another section of the… Read More »
Restoration of the Burslem Branch Canal in Stoke takes a giant leap forwards this month with the construction of a new branch canal footpath and publication of a new strategic action plan. Led by volunteers from the Burslem Port Trust, and backed by the Canal & River Trust, Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Stoke & Staffordshire Local… Read More »
With Islington Council, the Canal & River Trust is creating an ‘eco-mooring zone’ for visiting boats between York Way and Danbury Street on the Regent’s Canal. This comes as the issue of air quality gains greater public attention, with both local and national government increasingly committed to measures to reduce air pollution in cities. Research… Read More »
The Canal & River Trust is planning to undertake extra maintenance work on the waterways that have been forced to close because of the drought this summer. They’ve been reviewing the works planned for the sections that are currently closed, particularly the Rochdale, Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union, and Leeds & Liverpool Canals. At… Read More »
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 »