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 »
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 »