London’s biggest celebration of historic and traditional boats. Central London’s only marina, St Katharine Docks, will again host its annual celebration of beautiful classic boats this September with a display of just under 50 sail and power vessels, alongside a range of waterside attractions. A fun day out for all the family, the event will…
A 730-metre section of the Lancaster Canal, which has been closed for emergency repairs since the end of June, has re-opened today – three days ahead of schedule. The Canal & River Trust was forced to close this stretch of canal on the Lune embankment just north of Lancaster after it developed a leak. Since…
Canal & River Trust staff and volunteers at the National Waterways Museum were delighted to see the start of the ‘Window on the World’ project get underway at the National Waterways Museum this week. ‘George’, a rare surviving Leeds & Liverpool Canal horse-drawn boat was lifted out of the water for its journey to the full restoration. The project…
A PAIR of musicians with a passion for boating have a launched a new venture, purchasing a popular marina in Boston, Lincolnshire. After spending some time at Boston Marina in 2013 on their motor cruiser, Rowena and Paul Thompson from Bedfordshire, jumped at the chance to buy it when they saw it was up for…
A huge electricity transformer weighing the same as 18 double decker buses has been safely delivered by ALE to Staythorpe Power Station having been transported on the River Trent. The transformer was delivered to Hull where it was loaded onto the Inland Navigator, a river barge specially converted to carry abnormal loads. The barge is…
A dramatic photo of a lost part of the Lancaster Canal in Helsington has been unveiled as the winner of a nationwide photography competition to highlight the ‘Lost Wonders of our Waterways World’. The photo of Horse Park Bridge on the Northern Reaches of the Lancaster Canal, was one of over 200 photos submitted to…
On Friday 29 May, the village of Muchelney, which was hit hard by flooding of the Somerset Levels, loaned its rescue boat to Burnham-on-Sea’s BARB Search & Rescue. In the heart of the Somerset Levels, the village of Muchelney was completely cut off from surrounding areas during the floods in 2012, leaving its residents stranded.…
A new ‘Wainwright of the waterways’ has been appointed by the Canal & River Trust to forge England’s first Coast to Coast canoe trail. Following in the footsteps of famous author and walker, Alfred Wainwright, Greg Brookes will lead a small team in a five year plan to create a challenging new canoe trail across…
The Canal & River Trust has opened a pilot dredging treatment site near Coventry as part of its plans to carry out £80m worth of dredging over ten years. With new legislation, the cost of disposing of dredging via landfill has increased dramatically in recent years, and the site should provide a cost efficient place…
This bank holiday weekend (24/25 May) the RYA Powerboat GP British Championship heads to Oulton Broad, Suffolk for the Lowestoft Grand Prix where the competitors are gearing up for the second round of the competition. 2015 sees the Powerboat GP Championship back, bigger and better with a 6 round British Championship series in…
