Making headway on Macclesfield Canal breach repairs

We’re carrying out work to repair the Macclesfield Canal, near Bosley Locks, following a breach in March. As the site is a remote, rural location, contractors have built a 400m-long metal track and created ramps to the canal bed to allow vehicles and machinery to safely gain access and start work. Excavation works to the…

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Take Your Pets on an Electric Cruise

The PolyboatGlobal Challenge is now in its second successful year. Visit the website polyboatglobal.com to discover the variety of voyages you can make with your electric boats. Take your pets and keep a cruise logbook and by April 2026 you may have made a variety of cruises on the inland waterways or the coasts long…

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25th Crick Boat Show a huge success

Nearly 25,000 people visited the 25th Crick Boat Show, the UK’s largest inland waterways festival. The festival took place at Crick Marina near Daventry, across the Bank Holiday weekend 23-26 May 2025. A focal point of the year The event, which is sponsored by Haven Knox-Johnston, and organised by Waterways World in partnership with us…

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We’ve announced a new director for Wales & South West

We’ve announced the appointment of Ben Cottam as the director for our historic canals spanning Wales & South West of England. Ben will be joining us on 11 August. About Ben Ben joins us from the Federation of Small Businesses where he is currently head of Wales. As Wales largest business membership body, Ben has…

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Canal & River Trust Announces New Chief Executive

The Canal & River Trust is today (15 May 2025) announcing the appointment of Campbell Robb as its new chief executive. Campbell will be joining the charity on 6 October, after six years leading the social justice charity Nacro as its chief executive. Canal & River Trust is the UK’s largest canal charity, caring for…

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Fund Britain’s Waterways takes warning to Westminster

Britain’s inland waterways are under threat. Adequate investment is needed for failing infrastructure and to safeguard the future of the 5,000-mile network. A wake-up call Government received a wake-up call today from waterways campaigning group, Fund Britain’s Waterways, as it takes its message to Westminster. A flotilla of boats today stopped by the Palace of…

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Our heritage survey commences on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal

We’ve commenced a heritage survey of the nation’s canal network, starting in the North West with the 127-mile-long Leeds & Liverpool Canal. The project will chart how our canals, and the wider canal corridor, have changed over the past 30 years by updating and augmenting a joint British Waterways and Historic England survey of canals…

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