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+ Canals & Rivers
- Aire & Calder Navigation
- Anglesey Branch (Wyrely and Ess'n Canal)
- Ashby Canal
- Ashton Canal
- Aylesbury Arm (Grand Union Canal)
- Birmingham & Fazeley Canal
- Birmingham Canal Main Line
- Birmingham Canal Navigations
- Birmingham Canal Old Main Line
- Bow Back Rivers
- Bradley Arm (Old Main Line)
- Bridgwater & Taunton Canal
- Calder & Hebble Navigation
- Caldon Canal
- Cannock Extension Canal
- Chesterfield Canal
- Cotswold Canals
- Coventry Canal
- Daw End Branch Canal
- Droitwich Canals
- Dudley No 1 Canal
- Dudley No 2 Canal
- Erewash Canal
- Fossdyke Navigation
- Glasson Branch (Lancaster Canal)
- Gloucester & Sharpness Canal
- Grand Union Canal
- Grand Union Canal Leicester Line
- Grantham Canal
- Hertford Union Canal
- Huddersfield Broad Canal
- Huddersfield Narrow Canal
- Kennet & Avon Canal
- Kingswood Arm (North Stratford Canal)
- Lancaster Canal
- Leeds & Liverpool Canal
- Leicester Line (Grand Union Canal)
- Leigh Branch (Leeds & Liverpool Canal)
- Limehouse Cut
- Liverpool Canal Link
- Llangollen Canal
- London Docklands
- Macclesfield Canal
- Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal
- Market Harborough Arm (Grand Union Canal)
- Middlewich Branch (Shrop Union Canal)
- Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal
- Montgomery Canal
- New Junction Canal
- North Stratford Canal
- Northampton Arm (Grand Union Canal)
- Nottingham & Beeston Canal
- Oxford Canal
- Paddington Arm
- Peak Forest Canal
- Pocklington Canal
- Regent's Canal
- Ribble Link
- Ridgacre Branch (Wednesbury Old Canal)
- Ripon Canal
- River Aire
- River Lee
- River Ouse
- River Severn
- River Soar
- River Stort
- River Tees
- River Trent
- River Ure
- River Weaver
- River Witham
- Rochdale Canal
- Rufford Branch (Leeds & Liverpool Canal)
- Rushall Canal
- Selby Canal
- Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation
- Sheffield & Tinsley Canal
- Shrewsbury & Newport Canal
- Shropshire Union Canal
- Slough Arm (Grand Union Canal)
- South Stratford Canal
- St Helen's Canal
- Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal
- Stainforth & Keadby Canal
- Stourbridge Canal
- Stratford-upon-Avon Canal
- Swansea Canal
- Tame Valley Canal
- Titford Canal
- Trent & Mersey Canal
- Upper Trent
- Wakefield Branch (Aire & Calder Nav)
- Walsall Canal
- Welford Arm (Leicester Line, Grand Union Canal)
- Wendover Arm (Grand Union Canal)
- Worcester & Birmingham Canal
- Wyrley & Essington Canal
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+ About Us
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Planning
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- The Trust as a statutory consultee for planning applications
- Use of planning conditions, obligations and informatives
- Nationally significant infrastructure projects and other consent regimes
- Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)
- Local and Neighbourhood Development Orders
- Unlocking the added value of water through planning and design
- Waterways and Policy in England at different spatial levels
- Waterways and Policy in Wales at different spatial levels
- Our position statements on key planning policy issues
- Waterways and LTPs and other LA Forward Plans
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Enterprise at the Canal & River Trust
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- Place making and shaping at the Canal & River Trust
- How the Canal & River Trust is addressing climate change
- Natural environment and enterprise at the Canal & River Trust
- Cultural heritage and enterprise at the Canal & River Trust
- Health, well being and sport at the Canal & River Trust
- Sustainable transport at the Canal & River Trust
- Promoting tourism and waterside business development
- Fairer, stronger and more active waterside communities
- Glandwr Cymru - the Canal and River Trust in Wales - working with partners
- Canal & River Trust European projects
- Enterprise reports library
- Meet the Canal & River Trust's Enterprise team
+ Appeals
- Bring back the bees to Willington on the Trent & Mersey Canal
- Build bird boxes on Macclesfield Canal
- Build bird nests and fish refuges along the River Lee
- Build otter holts and tern rafts on the River Trent
- Create a butterfly highway at Fenny Compton
- Create a community art project in Birmingham's Heartlands Linear Park
- Create a wildlife habitat in Coney Meadow on the Droitwich Canals
- Create a wildlife haven around the Lune Aqueduct
- Create a wildlife haven in Dewsbury
- Create a wildlife haven on the River Severn
- Create a woodland trail around Stoke Lock
- Create an accessible viewing platform for the spectacular Iron Trunk Aqueduct
- Create an accessible wildlife haven in the Churnet Valley
- Create butterfly and bumble bee highways along the Birmingham Mainline Canal
- Create dormouse corridors along the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal
- Fund vital conservation projects along the canals of East Manchester
- Give a barn owl a home on the Aire & Calder Canal
- Give a bat a home along the Ribble Link
- Give a newt a home on the Grand Union Canal
- Give a vole a home along the Grand Union Canal
- Give a vole a home along the Grand Union Canal's Leicester Line
- Give a vole a home along the Kennet & Avon Canal
- Give a vole a home along the Llangollen Canal
- Give a vole a home along the Rufford Canal
- Give a vole a home on the Erewash Canal
- Give a water vole a home along the Ashby Canal
- Green the hidden corners of the Regent's Canal
- Help children learn about the importance of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal to their local community
- Help repair the Trent & Mersey Canal breach
- House a hedgehog along the Kennet & Avon Canal
- Open up stunning views along the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal
- Plant a community garden along the Regent's Canal in Islington
- Plant an edible wall along the Hertford Union Canal
- Plant an orchard on land at Caen Hillside on the Kennet & Avon Canal
- Plant ash trees along the Ripon Canal
- Plant fruit trees along the Llangollen Canal
- Plant native trees around Sutton Reservoir
- Plant wildflowers along the canals of central Birmingham
- Protect the Don Gorge nature reserve and trail
- Reline the Montgomery Canal
- Restore the Ellesmere Blacksmith Forge
- Restore the Galton Valley Nature Trail
- Restore the Pocklington Canal
- Restore traditional dry stone walls along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal
- Resurface canal towpaths around Chester
- Support community volunteering along Burnley's canal
- Transform the towpaths around Bath
+ Volunteering Opportunities
- Batchworth Lock Tidy
- Beeston Lock gardening event - Beeston, Nottingham
- Broadcast Journalism Volunteer
- Canal Heritage Assistant Volunteer
- Cranfleet Lock gardening event - Long Eaton, Nottingham
- Customer Service and Admin Volunteer - Kidsgrove, Stoke On Trent
- Environment Team Volunteer - Milton Keynes
- Explorer PR Coordinator - Hatton, Warwickshire
- Explorers Education Volunteer - Bath, Somerset
- Explorers Education Volunteer - Brecon, Powys, Monmouthshire
- Explorers Education Volunteer - Devizes, Wiltshire
- Explorers Education Volunteer - East London, Tower Hamlets, Hackney
- Explorers Education Volunteer - Fradley Junction, Alrewas, Staffordshire
- Explorers Education Volunteer - Gloucester Waterways Museum
- Explorers Education Volunteer - Goytre Wharf, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
- Explorers Education Volunteer - Lune Aqueduct Lancaster
- Explorers Education Volunteer - Stoke Bruerne, Northampton
- Explorers Education Volunteer - various locations
- Explorers Education Volunteer - West London, Ealing, Hounslow
- Explorers Education Volunteer - West Midlands
- Galton Valley Nature trail restoration - 1st Sat each Month
- Greeter Volunteer
- Heritage Working Boat Volunteers Moves - Midlands
- Montgomery and Llangollen Canal Volunteer Group - alternate Fridays
- Museums and Attractions - Marketing and events volunteer - Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
- Museums and Attractions - National Waterways Museum volunteers - Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
- Museums and Attractions - Visitor Centre Guide & Story Teller - Standedge Tunnel and Visitor Centre
- National Hedgerow Surveyor
- Northern Shropshire Union Canal Volunteer Group - alternate Wednesdays
- Ribble Link Wildlife and Habitat Improvements - Preston
- Rufford Watervole Project
- Sawley Lock gardening event - Sawley, Nottingham
- Supporter Care Volunteer - Milton Keynes Central
- Towpath Taksforce - Hawkesbury Junction
- Towpath Taskforce Audlem - second Saturday of the month
- Towpath Taskforce Aylesbury Arm - second Saturday of the month
- Towpath Taskforce Bath - fourth Thursday of each month
- Towpath Taskforce Blackburn - Alternative Thursdays
- Towpath Taskforce Bradford - Alternative Sundays
- Towpath Taskforce Burnley - first Sunday of the month
- Towpath Taskforce Cheshire
- Towpath Taskforce Cheshire - third Thursday of the month
- Towpath Taskforce Chester - first Saturday of the month
- Towpath Taskforce Chorley - Alternative Saturdays
- Towpath Taskforce Devizes - third Thursday of each month
- Towpath Taskforce Droitwich - every Thursday
- Towpath Taskforce Droitwich - every Wednesday
- Towpath Taskforce Fradley - first Saturday of each month
- Towpath Taskforce Gailey - fourth Thursday of each month
- Towpath Taskforce Hatton
- Towpath Taskforce Hawkesbury Junction - Sunday 18 Aug
- Towpath Taskforce Hawkesbury Junction - Sunday 26 May
- Towpath Taskforce Hawkesbury Junction - Sunday 28 July
- Towpath Taskforce Hawkesbury Junction - Sunday 30 June
- Towpath Taskforce Lancaster - Alternative Thursdays
- Towpath Taskforce Lapworth - Third Saturday and Third Thursday of the Month
- Towpath Taskforce Leicester - Alternate Tuesdays
- Towpath Taskforce Leicester - Alternate Tuesdays
- Towpath Taskforce Leicester - Alternate Tuesdays
- Towpath Taskforce London - Norwood Top Lock, Southall (Tues 18 June 2013)
- Towpath Taskforce London - St Pancras Lock (Sat 15 June 2013)
- Towpath Taskforce Manchester - fourth Saturday of every month
- Towpath Taskforce Newbury - second Thursday of each month
- Towpath Taskforce North Warwickshire - Alternate Thursdays
- Towpath Taskforce North Warwickshire - Alternate Thursdays
- Towpath Taskforce Rufford
- Towpath Taskforce Sefton - Alternative Fridays
- Towpath Taskforce Stoke - Alternate Fridays
- Towpath Taskforce Stoke - Alternate Fridays
- Towpath Taskforce Tamworth - Alternate Wednesdays
- Towpath Taskforce Tamworth - Alternate Wednesdays
- Towpath Taskforce Tamworth - Alternate Wednesdays
- Towpath Taskforce Tipton - fourth Saturday of the month
- Towpath Taskforce Wigan - every Tuesday
- Volunteer Visitor Mooring Ranger - 7 locations in the South East
- Volunteer Visitor Mooring Ranger - Banbury
- Volunteer Visitor Mooring Ranger - Berkhamsted
- Volunteer Visitor Mooring Ranger - Foxton
- Volunteer Visitor Mooring Ranger - Marsworth
- Volunteer Visitor Mooring Ranger - Oxford
- Volunteer Visitor Mooring Ranger - Rickmansworth
- Volunteer Visitor Mooring Ranger - Stoke Bruerne
- Volunteering Development Champion - Gloucester (can be home based)
- Website Editorial Volunteer
- Wildlife Recorder Volunteers - North Wales
+ Events
- "Year of the Boat" exhibition arrives at Gloucester Waterways Museum 31/05/2013
- 'Beyond the veil', by the Mikron Theatre Company | Canal & River Trust 23/06/2013
- Aberfan Club Canoe Race | Canal & River Trust 16/06/2013
- Anderton Boat Lift Circusology 07/08/2013
- Autumn Craft Market 14/09/2013
- Bat Night at Standedge 07/09/2013
- Battle of the Atlantic at Liverpool Docks | Canal & River Trust 24/05/2013
- BCN Challenge | Canal & River Trust 25/05/2013
- Blisowrth Canal Partnership Photo Exhibition | Canal & River Trust 22/06/2013
- Blisworth Canal Festival | Canal & River Trust 10/08/2013
- Bug Hunt Walk in Lancaster 31/05/2013
- Canal Linocut exhibition by Eric Gaskell at the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port 04/05/2013
- Chesterfield Canal Festival | Canal & River Trust 29/06/2013
- Countryside Live | Canal & River Trust 28/09/2013
- Crick Boat Show | Canal & River Trust 25/05/2013
- Erewash Anniversary Rally | Canal & River Trust 24/05/2013
- Etruria Canals Festival | Canal & River Trust 01/06/2013
- Family fun day at Bingley Five Rise | Canal & River Trust 09/06/2013
- Fright Night at Standedge Tunnel 31/10/2013
- Gloucester Tall Ships Festival 2013 24/05/2013
- Go wild at Stoke Bruerne | Canal & River Trust 30/05/2013
- Halloween at Spooky Standedge 26/10/2013
- Horses at Work at the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port 11/08/2013
- I Love mammals Boat | Canal & River Trust 07/08/2013
- I Love Minibeasts Boat | Canal & River Trust 28/08/2013
- IWA National Festival | Canal & River Trust 19/07/2013
- IWA Work Party in Banbury | Canal & River Trust 24/09/2013
- IWA Work Party in Oxford | Canal & River Trust 01/09/2013
- Lakeside Walk Cruise | Canal & River Trust 08/06/2013
- Lee Valley 10k and Family Fun Run | Canal & River Trust 14/07/2013
- Leicester Riverside Festival | Canal & River Trust 01/06/2013
- Linocut Workshop 15/06/2013
- Lymm Historic Transport Day | Canal & River Trust 20/06/2013
- Mersey River Festival | Canal & River Trust 07/06/2013
- Montgomery Canal Restoration Work Party in August | Canal & River Trust 17/08/2013
- Montgomery Canal Restoration Work Party in July | Canal & River Trust 20/07/2013
- Montgomery Canal Restoration Work Party in June | Canal & River Trust 15/06/2013
- Montgomery Canal Restoration Work Party in November | Canal & River Trust 16/11/2013
- Montgomery Canal Restoration Work Party in October | Canal & River Trust 19/10/2013
- Montgomery Canal Restoration Work Party in September | Canal & River Trust 21/09/2013
- Nature walk along the Lancaster Canal | Canal & River Trust 16/06/2013
- Over and Under Adventure 29/06/2013
- Over and Under Adventure 24/08/2013
- Over and Under Adventure 21/09/2013
- Russell Newbery Register Ltd. Annual Rally 07/06/2013
- Standedge Falconry Day 11/08/2013
- Standedge Family Fun Day 14/07/2013
- Standedge Family Fun Day 25/08/2013
- Stoke Bruerne Gala | Canal & River Trust 14/06/2013
- Summer Festival Craft Market 25/05/2013
- Towpath Taskforce in August | Canal & River Trust 01/08/2013
- Towpath Taskforce in December | Canal & River Trust 01/12/2013
- Towpath Taskforce in July | Canal & River Trust 01/07/2013
- Towpath Taskforce in June | Canal & River Trust 01/06/2013
- Towpath Taskforce in May | Canal & River Trust 01/05/2013
- Towpath Taskforce in November | Canal & River Trust 01/11/2013
- Towpath Taskforce in October | Canal & River Trust 01/10/2013
- Towpath Taskforce in September | Canal & River Trust 01/09/2013
- Warriors and washerwomen at the National Waterways Museum 20/07/2013
- Warriors and Washerwomen at the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port 20/07/2013
- Waterways Art Display by Michele Field | Canal & River Trust 01/10/2013
- Waterways World Outdoor Leisure Show | Canal & River Trust 24/08/2013
- Wendover Arm Trust Restoration Open Day | Canal & River Trust 02/06/2013
- Wildlife safari in Welshpool | Canal & River Trust 28/05/2013
- Winter Craft Market 07/12/2013
- Year of the Boat exhibition at Weston Park | Canal & River Trust 01/12/2013
+ Routes
- A circular walk around Creech St Michael
- A circular walk around Nantwich and Acton
- A country walk at Blue Lias, Warwickshire
- A rural walk around the Welford Arm
- Around Devizes
- Bingley Circular Walk along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
- Bradford-on-Avon to Bath - cycling route
- Bradford-on-Avon to Bath - walking route
- Cannon Hill Park City Centre and University Circular
- Carnforth to Bolton-le-Sands
- Castle Vale, Pype Hayes and Over Green circular
- Chester circular route via Ellesmere Port
- Chirk to Llangollen
- Circular route from Gargrave
- Clifton and Adderbury
- Country walking at Nantwich
- Coventry Canal art trail
- Crofton Discovery Trail - a walk along the Kennet and Avon Canal
- Devizes Circular Route via Caen Hill Lock Flight
- Devizes Circular Route via Horton
- Dewsbury to Salterhebble
- Discovering the canal at Cwmbran and Newport
- Droitwich to Worcester and the Severn
- Edstone Aqueduct circular walk 2
- Forest Park to Westport Lake
- Fradley Junction walk 1
- Fradley Junction Walk 2
- Fradley Junction walk 4
- Grand Union Canal at Rickmansworth
- Hanwell Flight Circular Walk
- Harbone to city centre circular
- Hatton circular walk 1
- Hatton circular walk 3
- Hatton Locks to the Wilderness
- Jogging on the towpath in Watford
- Kings Langley and Hemel Hempstead
- Kingsbury’s Lake and Canal
- Kingswood Circle
- Lancaster Glasson Lancaster
- Little Venice to Camden Circular Walk
- Littleborough and Hollingworth Lake
- Llangollen Canal to Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
- Macclesfield to Bollington
- Newbury to Kintbury
- Newport to Blaenavon
- Newport to Blaenavon along the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal
- Newport to Blaenavon along the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal
- Northfield to Bournville circular
- Offerton circular walk
- Ripon Canal walk
- River and Canal around Saul Junction
- River Lee Walking and Cycling Route
- Scenic walk in Gnosall number 1
- Scenic walk in Gnosall number 4
- Severn Way - Newtown to Welshpool
- Sprotborough and the River Don
- Steeple Aston, Steeple Barton and Tackley
- Stoke Bruerne and Blisworth Tunnel
- Tardebigge circular walk
- The Grand Union Canal and Syon Park
- The restored canal at Worksop
- The River Soar at Kegworth and Zouch
- Towpath wildlife at Dickens Heath
- Walking along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal
- Walking in Birmingham - Broad Street to the Jewellery Quarter
- Walking in Birmingham - canals and culture
- Walking in Birmingham - New Street to the NIA
- Walking in Birmingham - sights and statues
- Walking in Birmingham - Snow Hill to the Mailbox
- Western circular walk
- Wigglywalks - Wilcot to Pewsey
- Wigglywalks - Wilton Water to Pewsey
- Wootton Wawen to Stratford-upon-Avon
+ Partnerships
- All Wales Waterways
- All Wales Waterways Who's Who
- All Wales Waterways Plans
- Whos working with All Wales Waterways
- Central Shires Waterways
- Central Shires Waterways Who's Who
- Central Shires Waterways Plans
- Whos working with Central Shires Waterways
- East Midlands Waterways
- East Midlands Waterways Who's Who
- East Midlands Waterways Plans
- Whos working with East Midlands Waterways
- Kennet & Avon Waterways
- Kennet & Avon Waterways Who's Who
- Kennet & Avon Waterways Plans
- Whos working with Kennet & Avon Waterways
- London Waterways
- London Waterways Who's Who
- London Waterways Plans
- Whos working with London Waterways
- Manchester and Pennine Waterways
- Manchester and Pennine Waterways Who's Who
- Manchester and Pennine Waterways Plans
- Whos working with Manchester and Pennine Waterways
- Museums & Attractions Partnership
- Museums & Attractions Partnership Who's Who
- Museums & Attractions Partnership Plans
- Whos working with Museums & Attractions Partnership
- North East Waterways
- North East Waterways Who's Who
- North East Waterways Plans
- Whos working with North East Waterways
- North Wales and Borders Waterways
- North Wales and Borders Waterways Who's Who
- North Wales and Borders Waterways Plans
- Whos working with North Wales and Borders Waterways
- North West Waterways
- North West Waterways Who's Who
- North West Waterways Plans
- Whos working with North West Waterways
- South East Waterways
- South East Waterways Who's Who
- South East Waterways Plans
- Whos working with South East Waterways
- South Wales & Severn Waterways
- South Wales & Severn Waterways Who's Who
- South Wales & Severn Waterways Plans
- Whos working with South Wales & Severn Waterways
- West Midlands Waterways
- West Midlands Waterways Who's Who
- West Midlands Waterways Plans
- Whos working with West Midlands Waterways
