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Making life better by water
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Looking after canals & rivers
Providing places for people
Keeping history alive
Helping nature thrive
Delivering through partnership
Threats to canals & rivers
Canals: vital connectors for nature and people
Canals & rivers
Our canal & river network
Regent's Canal
Grand Union Canal
Kennet & Avon Canal
Leeds & Liverpool Canal
Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal
Birmingham Canal Navigations
Oxford Canal
Trent & Mersey Canal
Lee Navigation
Lancaster Canal
Worcester & Birmingham Canal
Llangollen Canal
More canals & rivers
Places to visit
Little Venice, London
Caen Hill Locks, Devizes, Wiltshire
Hatton Locks, Warwickshire
Fradley Junction, Staffordshire
Marple Locks & Aqueduct, Cheshire
Tees Barrage, Stockton-on-Tees
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Museums & attractions
National Waterways Museum, Gloucester Docks
National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port
Anderton Boat Lift
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
Foxton Locks
The Canal Museum, Stoke Bruerne
Diglis Island & Fish Pass
Standedge Tunnel
Walking & running
Walking & running routes
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Cycling
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Canal wildlife
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Plant species
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Arts & culture
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National Waterways Collection
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Boating
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Moorings
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