Our 2,000 miles of blue and green corridors provide doorstep destinations for millions of people, whether that's the free running track right outside their front door, or the chance for a family trip out, which doesn't involve the car.
Like Rob Oliver, the bronze medal-winning Paralympian who trained for his K1 200m kayak event on the canals of Birmingham during lockdown, people lucky enough to live close by our canals can make use of them in their daily lives, cutting carbon emissions by staying local.
