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Next phase of repairs to Middlewich breach started

17 August 2018

Work has started on the next phase to repair the breach at Middlewich on the Shropshire Union Canal after a giant 12m deep hole was left in the canal bank in March.
Middlewich: I don't think you're ready for this jelly(fish)

15 August 2018

What’s white, see-through, and has just moved in to the Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal? Jellyfish.
Young people not left without a paddle

13 August 2018

Thanks to the Desmond Family Canoe Trail, young people have been enjoying free kayaking sessions at the Yorkshire Waterways Museum.
Flow photo: Call for entries

13 August 2018

Photographers, both amateur and professional, are invited to submit up to four photographs or short films for the inaugural edition of Flow Photo.
Poppy sculpture treat on Trent & Mersey Canal

13 August 2018

The Trent & Mersey Canal offers a great vantage point for viewing the iconic poppy sculpture ‘Weeping Window’ by artist Paul Cummins and designer Tom Piper, which is now on display at Middleport Pottery until 16 September.
Dredging update for Milton Keynes

7 August 2018

Our dredging programme on the Grand Union Canal in Milton Keynes has been temporarily halted due to concerns that falling oxygen levels in the water could become too low to support the fish that live in the canal.
40 years since workers pulled the plug in Chesterfield

7 August 2018

Chesterfield Canal is celebrating an unusual milestone this weekend. It’s 40 years since a worker unknowingly pulled the plug and drained a 1½ mile stretch of the waterway.
Yorkshire & North East announce new faces

6 August 2018

Caroline Schwaller MBE is the new chair of the regional advisory board and Sean McGinley is new regional director for Yorkshire & North East.
Become a junior lock keeper at Caen Hill

6 August 2018

We're inviting young canal adventurers with a love of the waterways to come along to Caen Hill Locks in Wiltshire and try their hand at being a lock keeper on the Kennet & Avon Canal.
£1.3m HLF grant to restore Stainton Aqueduct

6 August 2018

Along with Lancaster Canal Regeneration Partnership (LCRP), we have been awarded a £1.3m grant by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to secure the future of Grade II-listed Stainton Aqueduct on the Lancaster Canal.

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