The twelve winners include the innovative use of giant Archimedes screws at Tees International White Water Centre, the regeneration of Gloucester Docks & Quays, the meticulous restoration of historic Lune Aqueduct in Lancaster and a pioneering strategy and masterplan to transform Liverpool Docks.
The Waterways Renaissance Awards recognise exceptional projects that are helping to care for canals and rivers across the UK.
Helen Carey, Chair of the Awards' Assessment Panel: “This is the eleventh year of the Waterways Renaissance Awards and once again we've seen some fantastic and truly inspiring projects from across the UK. It's vital that we protect our inland waterways and celebrate the hard work individuals and organisations are doing to ensure future generations can enjoy all they have to offer.
“We can all learn so much from these achievements and we wish everyone many congratulations on their tremendous success.”
The winners of the 2013 Waterways Renaissance Awards, which are sponsored by CPC Civils, Hyder Consulting, May Gurney and Galliford Try, are:
Area-Based Regeneration
Winner: Gloucester Docks & Quays
Community
Winner: MonBrec 200
Runner-up: Burnley Canal Festival
Commended: Changing Spaces Wolverhampton; Rugeley Canalside Regeneration, Staffordshire
Design & Construction
Winner: Wallbridge – Ebley Canal Restoration, Stroud
Runner-up: Castle Wharf, Berkhamsted
Comended: New Canal Centre at Loxwood, West Sussex
Education & Learning
Winner: Iron Trunk Aqueduct, Grand Union Canal
Runner up: Restoration of Steam Dredger No.4, Gloucester
Commended: Along the Cotswold Canals
Flood Risk Management
Winner: Wigan Flood Alleviation Scheme
Runner-up: Chasewater Reservoir Improvements, West Midlands
Historic Environment
Winner: Lune Aqueduct Restoration, Lancaster
Runner-up: Restoration of Steam Dredger No.4, Gloucester
Commended: Restoration of narrowboat Sculptor, Stoke Brueren; Sandiacre Lock Cottage, Derbyshire
Innovation
Winner: Tees International White Water Centre, Stockon-on-Tees
Runner-up: Organic Regeneration of Warwick Bar, Birmingham
Commended: Salhouse Spit Restoration, Norfolk Broads
Natural Environment
Winner: Heyford Meadow, Oxford
Partnership
Winner: Lowland Canals Trilogy, Scotland
Runner-up: Rugeley Canalside Regeneration, Staffordshire
Commended: Pamela May Charity Trip Boat, Droitwich; EA Waterways Olympic Project Group
Recreation & Tourism
Winner: Montgomery Canal Triathlon
Runner-up: Stroud on Water
Commended: Lune Aqueduct Experience, Lancaster; New Canal Centre at Loxwood, West Sussex
Strategy & Masterplanning
Winner: Liverpool Waterspace Strategy
Runner-up: Partnership approach to managing River Tamar Catchment, Devon & Cornwall
Volunteering
Winner: Thames Waterways Volunteers, River Thames
Runner-up: Big Waterways Clean-up 2012, London; Stroud Drop-in Volunteering Sessions
Commended: Canal Clean-Up Milton Keynes
