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500 tonnes of canal boats to be craned into Crick Marina for Boat Show

1 June 2022

On Monday 30 May 2022, MJT Cranes craned 12 canal boats, weighing up to 35 tonnes each, into Crick Marina, near Daventry, as part of preparations for the 23rd Crick Boat Show, which takes place over the Platinum Jubilee bank holiday 3-5 June.
We've completed a £2 million project on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal

31 May 2022

Leeds & Liverpool Canal Society’s heritage boat ‘Kennet’ was warmly welcomed as the first boat through the newly repaired Grade II listed Eshton Road Lock on 25 May, following our £2 million restoration project.
Leighton Buzzard towpath closures begin 6 June 2022

24 May 2022

On 6 June, in partnership with national walking and cycling charity Sustrans, we are starting a £500,000 towpath improvement project on the Grand Union Canal in Leighton Buzzard.
Hayes Canal Festival is back

24 May 2022

Hayes Canal Festival is back on the Grand Union Canal on Sunday 29 May, for the first time in nearly three years.
Top 10 Things to do at Crick Boat Show

24 May 2022

The 2022 Crick Boat Show, to be held across the Bank Holiday Weekend celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee (3-5 June) at Crick Marina, near Daventry in Northamptonshire, is the UK’s biggest inland waterways festival and offers a fantastic day out by the water for all the family. The event will also feature a special Trade & Preview Day on Thursday 2 June.
The future of canals

23 May 2022

This summer we celebrates our tenth anniversary. We’d like to thank all our volunteers, donors, partners and supporters for their assistance in helping to look after this 250-year-old network.
New 'Canalathon' challenge launched across our waterways

16 May 2022

People across England and Wales are being challenged to put on their trainers and take to the towpaths in a new ‘Canalathon’ to raise money to protect our 200-year-old canals and the wildlife-rich green corridors that they provide.
Liverpool's historic docks awarded Blue Flag Marina Award

13 May 2022

We've been awarded the international Blue Flag award for the Royal Albert Dock and Salthouse Dock marinas in Liverpool.
Trust unlocks UK's longest river for endangered migratory fish

13 May 2022

This May, for the first time in nearly 180 years, the UK’s longest river has been unlocked for the epic spawning migration of an endangered fish, the twaite shad. An ambitious conservation project has unlocked the length of the River Severn, reconnecting ancient spawning grounds for this once-prolific fish.
Giving Gloucester a solution to pollution

6 May 2022

We're launching two projects that will enhance Gloucester - bringing greenery to, and removing rubbish from, the water around the historic Docks.

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