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We are challenging children to beat their grandparents in new online wildlife quiz

4 May 2020

40% of young people cannot identify the sound a duck makes
The Trust support local people with canalside crops

1 May 2020

We've donated young vegetable plants to local people living in Birmingham to enable them to grow their own produce during the Covid 19 lockdown.
National boat count numbers

30 April 2020

Our annual national boat count shows that licence compliance on its waterways remains high with 96.2% of boaters holding a valid licence (2019: 96.4%). This is the fourth highest compliance figure in the last 10 years and is the eleventh successive year with evasion below 5%.
We are extending leisure boat licences by one month

27 April 2020

The situation will be assessed again in a month’s time when a further view will be taken about the extent and likely timescales around the coronavirus disruption on boating.
Vital work to resume on unlocking the Severn project

24 April 2020

Fish pass construction to take advantage of easier river conditions in spring and summer
Data shows people swapping tourist hotspots and city centres for the local towpath on their doorstep

22 April 2020

We welcome the latest Government advice about the importance of accessible green space, as data shows a growth in people staying local to discover the canal on their doorstep in place of the usual tourist hotspots and many city centre towpaths.
Calling all armchair adventurers - bin the box sets and plan the next 'must do' - England's first coast to coast canoe trail

21 April 2020

Coronavirus confinement at home may be frustrating, particularly for active people who are used to racing around outdoors and don’t have patience for streaming endless TV box sets.
Historic working boat called into action for emergency inspection of Blisworth Tunnel

8 April 2020

An 85 year-old canal boat which played a key role in fighting fires in London during WWII has once more come to the rescue to help with an emergency inspection of Blisworth Tunnel
Work on Skipton canal towpath suspended

6 April 2020

Work on the £2 million Craven towpath improvement project between Gargrave and Kildwick has been suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak
Northwich's Winnington Bridge Repairs postponed due to coronavirus

2 April 2020

A major project to repair Northwich’s Winnington Swing Bridge over the River Weaver Navigation has been postponed for several months due to the coronavirus outbreak

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