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Freight barges to resume service on Aire & Calder Navigation

17 March 2022

We're giving freight traffic the green light to recommence passage on the Aire & Calder Navigation as our investigations into fish deaths nears completion.
Green biodiversity boost for Manchester's canals

17 March 2022

Manchester’s city centre canals have been given a great green biodiversity and wellbeing boost, thanks to our and the government’s Green Recovery Fund.
Thousands of trees to be planted across our canal network

11 March 2022

We're planting 14,000 native trees over the next few weeks in a project that will plug gaps in hedgerows and establish new small woodlands, creating significant benefits for the wildlife that lives and travels along these green corridors and absorbing around 5,500 tonnes of CO2 each year.
Hundred of trees fallen on waterways caused by Storm Eunice

10 March 2022

We've been working to repair the damage caused by Storm Eunice which caused hundreds of trees to fall across our waterways in England and Wales. There was also widespread flooding across the network and some structural damage to buildings and winter works construction sites.
Community invited to explore their local canal at family open day

7 March 2022

Canoeing, heritage walks, stonemasonry and discovering an historic lock, there’s an activity to appeal to everyone at a family open day on the Rochdale Canal in Hebden Bridge on Saturday 12 March.
Hundreds enjoyed a rare chance to go behind the scenes at Seend Locks

2 March 2022

We've offered a different perspective on a familiar local beauty spot recently. More than 350 people took a look below the water line at the brand new lock gates and repair works at Seend Locks on the Kennet & Avon Canal.
The UK's steepest lock flight has been repaired thanks to our winter makeover

24 February 2022

We're putting the finishing touches to a major restoration project at the Grade I Listed Bingley Five Rise Locks on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in West Yorkshire.
PwC UK shows it is good to do business on our canals

21 February 2022

We've highlighted a partnership with PwC UK where our volunteering programme is playing a part in looking after our waterways.
West Midlands’ canal network to home the world’s longest community orchard

18 February 2022

We're working with the community to create a record-breaking orchard. Stretching 50-miles along the region’s canal network and made up of 3,000 trees providing free fruit for people and wildlife, the community orchard will be the longest in the world.
London canal drained as part of a major repair project

16 February 2022

This week, thousands of Londoners will get a unique view of one of the capital’s 200-year-old canals as they walk alongside the Hertford Union Canal which has been drained for us to carry out vital restoration work.

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