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Get active to fight plastic

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Hundreds of people have already pledged their support for our Plastics Challenge, all doing their bit to help us preserve our precious rivers and canals. But now more than ever, we urgently need to keep up the fight.

New 'Canalathon' challenge launched across our waterways

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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.

Ten marvels of the modern waterways

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A soaring aqueduct in North Wales, a three and a half-mile canal tunnel in Yorkshire and a ‘stairway to heaven’ flight of 21 locks in Warwickshire are among the ten new 'Marvels of the Modern Waterways' chosen by Britain’s boaters and canal supporters to celebrate the renaissance of the nation’s 200-year-old canal network and a decade of being looked after by the charitable sector.

Access at the National Waterways Museum

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Everyone deserves to get the best possible experience at our museum on a day out. Here's how we're making it more accessible.

Making sure communities benefit from our waterways

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Successful planning policies and decisions can help to improve people's access to and enjoyment of our waterways. Our waterways provide vital access to green and blue spaces, and can provide significant social, economic and environmental wellbeing benefits for local communities.

Activity on the Water Event - Postponed

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21 May 2022 to 21 May 2023

This event has been postponed until further notice.

A hive of activity at the heart of the community

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From 1801 until the 1950s, the Whaley Bridge Transhipment Warehouse was a hive of activity in the Derbyshire Peak District. Standing at the head of the Peak Forest Canal, the warehouse played a central role in the booming canal trade of limestone and cotton. For a time, the historic warehouse fell into disuse.

Try something new along our waterways this autumn

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Looking for things to do this autumn, keen to see something different and maybe learn a new skill? Look no further, there’s lots of activities and events that you and your family can take part in along our waterways.

History comes alive at weekly 'Canal Town' Sundays at National Waterways Museum

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Sights and sounds of a bygone age will come alive at Ellesmere Port’s award-winning National Waterways Museum every Sunday this summer as the Cheshire visitor attraction is transformed into a living historic Canal Town.

Shrewsbury & Newport Canal

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The Shrewsbury & Newport Canals are lost waterways, but with an active canal society bringing them back to life.