Bridgwater & Taunton Canal gets Green Flag award
THE Bridgwater & Taunton Canal has gained Green Flag status by Keep Britain Tidy.
With Canal & River Trust describing the Somerset canal as 'a wonderful place for nature enthusiasts', Trevor Mapstone reports.
The award comes shortly after the trust announced it was to re-open the Albert Street Cutting in Bridgwater, it being closed in 2021 after two wooden beams collapsed as reported in narrowboatworld.
Complaints followed closure
Many complaints followed the closure, so the trust told work should start later this year to reopen the cutting, pictured.
The trust also announced it had retained all of its existing Green Flags across waterways in England and Wales, with Richard Parry Chief Executive exclaiming:
“Our canals span 2,000 miles across England and Wales, and Green Flags have been awarded the length and breadth of the network, demonstrating the benefits these historic navigable waterways continue to bring to the 21st century.
"They offer free, accessible green space to millions of people across the country, provide vital homes for wildlife, and support the nation’s nature recovery, as well as being navigated, as they have been for centuries, by thousands of boats."