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Help save the Mon & Brec

THE FUTURE OF the 35 miles Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal has been threatened by new legislation.

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Published: 24 April 2025

Sunken boat blocks Fossdyke Navigation

YESTERDAY, Wednesday, there was notice of a sunken boat blocking the Fossdyke Navigation.

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Published: 24 April 2025

That was the Willow Tree Tea Room—that was!

—A VERY FIRM favourite with visitors and residents alike, us included, at Mercia Marina, was the Willow Tree Tea Room.

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Published: 24 April 2025

Nantwich moorings closed for six weeks

THE MOORINGS AND TOWPATH at Nantwich on the Shropshire Union Canal are to be closed.

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Published: 24 April 2025

£1.3 million cost of replacing gates used less than 10 times a year

THE YORK LOCK gates leading onto the Foss in York are to be replaced at a cost of £1.3 million.

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Published: 23 April 2025

Two swing bridges reopened

TWO OF THE broken swing bridges have been repaired with navigations reopened.

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Published: 23 April 2025

Big Give Appeal for Chesterfield Canal runs out this month

 WE ARE RESTORING the derelict Chesterfield Canal in Derbyshire, writes Rod Auton of the Chesterfield Canal Trust.

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Published: 23 April 2025

Boaters’ Big Bash event in June

THE BOATERS' Big Bash’ Event to be held this year at Westbourne Park on the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal.

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Published: 23 April 2025

Will take two years to repair Bridgewater Canal breach

IT HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED that the repair to the breach in the Bridgewater Canal will take until December 2026!

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Published: 22 April 2025

Distressed trapped ducklings rescued

IT WAS THE RSPCA to the rescue when four distressed ducklings became trapped on a canal ledge between two locks on the Aston Flight in Birmingham.

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Published: 22 April 2025

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