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Another 29 'Navigation: Closed' notices in May!

THE month of May kept up with April with the dreaded 'Navigation: Closed' notices over the month.

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Published: 03 June 2022

Ripon open at last—again!

OXCLOSE Lock has been finally repaired and access to Ripon Marina freely available at last!

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Published: 02 June 2022

Not so good a repair

WITH much ado and back-slapping the Canal & River Trust told of a 'vital' £450,000 upgrade to Hunt's Lock on the Weaver in December 2020, writes David Collins.

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Published: 02 June 2022

MP praises volunteers’ canal restoration work

THIS week is National Volunteer Week so how appropriate it was for the Wey & Arun Canal Trust to receive a visit from Andrew Griffith, MP for Arundel and South Downs last week.

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Published: 02 June 2022

Celebrations—a little late!

THE heavens finally smiled on Avon Navigation Trust’s long-planned VIP event to celebrate a very special award for both Tewkesbury’s Avon Lock and the town.

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Published: 02 June 2022

Stratford's new marina opens

A NEW marina has opened on the Avon in Stratford.

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Published: 01 June 2022

'Blown' cill at Newton Heath lock repaired

IT WAS on the 29th April that notice of the possibility of a 'blown' cill on Lock 72 was announced.

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Published: 01 June 2022

'Leak' closes the Huddersfield Narrow again

A 'LEAK' between Locks 20E and 21E at Slaithwaite has closed the Huddersfield Narrow Canal.

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Published: 01 June 2022

Leeds & Liverpool Eshton Road Lock repaired at last.

IT WAS way back on the 30th of September of last year that Canal & River Trust gave boaters three days to get though Eshton Road Lock on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.

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Published: 01 June 2022

The Queen's visits to the to the waterways

AS HER Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her Platinum Jubilee, Canal & river Trust relates her visits to the waterways over her reign:

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Published: 01 June 2022

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