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No access through Kennet & Avon lock through winter

IT WAS WAY BACK in September that Kelston Lock 5 on the Kennet & Avon Canal had assisted passage owing to its condition.

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Published: 22 October 2025

Thames private island for sale

A PRIVATE ISLAND on the Thames is up for sale.

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Published: 22 October 2025

Water company still taking Caldon Canal water

IT WAS THE END OF AUGUST that the Caldon Canal was closed.

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Published: 22 October 2025

Litterpickers group launch with success

THE NOMADIC LITTERPICKERS GROUP—a community of boat dwellers—Is taking action to keep their waterways and neighbourhoods clean.

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Published: 22 October 2025

Foxton Flight to reopen for a week

FOXTON FLIGHT on the Leicester Section  is set to be temporarily reopened, but only for a week.

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Published: 20 October 2025

More rubbish deposited on towpath after litter pick

I recall many years ago volunteering for a litter pick at Rickmansworth and about a mile north, writes Bill Ridgeway.

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Published: 20 October 2025

Stuck boat closes Trent & Mersey lock

CLEAR WATER LOCK 63 on the Trent & Mersey Canal is closed to navigation.

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Published: 20 October 2025

Low water closes Erewash Canal again

THE EREWASH CANAL is closed again with low water levels.

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Published: 20 October 2025

Terrifying attack' on woman on Grand Union towpath

A WOMAN SUFFERED a 'terrifying attack' when she was sexually assaulted on a towpath by a man who followed then grabbed her.

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Published: 20 October 2025

Coir rolls for Bradford Canal Basin

COIR ROLLS ARE BEING USED to help transform a once heavily polluted stretch of canal into a garden haven for wildlife.

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Published: 20 October 2025

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Latest

  • Increase in boat licence fees announced today
  • 30th anniversary of boating charity
  • Braunston Tunnel closed
  • Draw-Off period lowers Thames water
  • Former service personnel finding calm on the waterways
  • Severn flood barriers go up
  • Another Customer Service Facility closed
  • Pitfalls of buying second hand boat
  • Inclined plane suggested to relieve broken Anderton Boat Lift
  • No reopening of Aylesbury Arm
  • Keadby rail drawbridge working again
  • Boat buyer was 'seen coming' twice
  • Kennet & Avon lock closed until next summer
  • Rochdale water levels improve
  • £210,000 to restore historic workboat
  • Couple ripped-off with boat purchase
  • Lock water unable to equalise
  • 'Christmas on the Canal' week
  • The Grandest Union launches its debut album
  • A potential severe drought forecasted

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