A barge moored in Brindley Place Birmingham

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Take to foot for festival fun

09 July 2010
Visitors to the Chesterfield Canal Festival will be able to get the full canal experience as a newly refurbished towpath is opened leading them directly to the festival site.

Barn owls flourish in canalside homes

09 July 2010
Barn owl nest boxes along the Aire & Calder Navigation have just undergone their annual inspections, with five separate broods of the bird found nesting, showing that this threatened bird is thriving in their canalside homes.

Sheffield's waterways get boost through Future Jobs Fund

08 July 2010
Unemployed Sheffield residents are hard at work along the Sheffield & Tinsley Canal this Summer as part of the governments Future Jobs Fund scheme, contributing around £90,000 worth of maintenance benefits to their local waterway.

British Waterways reopens Caldon Canal

06 July 2010
After £500,000 of investment and almost eight months of investigations, plans and repairs, British Waterways has announced that the Caldon Canal is now reopen following a breach in November.

Canal moorings pave the way for new Droitwich waterway era

05 July 2010
The Droitwich Canals are being readied to welcome an expected armada of visiting boats next year, with the installation of new moorings along the Barge Canal at Vines Park.

BW Annual Report and Accounts 2009/10

01 July 2010
British Waterways' 2009/10 Annual Report & Accounts, published today, highlights growing momentum for the creation of a 'national trust' to care for the country's historic canals, rivers and docks. The proposal has won widespread stakeholder support and interest from the UK government as an example of delivering Big Society principles.

Statement re Caen Hill lock gates emergency repairs

29 June 2010
Last Tuesday morning, 22 June, a private boat travelling through lock 24 on the Caen Hill Flight alongside a hire boat, struck the lock gate. Unfortunately the damage caused by the impact of the boat caused irreparable damage to the gate. The boats did not suffer any substantial damage, and all crew were safe.

Stay safe by the water

25 June 2010
The nation’s canals, rivers, reservoirs and docks are enduringly popular, with around 300 million visits made to British Waterways’ 2,200 mile network each year. With the weather heating up and many people planning to holiday in the UK, British Waterways is urging visitors to enjoy the waterways safely.

Crews battle alien invasion near national space centre

25 June 2010
A team of intrepid volunteers is set to tackle the alien plants living in the shadow of the National Space Centre in Leicester on the Grand Union Canal.

Montgomery towpath upgrade links into strategic leisure vision

25 June 2010
An upgraded section of the Montgomery Canal opens today linking Powys with the shores of Cardigan Bay at Aberystwyth.