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Group will safeguard legacy of aqueduct world heritage project

18 June 2010
Plans are underway to safeguard the legacy of a unique project that is reshaping the lives of communities living along the 11-mile Pontcysyllte and Llangollen Canal World Heritage Site corridor.

Time to celebrate

18 June 2010
British Waterways together with Bath and North East Somerset Council, the Kennet & Avon Canal Trust and the Widcombe Association, are delighted to announce the appointment of the Bath artist, Alan Dun, to create a commemorative artwork celebrating the bicentenary of the Kennet & Avon Canal.

Creating vital habitats for threatened birds

16 June 2010
British Waterways has welcomed a share of a £10,000 grant from The Waterway Trust’s Small Grants Scheme to support a number of important wildlife habitat improvements. The annual awards support community-led environmental, access, education and activity projects taking place along the UK's waterways. This year’s grant will help projects focussed on the waterway birds that rely on our network of rivers and canals to live and breed, and will be shared between seven new projects:

Cyclists urged to take it easy on the towpath

15 June 2010
British Waterways is delivering a week long series of events on the capital’s towpaths during National Bike Week, Monday 21 to Sunday 27 June, in a bid to educate speeding cyclists to slow down and share the towpath amicably.

May unearths waterway roots to her family tree

15 June 2010
An innovative educational programme is encouraging young Cheshire people to get in touch with their canal and river roots.

Gearing up for safer route to school

11 June 2010
Youngsters in the Yew Tree area of Sandwell are enjoying greener, safer journeys to school following a £158,000 project to improve cycle access from the Yew Tree Estate and along the Rushall Canal.

Ellesmere hosts international sculpture exhibition

10 June 2010
Ellesmere is set to host a major international sculpture exhibition this summer – with Thomas Telford’s iconic canal maintenance yard on the Llangollen Canal its venue.

Expert to shed light on the secret life of voles

10 June 2010
As part of the Pontcysyllte & Llangollen Canal Project, the rare and secretive water vole takes top billing at a specially commissioned presentation in Chirk this week.

Towpath tales to tell

09 June 2010
British Waterways is asking the people of Bath to tell them their tales of the towpath this summer in a bid to record people’s memories of the area known as the Bath Flight of Locks as part of a proposed new scheme to restore this stretch of the Kennet & Avon Canal to its former glory.