St Richard’s Canal Festival
Norbury Canal Festival TBC
Rickmansworth Festival
Moira Canal Festival
Newbury Waterways Festival
Cosgrove Canal Festival & Craft Fair
Shardlow Inland Port Festival
Black Country Boating Festival (TBC)
Tipton Canal & Community Festival
Photos show the ‘Keep Anderton Boat Lift Alive’ appeal launch by Richard Parry (Canal & River Trust chief executive) and Fran Littlewood (project manager), plus images of the rusting lift structure in need of vital refurbishment. Press release ‘KEEP ANDERTON BOAT LIFT ALIVE’ – canal charity launches winter fundraising appeal The Canal & River Trust . . . read more
31 October 2023 INVITATION TO ATTEND ‘TOWARDS ACCESSIBLE WATERWAYS’ EVENT The Canal & River Trust and the Accessible Waterways Association are hosting an event, in Birmingham on 2 December 2023, dedicated to accessibility and the waterways. To coincide with the United Nations International Day of People with Disabilities, the ‘Towards Accessible Waterways’ . . . read more
26 October 2023 CANAL & RIVER TRUST PUBLISHES BOATER REPORT 2023 The Canal & River Trust has published its Boater Report 2023. It summarises the work undertaken to keep the canal network open and available for navigation and sets out how the Trust generates the income needed to support boating and the wider use . . . read more
25 October 2023 Nominations invited to join Canal & River Trust’s Council of Members The Canal & River Trust charity is inviting people to put themselves forward for election to sit on its Council. Those elected will serve a term of four years on the Council, which is responsible for the appointment of the charity’s . . . read more
23 October 2023 COUNTING THE COST OF CLIMATE CHANGE: CANALS LEFT DAMAGED BY STORM BABET The Canal & River Trust, the national canal charity, is working across its 2,000 miles of historic canals and navigable rivers to respond to the damage left by Storm Babet. Hundreds of trees have been blown down, and . . . read more
4 October 2023 CANAL & RIVER TRUST SHARES STRUCTURE OF BOAT LICENCE PRICING Following the announcement on 19 September about changes to future boat licensing, the Canal & River Trust is today giving further details about the increases in licence fees to be applied from 1 April 2024 for boats without a home mooring . . . read more
26 September 2023 Canal & River Trust 2022/23 Annual Report & Accounts published The Canal & River Trust has published its Annual Report & Accounts for 2022/23. The Report highlights the importance of the 250-year-old canal network in helping to address key societal challenges, but also the significant risks the ageing canals are facing . . . read more
19 September 2023 CHANGES TO CANAL & RIVER TRUST BOAT LICENCE FEES Canal & River Trust is announcing changes to future boat licence pricing following a consultation with boaters. Alongside growth in income from other commercial and fundraising activity, the changes will help support the long-term future of the 2,000 miles of waterways that . . . read more
CRT have now published their planned winter stoppages for 2023-24.
3 August 2023 CANAL CHARITY WARNS OF INCREASING BATTLE AGAINST AQUATIC WEEDS The Canal & River Trust – the national charity working to protect the nation’s historic canals – is predicting that warmer wetter summers bought about by climate change are making the fight to stop Britain’s canals from becoming choked by invasive . . . read more
