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All Press Releases

Lincolnshire Waterways Partnership Launches Improved Facilities

04 April 2006
The award winning Lincolnshire Waterways Partnership (LWP) is launching its latest customer service improvements at Saxilby on the Fossdyke Canal on Tuesday 11 April.

Heritage Boat Pull Set To Draw The Weekend Crowds

02 April 2006
British Waterways is inviting you to flex your muscles and dust off the winter cobwebs by getting on down to this weekend's Middlewich Annual Boat Pull.

Waterways Set To Sparkle After Spring Spruce Up

02 April 2006
British Waterways has teamed up with volunteer groups from across the Wales & Border Counties region to rejuvenate the region's canals and rivers in readiness for the new boating and visitor season.

Wiltshire's & Berkshire's Canals Get Set For A Spring Clean

31 March 2006
Waterway users of all types and sizes who enjoy the Kennet & Avon Canal are being asked to spare a couple of hours to help spring clean their local waterway from Monday 3 to Saturday 9 April. The event will bring important wildlife benefits as well as improving the appearance of the Kennet & Avon Canal and is part of a week long national Towpath Tidy campaign being led by British Waterways and voluntary groups.

Plans Unveiled For New Home For Brunel's Bridge

31 March 2006
Shortly before Brunel's 200 th birthday and following consultation with project partners English Heritage, The Waterways Trust and Westminster City Council, British Waterways has submitted plans to Westminster City Council to reconstruct Isambard Kingdom Brunel's first iron bridge across the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal, close to where it was discovered two years ago.

Gloucestershire's Canals Get Set For A Spring Clean

31 March 2006
Waterway users of all types and sizes who enjoy the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal are being asked to spare a couple of hours to help spring clean their local waterway from Monday 3 to Saturday 9 April. The event will bring important wildlife benefits as well as improving the appearance of the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal and is part of a week long national Towpath Tidy campaign being led by British Waterways and voluntary groups.

Nottinghamshires Canals Get Set For A Spring Clean

31 March 2006
Waterway users of all types and sizes who enjoy the county's canals are being asked to spare a couple of hours to help spring clean their local waterway. The week-long, national Towpath Tidy campaign being led by British Waterways and voluntary groups aims to clear the waterways in time for Easter. The event will bring important wildlife benefits as well as improving the appearance of the Nottingham Beeston Canal in Nottingham city centre, the Grantham Canal between Lady Bay and Gamston and the Chesterfield Canal in Retford and Worksop.

Somerset's Canals Get Set For A Spring Clean

31 March 2006
Community volunteers roll-up their sleeves and join British Waterways to help spring clean the Bridgwater & Taunton Canal.

Kennet & Avon Canal Monitoring Project Receives Waterway Award

31 March 2006
On 22 March, at Madame Tussauds in London , a management plan developed by British Waterways for the Kennet & Avon Canal received the 'Innovation Award' as part of the Waterways Renaissance Awards 2006.

Somerset's Canals Get Set For A Spring Clean

31 March 2006
Waterway users of all types and sizes who enjoy the Bridgwater & Taunton Canal are being asked to spare a couple of hours to help spring clean their local waterway from Monday 3 to Saturday 9 April. The event will bring important wildlife benefits as well as improving the appearance of the Bridgwater & Taunton Canal and is part of a week long national Towpath Tidy campaign being led by British Waterways and voluntary groups.