A boat moored in Brindley Place Birmingham

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TAKE A CLOSER ‘LOCK’ AT STANLEY FERRY WORKSHOP

21 February 2011
Members of the public in Yorkshire are being given the opportunity to experience a ‘behind the scenes’ tour of the historic Stanley Ferry Workshop on the Aire & Calder Navigation in Wakefield, on Friday 25 February.

Boating in London during the Olympic Games

21 February 2011
Boaters interested in visiting London during the 2012 Olympic Games will be able to pre-book British Waterways’ visitor moorings more than a year in advance when a when a web-based booking system for visitor moorings goes live in April 2011 to coincide with ticket applications for the Games themselves.

BRITISH WATERWAYS ANNOUNCES RIVER LEE NAVIGATION MOORINGS MANAGEMENT PLAN

21 February 2011
British Waterways is calling upon local authorities, residents, boaters and all who use the River Lee and River Stort Navigations and the Hertford Union Canal to comment on its proposals to introduce a new moorings management plan for the area.

British Waterways launches regular waterways volunteering parties at Towpath Tidy 2011

18 February 2011
British Waterways is using its annual spring clean of the canals, Towpath Tidy, to launch regular waterways volunteering parties across the country. These informal groups will meet at least once a month, providing friends, family and strangers the chance to work together on a variety of tasks, from environment management and conservation work to painting locks and sprucing up sites across the country.

ALDER TREES PLANTED AT ALDERMASTON KEEPS CANALSIDE ENVIRONMENT NATIVE

18 February 2011
With the help of local volunteers and children from Alder Bridge School, British Waterways will be planting 25 alder trees along the Kennet & Avon Canal at Aldermaston today.

British Waterways announces cost saving measures

15 February 2011
British Waterways, which faces a tough three years ahead as a result of the general economic climate, reductions in commercial income, increased pension costs and cuts in government grant, is today announcing a number of cost reduction measures.

Barclaycard volunteers help clean up a stretch of the Grand Union Canal in Northamptonshire.

14 February 2011
In an effort to improve their local waterway, a group of volunteers from Barclaycard Northampton has joined forces with British Waterways and ‘adopted’ a stretch of the Grand Union Canal.

Tardebigge stoppage will unlock canal secrets

14 February 2011
Tardebigge on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal is home to the largest grade 2 listed lock flight in the UK and in order to keep this busy section of canal in action, British Waterways is replacing five new lock gates and a carrying out a tunnel inspection.

Waterway explorers urged to think outside the box

14 February 2011
British Waterways’ Education Team ‘Wild Over Waterways’ (WOW) has launched a fun new service to bring children and families closer to their local rivers and canals.

Canal ranger sought to help waterway visitors go with the flow

11 February 2011
As the restoration of the Droitwich Canals nears completion, British Waterways is on the lookout for volunteer rangers to bring a personal touch to the Mid-Worcestershire Ring.