A boat moored in Brindley Place Birmingham

All Press Releases

Brewing up a new business at the Gloucester Canal Museum

14 November 2011
British Waterways has leased the former site of the waterway archives at Gloucester Waterways Museum to a new brewery business.

Volunteers wanted for planting project on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal

11 November 2011
Volunteers are wanted to help plant native hedgerows, trees and plants, creating a green corridor along the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal.

Help bring natives back to Rodley's wild waterside wood

10 November 2011
Volunteers are needed to sow the seeds for a greener, wilder Leeds by helping to add native tree species to a wood sandwiched between the Leeds & Liverpool Canal and the River Aire.

Essential rennovation work at Burnt Mill Lock

09 November 2011
Burnt Mill Lock on the River Stort in Harlow will be having its gates replaced on Friday, as part of British Waterways’ five-week project to renovate the lock.

GOLD STANDARD REVAMP FOR UK’S FIRST FULLY SUSTAINABLE PUMPED WHITE WATER COURSE

08 November 2011
Following a multi-million pound makeover, the Tees Barrage International White Water Centre at Stockton-on-Tees is now re-open to the public. An extensive programme of improvement has created a world-class, Olympic-standard, facility, and the UK’s first fully sustainable pumped white water course.

Olympic honour for Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

07 November 2011
Thomas Telford’s magnificent Pontcysyllte Aqueduct has been named as one of the alternative modes of transport that will be used during the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay. The aqueduct is one of just a few landmarks on the route of the Olympic Flame announced today by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG). The Olympic Flame will travel over the aqueduct on 30 May 2012.

The Scottish Government Seeks Founding Members for the new British Waterways Board (Scotland)

02 November 2011
Scottish Ministers seek to appoint non-executive Directors to join Chair-designate Dr Jon Hargreaves on the first British Waterways Board appointed solely by Scottish Ministers.

Freezing forecast is brrr-illiant for bats

28 October 2011
Bats are doing well on our canals and rivers according to the results of British Waterways' annual Wildlife Survey. Today’s results show a 9 per cent increase in the numbers of bats seen, and while we may be dreading a forecast for a freezing winter, it is more good news for these elusive mammals which actually rely on the cold to survive.

Help revamp Hanwell Flight

19 October 2011
British Waterways is calling for local people to get outdoors, get active and make a difference to the historic Hanwell Flight of locks on Sunday 23 October 2011. Volunteers will be able to help refurbish and paint fences and cut back vegetation alongside the Grand Union Canal.

Volunteers needed to 'make a difference' on Coventry Canal

19 October 2011
Local volunteers are being called upon to help make the Coventry Canal a cleaner, greener place to visit by taking part in a canal clean-up.