Tuesday 18 November

Today's news from the web

Boating holidays help boost struggling canal industries birminghampost.net

Skippers of Birmingham’s waterways are hoping to stay afloat during the recession with a raft of business innovations. ...
Official opening of new bridge thisisgloucestershire.co.uk

A new link in the Gloucester regeneration chain was established today in the form of the new High Orchard bridge. ...
Canal improved at Stoke Bruerne buckinghamtoday.co.uk

Nearly £500,000 of improvements to the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Bruerne were celebrated on Tuesday with the unveiling of a commemorative plaque. ...
Salterhebble limited passage penninewaterways.co.uk

There will be very restricted passage through Salterhebble Guillotine Lock on the Calder and Hebble Navigation over the winter period. This follows a technical breakdown in May, since which the guillotine has had to be manually operated by BW staff. ...
Reciprocal licence extended to Liverpool penninewaterways.co.uk

British Waterways has agreed to extend its arrangement with the Manchester Ship Canal Company to allow pleasure craft displaying a valid Bridgewater Canal licence to travel through to Liverpool. ...

BW seeks out unlicensed boats waterscape.com

Between now and 21 November, British Waterways, which manages 2,200 miles of canals and rivers across the UK, will be taking to the waterways on foot, bike and boat as part of its annual National Boat Check....
Plans for big marina at Wrenbury creweguardian.co.uk

Plans to build a new marina in Wrenbury could provide a boost for both tourism and employment. ...
Car in canal at Devizes sparks drowning fears gazetteandherald.co.uk

Fears of a drowning in the Kennet and Avon Canal at Devizes were sparked when a car was found submerged on Sunday morning. ...
Stourbridge Canal affected by flooding again stourbridgenews.co.uk

Stourbridge’S Bonded Warehouse has yet again been affected by flooding due to heavy rain. ...
Rev's boat pull raises £2k for church revamp halesowennews.co.uk

A sponsored canal boat pull raised £2,000 towards the £4 million appeal to repair and regenerate Old Hill’s 130-year-old Holy Trinity Church. ...
New trail to follow heritage of canals expressandstar.com

A discovery trail will be created around Stourport’s canal basin. ...

New £2.5m marina chesterchronicle.co.uk

Construction work has begun on a £2.5m marina on the Shropshire Union Canal at Tattenhall. ...

Towpath closure at Bulls Bridge waterscape.com

A section of the Paddington Branch of the Grand Union Canal towpath from Bulls Bridge Road to Beaconsfield Road in Ealing will be closed for 16 weeks from the 10 November 2008, as part of essential engineering works being undertaken by Network Rail. ...
Woven boats on the Cromford matlockmercury.co.uk

Boats set sail along the Cromford Canal with a distinctly autumnal appearance. ...
Scotland's Monkland Canal remembered acadvertiser.co.uk

Coatbridge'S glorious history as the driving force behind the Empire's industrial revolution has been brought into the 21st century at the newly-revamped Summerlee Heritage Park. ...

Coventry Canal Society stalwart's sudden death coventrytelegraph.net

Friends and family were today paying their last respects to the trustee of the Coventry Canal Society, who died of a heart attack, aged 53. ...

Canal teams clear tree hazard in Wales waterscape.com

The weight of a heavy overnight snowfall brought down a number of old trees at two locations along the Llangollen Canal – between Chirk Tunnel and Chirk Marina, and at Fron Bridge near Llangollen – closing sections of towpath. ...
Latest pictures of Liverpool Link penninewaterways.co.uk

The section of the Liverpool Canal Link that passes through Pier Head is now in water. The Liverpool Canal Link is on schedule to open to navigation around Easter 2009. ...

New-look Pier Head re-opens in Liverpool waterscape.com

The first phase of an £8m scheme to build a new canal at Liverpool’s world-renowned Pier Head has been opened to the public. ...
Credit crunch could spell trouble for canal bucksherald.co.uk

Mp for Aylesbury, David Lidington has spoken out over reports that the location of the town's canal basin could put at risk urban regeneration projects. ...

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