Experts have completed a painstaking 10-week process to replace two sets of lock gates on the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal.Worn-out gates were replaced at the top and bottom ends of the 200-year-old ...

Continue reading Those words, by LTC ‘Tom’ Rolt in his book Narrow Boat about autumn cruising on England’s canals could almost have been written today. The “new thatched hay ricks” are ...

The banks of a canal in Cheshire collapsed on New ... floodwater trapping people in their homes across the north west of England.

"The Canal & River Trust cares for an amazing 2,000-mile network of navigable canals across England and Wales. "These precious places, with their narrowboats and history, are at the heart of ...

The towpath, located on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales, offered some of the most uplifting open countryside anywhere on England's canal network, the trust said. Other improvements will include ...

There's history behind it, too; the canal opened in the early 19th century to transport coal, building materials and other goods from northern industrial cities to King's Cross – a long-standing ...

A belligerent goose has been caught on film chasing off pedestrians on a canal path. The reaction of the bird's victims was described as "priceless" by the user of X, formerly Twitter, who posted ...