River Canal Rescue (RCR) is calling on photography fans to send in their marine, river or canal-based pictures – 12 ...More
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What's happening on the UK Canals and Rivers
Canal Junction has regular news updates on canal matters, progress reports on the many canal restoration and rebuilding schemes and special features about UK canals and inland waterways.
Quiz CRT about how it makes best use of its funds
Fund Britain’s Waterways (FBW) plans to give its members the opportunity to quiz CRT and other Navigation Authorities about how ...More
Over 3500 breakdown & emergency callouts in 2023
River Canal Rescue (RCR) reports it responded to 121 major incidents in 2023. There were over ...More
Boaters find they’re not covered for deluges
Three recent storms which brought sudden torrential rainfall across the UK sunk dozens of canal boats across our canals and ...More
How to avoid getting stuck on the bottom
With the current low canal and river water levels plus sand bank and silt build-ups and debris and weed-filled waterways, ...More
More progress on Montgomery Restoration
After more than six years of planning and fund-raising a new Schoolhouse Bridge on the Montgomery Canal is taking shape. ...More
Damp summer leads to electrical breakdowns
Over the last seven months the top reason for River Canal Rescue (RCR) callouts has been electrical faults, although overall ...More
CRT funding slashed by 40% from 2027
The Government has announced a reduced funding settlement to the Canal & River Trust of ‘over £400m’ for the ten-year ...More