Essential boat travel only, moor 14 days plus, some closed C. R. T. locks, bridges, tunnels, towpath restrictions, no fishing. ...More
Canal & Waterways News and Features
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.
Capsized narrowboat raised from River Soar
River Canal Rescue have raised a capsized narrowboat at Barrow, on the River Soar, on the 25th March. Torrential rain ...More
Coping with flooding on canals & rivers
Winter boat sinkings on canals and rivers are often the result of flooding causing rapidly rising and falling water levels. ...More
Why do canal boats breakdown and sink?
River Canal Rescue in 2019 attended an average of 105 call-outs a week. 18 of these were for major rescues ...More
No room for lock at Somerset tidal barrier
IWA condemns the ‘short-sighted’ refusal to leave space for a lock by new Somerset tidal barrier on River Parrett. A ...More
Charity cuts back vegetation and finds award
A passenger boat charity take off side vegetation cuts into their own hands and win a national Living Waterway’s Award ...More
Llangollen Canal closed by storm damage
The Llangollen canal has been closed by bank damage caused by the recent heavy rain storms about 1 mile below ...More
Locked locks already happening in 2019
Lock closures to reduce water use in March and April are already affecting canal routes. At one time last year all ...More