Autumn rainfall continues to bring water level improvements in some reservoirs and canals enabling gradual reopenings. However many ...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.
Canals and rivers running short of water!
Low water levels in many reservoirs, canals and rivers are now causing major restrictions on Summer cruising routes for boat ...More
Avoiding lock hang ups and sinkings
Every year, lock cills catch boaters unaware, no matter how experienced they are. Once a vessel’s caught on a cill ...More
New Inland Water and Marina Safety management Courses
Until recently, there has been a considerable lack of occupational water safety training for individuals working in, on, or near ...More
Northern boaters sentenced to indefinite ‘lock-in’!
Boaters on many sections of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal have been told they will be confined indefinitely to the ...More
Kate’s Great Canal Walks
By Monday, 26th May, 70-year-old Kate Ainslie Williams will have completed walking along all the major long canals in England, ...More
A new vision for the Chesterfield Canal
A new plan has been developed to restore the Chesterfield Canal as part of a larger community ...More
Why Government must invest in our canals
The next Government must understand that our canals generate immense social, environmental and economic value. ...More