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ArticleNom­in­ate now for sus­tain­able boat­ing excel­lence awards

NOMINATIONS are being sought for this year’s Sus­tain­able Boat­ing Awards for 2026, cel­eb­rat­ing out­stand­ing con­tri­bu­tions to eco-friendly boat­ing on the UK’s inland water­ways. Organ­ised by the Inland Water­ways Asso­ci­ation and Towpath...

ArticleWild­fire ter­ror as boat­ers flee from smoke-choked towpath

ArticleChanges to CRT’s exec­ut­ive team

A STREAMLINED exec­ut­ive team struc­ture came into effect on July 1 at the Canal & River Trust. The most sig­ni­fic­ant change brings together the trust’s oper­a­tions and engin­eer­ing func­tions into one uni­fied divi­sion, led by Mal­colm Horne,...

ArticleBoats down, pres­sure up as sat­is­fac­tion falls after last year’s drought dis­rup­tion

THE Canal & River Trust’s annual National Boat Count shows a 2.1% drop in over­all num­bers, sig­nalling a shift after a dec­ade of steady growth, along­side high levels of licence eva­sion and a con­tin­ued rise in the num­ber of boat­ers without...

ArticleAnnual boat­ing sur­vey res­ults high­light nav­ig­a­tion issues

BOATER sat­is­fac­tion across the CRT’s net­work has fallen to 50% as the effects of one of the UK’s most severe droughts took their toll on water­ways dur­ing 2025, accord­ing to the organ­isa­tion’s latest Annual Boat­ers’ Sur­vey. The fig­ure is...

ArticleSteam, nar­row­boats and tra­di­tion in the spot­light