Traffic on the Wakefield branch of the Aire and Calder has been interrupted by a stoppage at Birkwood Lock, near Stanley Ferry. According ...

The Lower Peak Forest Canal is to be closed at Romiley for the first two weeks of March. This is to allow the canal to be dewatered at Hat...

The entire Standedge Tunnel fleet took off on a journey to Liverpool last week! The three electric tugs and two passenger boats headed wes...

The present stoppage on the Rochdale Nine locks in Manchester is to be extended by two weeks. The stoppage for the installation of lock la...

Work is underway to give the entire length of the Rochdale Canal's towing path a hard surface. Following concerns expressed by canal use...

Newlay Locks on the outskirts of Leeds have just had a new set of gates fitted, as part of British Waterways' annual winter maintenance ...

Lemonroyd Lock on Aire and Calder will be closed on Tuesday 23rd February between 8.00 am and 5.00 pm. This is to allow CE Electric to com...

Barton Swing Aqueduct on the Bridgewater Canal , is to re-open to navigation on Thursday 4th February at 12.00 noon . The aqueduct has b...

British Waterways has announced that stoppages on the Macclesfield and Rochdale Canals will start and finish later than planned. Repairs t...

An unplanned stoppage will close Keadby Lock on the Stainforth and Keadby Canal for two weeks. The stoppage, from 6th to 17th February , i...

The stoppage which has closed the eastern half of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal since September has been extended for a further month. The...

The stoppage at Barton Swing Aqueduct on the Bridgewater Canal, reported here last week , is set to continue. However, boaters will have a...

The winter stoppages affecting Wigan Locks and the Gargrave / Bank Newton Locks on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal have been extended. The w...

Boaters using the Macclesfield Canal face a delay of one day due to an unexpected stoppage at Royal Oak Swing Bridge, Fools Nook, between Ma...