It was reported here last week that canal historians and enthusiasts were dismayed to hear, at very short notice, that one of the old water...

Things are getting back to normal for boaters in the Wigan area this weekend. The main Wigan Lock Flight (Locks 65 to 85 of the Leeds and ...

Canal towpath walkers and boat users will no doubt have seen trees and hedges that are festooned with plastic bags containing dog droppings....

A historic boat horse stable block is to be demolished at Burscough in Lancashire with concerned canal users saying they have been kept in t...

Water levels on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal through Wigan are recovering very slowly as BW struggles to find enough water, following acts ...

Maghull Hall Swing Bridge on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal has been re-opened to navigation. Damage to the road plate had meant that the b...

Boaters in the Wigan area are currently finding that they are going no-where after vandals have drained sections of canal. The mile-long p...

Standedge Tunnel was due to re-open to visitors this weekend, but the date has had to be delayed by a week. The Visitor Centre and boat tr...

British Waterways has announced that one of the stoppages on the Macclesfield Canal will now finish earlier than expected. Repairs to Red ...

The stoppage which has closed the eastern half of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal since September has been extended yet again. The major rep...

Liverpool remains cut off from the rest of the canal system following problems at Maghull Hall Swing Bridge last week. British Waterways s...

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...