A barge moored in Brindley Place Birmingham

All Press Releases

Drought forces partial closure of Leeds & Liverpool Canal

13 July 2010
With some of the worst drought conditions for 100 years British Waterways has today announced that it is taking the highly unusual step of partially closing a canal in the North West.

30 year wait is over as historic Tom Puddings return to Leeds

13 July 2010
For the first time in nearly 30 years, the historic Tom Puddings return to Leeds as part of this year’s Leeds Waterfront Festival celebrations.

Boat show deal signals Liverpool’s continuing resurgence

12 July 2010
A landmark agreement between Marine Industry Events, British Waterways and Albert Dock Liverpool has secured the Boat Show in Liverpool for the next 10 years.

Exotic turtle leaves Midlands resevoir for new home

09 July 2010
An angler caught more than he bargained for when he landed a North American turtle at Earlswood Reservoir near Solihull.

Take to foot for festival fun

09 July 2010
Visitors to the Chesterfield Canal Festival will be able to get the full canal experience as a newly refurbished towpath is opened leading them directly to the festival site.

Barn owls flourish in canalside homes

09 July 2010
Barn owl nest boxes along the Aire & Calder Navigation have just undergone their annual inspections, with five separate broods of the bird found nesting, showing that this threatened bird is thriving in their canalside homes.

Sheffield's waterways get boost through Future Jobs Fund

08 July 2010
Unemployed Sheffield residents are hard at work along the Sheffield & Tinsley Canal this Summer as part of the governments Future Jobs Fund scheme, contributing around £90,000 worth of maintenance benefits to their local waterway.

British Waterways reopens Caldon Canal

06 July 2010
After £500,000 of investment and almost eight months of investigations, plans and repairs, British Waterways has announced that the Caldon Canal is now reopen following a breach in November.

Canal moorings pave the way for new Droitwich waterway era

05 July 2010
The Droitwich Canals are being readied to welcome an expected armada of visiting boats next year, with the installation of new moorings along the Barge Canal at Vines Park.

BW Annual Report and Accounts 2009/10

01 July 2010
British Waterways' 2009/10 Annual Report & Accounts, published today, highlights growing momentum for the creation of a 'national trust' to care for the country's historic canals, rivers and docks. The proposal has won widespread stakeholder support and interest from the UK government as an example of delivering Big Society principles.