Meanwhile, Wales, the northeast of England ... "The risk is that the canal system steadily declines and we struggle even more to keep the canals open. The last thing we want to see is closures.

The Canal and River Trust (C&RT), which looks after 2,000 miles of waterways in England and Wales, could see funding ... "It's a 250-year-old system so over time it will start to fail - segments ...

The Canal & River Trust, which is responsible for 2,000 miles of waterways across England and Wales, has mapped the “ecological footprint” of its canal network for the first time to show how ...

“My guess is that the Moss Valley reservoir was built as an interim measure while they expanded the system ... and Wales would have looked like a sieve. Around 5,000 miles of canals were ...

At a time of dwindling freight traffic across the canal system, rather than repairing the canal, it was left unrepaired. It was officially closed by the then owners London, Midland, and Scottish ...

On the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Bruerne, it’s the second longest fully navigable tunnel on the canal system. Construction ... Canal by the England-Wales border, it has a towpath and is ...

Situated in north-eastern Wales, the 18 kilometre long Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal is a feat of civil engineering of the Industrial Revolution, completed in the early years of the 19th century.