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MP Asks Minister about Canal Museums

Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire, Conservative)

I know that my hon. Friend shares my view that canals and waterways are a great asset to Britain. In my constituency, we have the Stoke Bruerne canal museum and the Grand Union canal, with all the tourism and leisure activities that that brings. Can he update the House on . . . → Read More: MP Asks Minister about Canal Museums

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Visitors to get rare glimpse of Bingley engineering masterpiece

Tuesday 10th January 2012 in Aire Valley By Kathryn Bradley – Bradford Telegraph & Argus»

Visitors to Bingley’s world-famous Five Rise Locks will this month get a rare glimpse of parts of the engineering masterpiece normally hidden underwater.

British Waterways has drained the Grade I listed structure for maintenance revealing the bottom of the Leeds-Liverpool Canal . . . → Read More: Visitors to get rare glimpse of Bingley engineering masterpiece

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Update from Canal & River Trustees, Dec 2011

22 December 2011

The Transitional Trustees of the Canal & River Trust report:

1. Introduction

Since our last update in October we have continued to make good progress in forming the Canal & River Trust and, as 2011 draws to a close, we thought it would be useful to bring you up to date. A . . . → Read More: Update from Canal & River Trustees, Dec 2011

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Putting canals at the heart of our industrial past

1st Apr 2011

As part of its annual Heritage at Risk report, English Heritage is embarking on a project to find out how much of the country’s industrial heritage is in danger of neglect, decay or even demolition and to raise the debate about what needs saving and how. They are looking for any visible . . . → Read More: Putting canals at the heart of our industrial past