A "completely overgrown" canal is being restored to allow boats to use the historic waterway once again. Volunteers at Wilts & Berks Canal Trust have cleared a third of a mile stretch by Naish ...

Chloe Ford, Swindon branch chair at the trust, said: "We're really putting pressure on them to say we can be a real benefit to them. The benefits of a canal community are phenomenal." Prior to its ...

The Canal & River Trust and TV presenter Penny Smith are inviting people to become volunteer lock keepers this summer working at historic sites including Bingley’s famous Five Rise Locks. A ...

The C&O Canal Trust will host a lecture Sunday, Feb. 25, on the two Civilian Conservation Corps camps established along the canal in 1938 to house African American members working to restore flood ...

AWARD: C&O Canal Trust, Inc. for Swains Lockhouse (Montgomery County) – Swains Lockhouse was occupied continuously by the Swain family for more than 100 years.

The C&O Canal Trust made the announcement Saturday. The lockhouse, which was built in 1832, is also known as Swains Lockhouse after the family that lived there for years.

Mike Gibbin, chief executive at the trust, said: "There's concerns about the width of the canal which goes past the new development by the Oasis centre." He added that alongside the canal there ...