Top Five Least Used Locks 2021
Lock 1 Belan, Montgomery, 46 lockages Lock 1 Graving, Shropshire Union, 66 lockages Lock 1A Carpenters Road Lock, Old River Lea, 78 lockages Lock 7 Glasson Basin, Lancaster, 108 lockages Lock 8 Gardham, Pocklington, 138 lockages From the 2021 Canal & River Trust Annual Lockage Report. Lock 1 Belan Top Lock, Montgomery Canal On the …. Read More
So, you’re new to boating in London?
For a few years now I’ve been recommending to the Canal & River Trust that they implement an education program for new boaters in London. Perhaps reinstating sending the Boaters Handbook and a fresh BWB key to each new licence holder. Given the rapid turnover of boaters on these very overcrowded waterways, even a simple …. Read More
The Hertford Union Locks Problem
The Hertford Union Canal loses water. The problems boaters have when they encounter its emptied second pound have become a running joke on the London Boaters Facebook page.
But what causes this problem, and what can be done about it?