River Trust

Undated handout photo issued by the Canal and River Trust of an otter.

Protecting Yorkshire waterway wildlife is getting harder: Jonathan Darnell

'Yorkshire’s rivers and centuries-old canals are used and enjoyed by more people than ever before'. PIC: Simon Hulme

Volunteers can help secure the future of region's waterways - Christine Mellor

Sean McGinley is regional director for the Yorkshire & North East at Canal & River Trust.

Our canals are a part of the nation's landscape - Sean McGinley

Leeds to Liverpool Canal at Rodley

Moss Swing Bridge, Rodley: Controls to be adjusted after it kept getting stuck

Leeds to Liverpool Canal at Saltaire

Canals to have litter and dog poo bins removed due to 'financial challenges'

Workshop Supervisor Andrew Bayliss pictured with some lock gates that are destined for Ripon Canal, at the Canal Trusts Workshop, Stanley Ferry, Stanley, Wakefield.
Picture by Simon Hulme

Take a look behind the scenes of the Yorkshire canal workshop

A boat on the Rochdale Canal in Hebden Bridge

Rochdale Canal: From the Industrial Revolution's motorway to tranquil haven

Alfie McCraw, 16

Police name 16-year-old boy who died swimming in the Aire and Calder Navigation

Fifth generation operator John Branford Picture Gerard Binks

Barge operator 'can’t afford to run business’ after tolls go up by 100 per cent

Grade II-listed Kirkthorpe Weir near Wakefield

Historic 200-year-old weir in Yorkshire at risk of structural collapse

Engineers from the Canal and River Trust replace Britain's tallest set of lock gates at Bingley Five Rise Locks

New six tonne lock gates fitted at world-famous Bingley Five Rise Locks

Tuel Lane Lock keepers who have won the Lock Keeper of the Year Award. Picture Tony Johnson

Sowerby Bridge Lock keepers win annual award as interest in canal life holidays ...

Pollution in Yorkshire’s rivers and canals has soared as a result of people discarding face masks and personal protective equipment (PPE), say environmentalists.

Face masks contributing to 'huge rise' in pollution in Yorkshire's rivers

The helicopter lifting one-tonne bags to drop into the breach on the Aire and Calder
Picture: Stephen Hardy

Helicopter drafted in to repair 'significant breach' in canal in Yorkshire

Dr Ben Gillespie has lead on the project to reconnect the River Don after 200 years.

River specialist celebrates work to reconnect the River Don after 200 years

Asda and Canal & River Trust are teaming up to carry out one of the countrys largest and most ambitious canal clean-ups.

Asda backs volunteers’ big litter pick on city’s canals

Mark Gregory, 2019 Welcome to Yorkshire RHS Chelsea Garden Designer, with his plans and genuine Yorkshire canal lock gates donated by Canal & River Trust which will be the main feature of Welcome to Yorkshires 2019 RHS Chelsea show garden. Picture by Tony Johnson.

Designer Mark Gregory confident his ode to West Yorkshire's waterways will be a ...

Boat builder Will Clay pictured at Tuel Lane Lock on the Rochdale Canal, Sowerby Bridge.

Volunteer keepers sought for Britain’s deepest canal lock

PIC: James Hardisty

Tunnel vision at Marsden Jazz Festival as cellist performs on canal

Giant Hogweed

Parents warned after 'dangerous' giant hogweed plant is reported in Sheffield fo...

Mandarin Ducks

Ducks turn over a new leaf with cleaner diet
Ducks have been ditching bread for a cleaner diet after members of the public were asked to ban the breadcrumbs.

A dormouse, as efforts are being made to restore habitat for the creatures

Rare dormice given hand across ‘nature’s highways’

Canal, beer and music to help bring £2m into town

‘Adoption’ scheme set to give waterway new lease of life

Great War medal found at bottom of Yorkshire canal

Taskforce volunteers sought for clean-up of waterways

A boat trip on the Leeds Liverpool Canal

Boom time for region’s waterways as weather warms up

Appeal for support for plans to develop ‘island retreat’

Bard of Barnsley joins event unlocking mysteries of canal

The Dowley Gap Lock at Bingley

Drainage work reveals hidden secrets of inland waterway

Council prepares to dig deeper after flood repair bill tops £1m

Canal trust in appeal to help with clean-up
CANAL enthusiasts in Huddersfield are being invited to give their local waterway some care and attention.

Secrets of canal giant to be unlocked at public open day

Put phone on lock for story of waterways wonder