This is the second part of the feature on Thomas Telford’s achievements. The first part of this feature uses colour…

The famous (since 2004) bridge was dismantled and taken to Portsmouth where it currently resides at Fort Cumberland in Eastney.…

The Coventry Canal opened on this day in 1769, that’s 250 years ago. Its architect, James Brindley, worked on the…

The Coventry Canal was one of the country’s earliest waterways to be opened following the success of the Bridgewater Canal.…

Does anyone ever wonder where all the docks around Canary Wharf get their water? The liquid stuff doesn’t grow on…

Over three weekends in August 2019 some of the ‘Go Boats’ on London’s canal system became Good Hemp Boats –…

Some years ago the then sibling charity Canal and River Trust had thought to themselves ‘the duckweed war is being…

The dam at Toddbrook. Source: Twitter By now most of the world will have read of the calamity at Toddbrook…

The Woolwich Ferry did run a quite limited service at the start of this week. I discussed it very briefly…

The debate between the builders of the New River and the later, more famous waterways engineer, James Brindley, continues to…

Double bonus! This is a update on Crossrail Woolwich – plus the Woolwich ferry! As some readers will know, the…

In the previous installment covering news on the Woolwich ferry upgrade I discussed the new automated mooring system for the…