A cast-iron ground paddle can be wound up or down from this painted, black-and-white station. It's alongside a canal, at the top (uphill) of a canal lock. There's green grass and vegetation on both sides of the canal, which extends into the distance and around a bend.

Made in 1902, this cast-iron winding station for raising and lowering a lock's ground paddle has been used continuously for almost 125 years.

Will it be in use in another 125 years? Can the Canal and River Trust, which is currently responsible for canal […]

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Narrowboats on the Oxford Canal, Thrupp. #narrowboats #canal #baots #moorings #thrupp #oxfordcanal #britishwaterways #Photography

Ducks on the towpath, on the Oxford canal at Thrupp. #ducks #narrowboat #canal #oxfordcanal #Thrupp #BritishWaterWays #photography

Sad news hearing that Prunella Scales has passed away. ❤️
It’d be wonderful if the Canal & River Trust named two sister boats Timothy West and Prunella Scales — a perfect way to honour a couple who brought Britain’s canals to life for so many of us. 🚤🇬🇧 #PrunellaScales #TimothyWest #BritishWaterways

Read the thread and the article to the end. The UK's dirty and frankly, terrifying, secret. No wonder we all have "food intolerance" issues and feel ill. 🤔☠️
#environment #farming #food #watercompanies #pollution #BritishWaterways #rivers #canals #wildlife #nature #industry #wastemanagement #sewage

‘Broken’ water industry in England and Wales faces tighter controls under new watchdog Ofwat abolished as ministers adopt Cunliffe review ideas such as sewage map naming and shaming firms

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After a 14 year free ride in harvesting profits & bonuses under a tory government water companies should solely foot the bill of restructuring its Infrastructure
Enough is enough
#WaterPollution
#BritishWaterways
#PollutedCoastLine
#WaterCompanyBonuses
#BlueLabour

The view sat at the front of a canal barge on a British waterway in September. The canal is lined by trees on the left and on the right is a field dotted with trees. In the distance there is a stone bridge.

#BlueSkyArtShow #GetOutside
#MyPhoto #DSLR #Photography #Foto #MyPhoto
#WaterTherapy #BritishWaterways

About Biwota | Nunsfield House Amateur Radio Group British Inland Waterways on the AirSaturday 23rd - Monday 25th August 2025The event is open to all Amateurs who are boaters, cyclists, walkers and other users of the canals, rivers, towpaths, riverban...

The British Inland Waterways on the Air event is between 23-25 August

The event is open to amateurs who use canals, towpaths, rivers, lakes or reservoirs for work or recreation. Registration for the event is now open. To sign up, visit: nharg.org.uk/biwota

#amateurradio #hamr #britishwaterways

Sunday out in the Shire. Oscar working on a uni project and needed to do a bit of filming (designing a water testing kit) and @robyndabankz.bsky.social working on art projects for her GCSE. #photography #nature #wildlife #art #BritishWaterways #canals #Warwickshire 🌞😎🦢🦆🌳🖌️🎨
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Stripy sunset, reflecting perfectly on the canal. Couple of canal boats are in the picture by the bend. Colours are mainly oranges and yellows

Hiya!
How’s life treating you today?
Here’s a little #canon #throwback to #July ‘24 with a beautiful #sunset on the #Oxford #UKCanals . Feels like yesterday I took the #photo . Such a still and peaceful #reflection . Between bridges 111 & 110.

Enjoy!

💖🐌

#narrowboat
#canalboat
#britishwaterways

Moorhen happily stood on our Narrowboat. Rather cheeky expression on the face!

Having walked down our Narrowboat’s rope, the moorhen decided to stand next to me looking at the canal while stood on the grassy towpath

Moorhen taking a relaxed stroll down our mooring rope from our narrowboat

Good afternoon!

How’s your day going? Well I’ve just had a ton of fun with the lovely local #moorhen who made an awesome model on our #narrowboat just now. One of the many things I love is being so close to #nature in all its glory along the #ukcanals #britishwaterways . Couple #canon #photos 🥰 🐌

Canal network could 'disappear' without more funding The Canal and River Trust warns that historic waterways are suffering from lack of maintenance.

As with so much, the problem seems to be a lack of funding, but again farming out of national infrastructure to a third party body removes electoral accountability etc.

Given the slow rise of #SlowTravel whether that's along the water or along the towpath, this needs another look #BritishWaterways

There needs to be a conversation about whether Britain's canal network needs to come back into government hands; this appears to be the direction of travel for the #NationalCycleNetwork so why should canals which are a massive recreation resource be different? #BritishWaterways

Another great day on the #SUP today on the #canaltrust #britishwaterways #trentandmersey canal. Didn't get pics last week from the erewash though.