Boat owners and businesses stranded on a 17-mile (27km) stretch of drought-affected canal say they could be trapped for ...

A Wigan councillor has welcomed the transformation of a canal towpath which is proving to be perfect for cycling.

Members of the Canal and River Trust and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Society set off from Leeds on Saturday. Brass bands and crowds have greeted the boat along the way on its journey. They plan ...

In total the Leeds and Liverpool Canal boasts 14 sets of staircase locks and 93 locks, enabling the waterway to climb more than 400ft up and down the Pennines.Eventually stretching 127 and a ...

The grenade was discovered in the canal off George Mann Road, in Hunslet, shortly before 1.15pm yesterday, Sunday, July 13.

The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is Britain's longest man-made waterway. It was used to carry coal, limestone, wool, cotton, grain and other farm produce. Latest news and updates from Yorkshire; ...

The final section of a historical Yorkshire towpath which links two communities in different counties has been resurfaced and ...

ANYONE who has walked or cycled any distance of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal will know it is a constantly changing landscape. Within just an hour, you can leave behind a busy town centre and a ...

Gargrave is a village in North Yorkshire. It’s just outside the southern boundary of the Dales National Park and is on the west side of the Pennines. Confusing eh? We were here because my ...

GEORGE WILKINSON ambles along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.