Waterways charity Canal & River Trust has commenced a heritage survey of the nation’s canal network, starting with the 127-mile-long Leeds & Liverpool Canal.

The Santa Splash event was organised by the Canal and River Trust along the Leeds Liverpool Canal Canoeists dressed as Father Christmas took to the canal to celebrate a project linking some of ...

Using the Leeds-Liverpool Canal, which links the two towns on a snaking path, I set out on a voyage to traverse East Lancashire's rain-battered wilderness. In what I've now dubbed "the spoons to ...

The Leeds to Liverpool canal is set to become a moving stage this month in a cultural collaboration between a holiday company and the Aire Rivers Trust.

Aaron Ritchie and carer Ceri John Jenkins died in the Leeds Liverpool Canal in November 2023 - but it is unclear how they came to be in the water. Family have paid tribute to their son, Aaron, who ...

On we ambled, along the smooth towpath, past lock after lock. This part of the canal, the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, was constructed by 1777 and the massive wooden lock gates don’t look that new.

At the bottom cross a road (Main Street) with care to reach a canal bridge. Turn right to follow the Leeds-Liverpool Canal towpath. At Hamblethorp swing bridge is the Polish Airmen Memorial.

Hardy canoeists dressed as Father Christmas take to the canal in Merseyside to celebrate a project linking some of Britain's waterways.