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Title |
Date |
Issued by: |
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NORTHERN REACHES QUESTIONNAIRE |
June 2008 |
Lancaster Canal Restoration Partnership/ Lancaster
Canal Trust |
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Questionnaire for boaters who have visited the Lancaster
canal. |
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KENDAL'S CANAL - 'BRINGING A WATERWAY TO LIFE' |
25th August – 22nd December 2007 |
Kendal Museum |
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Exhibition at Kendal Museum (Sponsored by the Lancaster
Canal Trust). |
SOUTH
LAKELAND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK |
31 May 2007 |
South Lakeland District Council |
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South Lakeland District Council (SLDC) is preparing a
Kendal Canal Head Area Action Plan (AAP), which will form part of the
South Lakeland Local Development Framework (LDF). |
KENDAL
BRIDGES BENEFIT FROM GRANTS |
18 December 2006 |
British Waterways |
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The final stage of restoration work to
Castle Bridge in Kendal is now complete, thanks to a grant from the
Inland Waterways Association. |
CANAL
HEAD MASTERPLAN |
17 October 2006 |
British Waterways |
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British Waterways held an exhibition on 21
September 2006 to display a range of development options for the Kendal
Canal Head Masterplan. |
GROUND
INVESTIGATION WORKS BEGIN FOR FIRST PHASE OF THE NORTHERN REACHES
RESTORATION |
19 July 2006 |
British Waterways |
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British Waterways has appointed White
Young Green as contractors for ground investigation works for the first
phase of the restoration of the dewatered and infilled section of the
Northern Reaches of the Lancaster Canal. |
IWA
NATIONAL TRAILBOAT FESTIVAL 2006 REVIEW |
02/06/06 |
Inland Waterways Association |
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The IWA National Trailboat Festival 2006
took place, over the Easter weekend, on the Westmorland County
Showground, Crooklands adjacent to an isolated, in water stretch of the
Northern Reaches of the Lancaster Canal. |
TRAILBOAT FESTIVAL 2006 |
28/4/05 |
Inland Waterways Association |
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Crooklands will be the site for the IWA's
Diamond Jubilee National Trailboat Festival 2006, which will be held
over the Easter Weekend of 14th to 17th April. |
CASH BOOST
FOR CANAL |
14/04/05 |
Westmorland Gazette |
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This week, the first financial piece in
the Kendal canal jigsaw fell into place .. |
ANOTHER
STEP FOR CANAL RESTORATION |
14/04/05 |
Westmorland Gazette |
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Newly-relaid Natland Mill Beck bridge
steps were revealed. |
FUNDING CONFIRMED FOR NEXT STEP IN CANAL RESTORATION |
08/03/05 |
NW/Lan/05/05 |
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£750,000 Funding has been announced
towards the first phase in the restoration. |
THE
NAVVIES ARE BACK |
12 August 2004 |
Lancaster Canal Trust |
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A group of modern day navvies have
returned to the Lancaster Canal. |
MEMORIAL
TO CANAL ENTHUSIAST WILL ADD INTEREST FOR VISITORS |
17 May 2004 |
Lancaster Canal Trust |
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A memorial to a late canal enthusiast will
also add the pleasure of those visiting the Lancaster Canal in the
Crooklands area. |
IWA
GRANT HELPS RESTORE KENDAL'S HISTORIC BRIDGES |
24 October 2003 |
Richard Hollidge, The Inland Waterways
Association |
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The Inland Waterways Association (IWA)
today announced a grant of £5,000 to The Waterways Trust, for the
benefit of the Northern Reaches Restoration Group, towards the cost of
restoring two bridges, over the dry bed of the Lancaster Canal in
Kendal, to 'heritage standard'.
More.. |
BROADCAST
REPORT |
9 October 2003 |
Radio Lancashire |
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Radio Lancashire interview with Dave
Fletcher and Brian Pennington.
More.. |
BROADCAST
REPORTS |
March 2003 onwards |
TNS Media Intelligence |
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Summaries of broadcasts referring to
Lancaster Canal Northern Reaches.
More.. |
LANCASTER CANAL RESTORATION UPDATE |
3 June 2003 |
Lynn Pegler British Waterways North West |
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Restoration of the Lancaster Canal’s
Northern Reaches will come under the spotlight at a public talk at Lancaster
Town Hall on Wednesday 18 June.
More.. |
STEP
CLOSER TO REALITY FOR NORTHERN REACHES |
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A highly authoritative report by a
Government organisation has announced that the proposals to restore the
Northern Reaches of the Lancaster Canal are on track and should be reality
within a few years.
More.. |
LANCASTER CANAL TRIP SPELLS WHIT“FUN”TIDE |
2 June 2003 |
Claire Chapman, British Waterways |
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Kendal’s Strickland Gate Methodist Church
is celebrating its 120th birthday celebrations with a programme of
community events – and one high spot is a Whitsuntide canal trip for
church youngsters.
More.. |
800 NEW JOBS CREATED BY CANAL RESTORATION |
19 March 2003 |
Lynn Pegler British Waterways North West |
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More than 800 new jobs, new marinas, £45
million new private investment and an extra £21 million visitor income are
just a few of the projected benefits identified in a feasibility study into
the restoration of the Northern Reaches of the Lancaster Canal.
More.. |
SPOTLIGHT ON PLANS FOR ‘MISSING LINK’
WATERWAY |
NW/127/02
|
Claire Chapman, British Waterways |
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Top waterways executives made a whistle
stop tour of the Lancaster Canal’s Northern Reaches – the final piece to be
slotted into the national waterways jigsaw joining London to the Lakes.
More.. |
BRIDGING THE PAST IN KENDAL |
3 May 2002 |
Claire Chapman, British Waterways |
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The restoration of the Northern Reaches of
the Lancaster Canal takes a major step forwards with the opening of the
newly restored Change Line Bridge in Kendal on 13 May.
More.. |
NORTHERN
REACHES RECLAIMED INCH BY INCH. |
30 April 2002 |
Claire Chapman, British Waterways |
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After an intensive period of dredging,
another mile of the Northern Reaches of the Lancaster Canal will be
opened on the 30th April by Cllr Roger Bingham, South Lakeland District
Council Chairman.
More.. |