#wiltsandberkscanal #ukcanals #canalrestoration #WeDigCanals The White Horse Reservoir is the subject of a new guide from the Wilts & Berks Canal Trust (WBCT). The charity published the briefing on 31 August 2026. It covers the proposed reservoir near Abingdon in Oxfordshire. So the briefing explains how Thames Water’s current proposals affect the canal. Then it sets out why this matters to the Trust, and how people can help in different ways. Because the scheme overlaps the protected Wilts & Berks Canal route, the Trust says essential canal works must be included. So it has opened a Fighting Fund to stop those works being postponed until too late. Why the White Horse Reservoir Fighting Fund needs match gifts The guide is clear. If the route is to work as a navigable canal, works including four navigable locks must be included. Then a fully navigable canal must run from the Great Western Line to the River Thames. However, the Trust warns those locks could be delayed. After that delay,

#wiltsandberkscanal #ukcanals #canalrestoration #WeDigCanals The White Horse Reservoir is the subject of a new guide from the Wilts & Berks Canal Trust (WBCT). The charity published the briefing on 31 August 2026. It covers the proposed reservoir near Abingdon in Oxfordshire. So the briefing explains how Thames Water’s current proposals affect the canal. Then it sets out why this matters to the Trust, and how people can help in different ways. Because the scheme overlaps the protected Wilts & Berks Canal route, the Trust says essential canal works must be included. So it has opened a Fighting Fund to stop those works being postponed until too late. Why the White Horse Reservoir Fighting Fund needs match gifts The guide is clear. If the route is to work as a navigable canal, works including four navigable locks must be included. Then a fully navigable canal must run from the Great Western Line to the River Thames. However, the Trust warns those locks could be delayed. After that delay,

#wiltsandberkscanal #ukcanals #canalrestoration #WeDigCanals The White Horse Reservoir is the subject of a new guide from the Wilts & Berks Canal Trust (WBCT). The charity published the briefing on 31 August 2026. It covers the proposed reservoir near Abingdon in Oxfordshire. So the briefing explains how Thames Water’s current proposals affect the canal. Then it sets out why this matters to the Trust, and how people can help in different ways. Because the scheme overlaps the protected Wilts & Berks Canal route, the Trust says essential canal works must be included. So it has opened a Fighting Fund to stop those works being postponed until too late. Why the White Horse Reservoir Fighting Fund needs match gifts The guide is clear. If the route is to work as a navigable canal, works including four navigable locks must be included. Then a fully navigable canal must run from the Great Western Line to the River Thames. However, the Trust warns those locks could be delayed. After that delay,

#canalrestoration #lichfieldcanal #hathertoncanal #WeDigCanals A Gallows Reach storm on 27 August 2026 briefly filled the unfinished Lichfield Canal. The Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust (LHCRT) says an intense burst of rain arrived before the construction work is finished. For a short time, the channel looked like a restored waterway. Why the Gallows Reach storm overtopped the bund Work on Gallows Reach is still in progress. A temporary diversion pipe now carries surface-water run-off past the site. That pipe is smaller than the original Big Pipe, which was put in when the canal closed. Because the temporary pipe cannot take a very heavy flow, extra water is meant to sit in the channel. When rain eases, the level falls again. The Gallows Reach storm was so hard that the flow rose faster than the pipe could carry it. Then the water went past the retaining bund. After that, it ran into the section between the bund and the Lift Bridge. Borrowcop, Darnford and flood storage

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