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.

Retired scientist Su Thompson spent her 70th year studying for a Master's degree. Here she explains how she threw herself into every aspect of student life.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lock 59 of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Chorley (Photo: Canal and River Trust/Google) The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is set to be drained at one lock in Chorley. Sign up to our daily newsletter.

The Leeds & Liverpool Canal bicentenary is being marked with a campaign to restore or replace missing mileposts along its 127 mile (204 km) route. Although the canal is 200 years old, ...

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.

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 ...

GEORGE WILKINSON ambles along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.