Press Releases & News Items

18 May 2022

Crinan Canal Planned Winter Works 2022/23

This winter Crinan Canal will receive £4.5m investment to upgrade four lock gates and Cairnbaan Swing Bridge, as part of a £12m capital investment across the…

17 April 2022

Fault on Laggan Swing Bridge

Updated Monday 18th April 16.00hrs The fault on the Laggan Swing Bridge has been resolved and boat movement will be able to resume from…

08 April 2022

World Premier to be played as part of Canal’s 200th Anniversary Celebrations

A multi international award winning young Edinburgh composer and musician, 14 year old Viktor Seifert, has composed a special piece of music to be…

28 March 2022

Appointments to the Board of Scottish Canals

The Minister for Transport has announced the appointment of a new Non-Executive Chair and Non-Executive Director to the Board of Scottish Canals. Chair Appointment…

23 March 2022

Delay to Caledonian Canal sea-to-sea transits

Update 9th May 2022 We are pleased to advise that the lock gate replacement works at Cullochy are proceeding well and are therefore scheduled…

15 March 2022

Fault at The Falkirk Wheel

Due to a technical issue at The Falkirk Wheel we are unfortunately unable to operate at the moment. Our Engineering team are working hard to…

10 March 2022

£429,000 investment for Monkland Canal towpath upgrade

The Monkland Canal towpath will soon be ready to welcome even more boots and bikes this spring thanks to a £429,000 investment from Sustrans…

02 March 2022

Revolutionary running series planned to celebrate Union and Caledonian Canals 200th anniversaries

Scottish Canals, in association with UK Running Series, is launching a new four part running series in celebration of the 200th anniversaries of the…

01 March 2022

Fault at Lock 8, Falkirk

Due to a failure at Lock 8 on the Forth and Clyde Canal, boat movements are currently suspended. The Scottish Canals team and sub-contractors…