Press Releases & News Items

Leamington Lift Bridge received a festive windfall thanks to £350,000 awarded through Sustrans Scotland’s National Cycle Network Development Programme, funded by the Scottish Government,…

Following the embankment surveys that were carried out in 2017, we will be progressing two phases of vital embankment works on the Union Canal…

Scottish Canals is undertaking vital winter engineering works in Linlithgow, which will safeguard the rich heritage of this stretch of the Union Canal. As…

The lock gates at a key location on the Caledonian Canal are to be replaced as part of an additional £5.35 million of capital…

He’s making a list, checking it twice, he’s gonna find out who’s naughty or nice – Santa Claus is coming to The Falkirk Wheel!…

Angharad Stockwell, Scottish Canals’ Records Manager and Data Protection Officer,  shares her blog as this year’s Remembrance Day marks 100 years since the end of…

Due to reduced staffing levels, and operational safety restrictions at Fort Augustus, boaters should plan for extra time to transit through the Middle District…

Boat trips will be unavailable from Monday 5th November whilst essential maintenance work is carried out at The Falkirk Wheel, and will resume on Saturday…

A pioneering new digital surface water drainage system will unlock 110 hectares across the north of the Glasgow for investment, regeneration and development with the construction of Europe’s first ever ‘smart canal’ scheme.