Press Releases & News Items

The Kelpies are celebrating a major milestone today (June 10th) as the 15,000th boat trip passenger sailed between the world’s largest pair of equine sculptures on the…

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Scotland’s canals are ready to welcome even more boots and bikes this summer thanks to the completion of a £4 million project to improve their towpaths –…

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Education Secretary Angela Constance found out what gets the minds of young engineers whirring today (Monday 18 May) when she joined Forth Valley College‘s…

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Young volunteer participants who have benefitted from the Scottish Waterways Trust’s canal college over the project’s two-year run gathered to celebrate their achievements at…

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The Caledonian Canal has reopened to all boat traffic following the completion of repairs to damage caused by flooding. The historic waterway was closed…

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Visitors to The Falkirk Wheel this Easter could find themselves clambering across Scotland, piloting boats from coastline to canal, and even walking on water following the…

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The National Theatre of Scotland today announces plans to remodel and refurbish extensively a former Cash and Carry building in the Speirs Wharf regeneration area of north-west Glasgow,…

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Michael Matheson MSP today (Friday, March 27) joined Network Rail and Scottish Canals to re-open the Forth and Clyde Canal at The Falkirk Wheel following a six-month closure. The canal was closed and…

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The first tall-masted ship to sail the Glasgow branch of the Forth & Clyde Canal in more than a century has completed its inaugural voyage to…

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