Canal Works & Updates

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

Main paths closure, 4th February 2019 – autumn 2019 The main path in The Claypits (known as ‘The Yellow Brick Road’) will be closed from…

Engineering works to modernise and upgrade two lift bridges on the Forth & Clyde Canal got underway today (Monday 4th February), with the waterway due…

To improve visitor access to The Falkirk Wheel, we are planning to undertake upgrade and improvement works to the main access road. The works will…

Update 23rd January 2019 As part of the ongoing works to install a new pair of lock gates at Fort Augustus, there will be…

Update 11am Monday 21st January – Clachnaharry Sea Lock is now open to boat traffic Clachnaharry Sea Lock on the Caledonian Canal is currently closed to…

Through Scottish Government funding, including an additional allocation of £5.35m made available to Scottish Canals in November 2018, critical repairs will commence on the…

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,…

Boaters are advised that the Emergency Waiting Pontoon in Ardrishaig Harbour at the entrance to the Crinan Canal has been reported as unsafe and is…