A man living on a canal boat was burned to death yesterday when flames swept through the vessel which was moored at the riverside. Emergency services were alerted when a passer-by noticed the canal ...

A canal boater accidentally completely drained a section of the Kennet and Avon Canal, in Wiltshire, by leaving all the lock gates open. A spokesman for the Canal and River Trust told the BBC the ...

A holiday company in Wiltshire will be a little more cautious about renting out one of their narrowboats to stag parties after this weekend. A vessel hired by a group of men from Wales capsized on ...

A forgetful boater drained an entire stretch of the Kennet and Avon Canal on Tuesday after accidentally leaving all the lock gates open. A section of the picturesque waterway was reduced to a muddy ...

A boater accidentally drained a canal by failing to close the locks properly. Photos show how part of Kennet and Avon Canal became no more than a trickle in the mud, with boats resting on the ground ...

The 87-mile Kennet and Avon Canal goes all the way from Bath to Reading Credit: Photo: IAN JONES My wife and I have a canal boat and we like nothing better than taking it out on our inland waterways – ...

The audio trail tells the history of the canal at 11 sites including Pulteney Bridge A dramatised audio trail explaining the history of 11 sites along the Kennet and Avon Canal in Bath has gone live.

The world famous Caen Hill locks were the last section of the restoration to be completed for the reopening in 1990 Canal enthusiasts are to celebrate 25 years of the restoration of the Kennet and ...

Canal boats have been left stranded in Bath after a sluice gate broke on Tuesday evening (September 15). Boaters were evacuated by firefighters after the river dropped by over 1.8 metres just after ...

The world famous Caen Hill locks were the last section of the restoration to be completed for the reopening in 1990 Canal enthusiasts are to celebrate 25 years of the restoration of the Kennet and ...