Steve Wood wrote... >Steve Heaven wrote: > >> You can find a list of the Commercial & Cruising waterways as defined in >> the 1968 Act here > >Many thanks for this. What I'm trying to establish is whether this list >has changed at all since 1968. Can anyone advise? > I can answer that, because someone told me this week *(when I said the Ashton and Lower Peak Forest were not cruising waterways).
The British Waterways Act of 1983 added the following list of waterways to those classified as cruising waterways: - Ashton Canal, Ducie Street to Dukinfield Junction.** - Caldon Branch of the Trent and Mersey Canal (otherwise known as the Caldon Canal), Etruria to Froghall. - Leek Branch of the Trent and Mersey Canal (otherwise known as the Caldon Canal, Leek Branch), Hazelhurst to Wall Grange. - Erewash Canal, Langley Mill to Tamworth Road Bridge. - Grand Union Canal (Slough Branch), Cowley Peachey to Slough Basin - Lower Peak Forest Canal, Dukinfield Junction to Marple top lock - Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, Jockey Bridge, Pontypool, to 400 yards west of Gas Works Bridge, Brecon. * Thanks to Richard Booth for supplying this information. ** so not Dukinfield Junction to Whitelands Basin. -- Martin Clark Internet Boaters' Database http://www.boaterweb.co.uk Pennine Waterways Website http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
