The canal, known as the Grantham Canal, opened as a cheap way of transporting coal from Nottingham to Grantham, the Canal & River Trust said. It was a prosperous route until the Nottingham to ...

Mr Tapley gave Elisha (left) and Olivia (right) medals and certificates A boy rescued from a canal by two schoolgirls has warned other children not to walk on ice. Gustavo Alves, nine, said he was ...

Valerie Ball, 67, who has lived on her canal boat at Nottingham's Castle Marina for three years, said: "I love living on the canal, and I walk along the towpath every day.

Linny Beaumont, Canal & River Trust’s director for East Midlands, says: “Our canals provide free and low-cost family-friendly days out by the water, and the chance to have some fabulous ...

British Waterways will carry out the work which involves making the canal deeper. Grantham canal regeneration manager Kevin Mann said: "This is the most significant fund for works on the canal since ...

Grantham Canal, Leicestershire. ... This long-distance walk from Fort William to Inverness will take five to six days, but more than rewards the effort. The 73-mile route, ...

Team members from the Nottingham office of marketing, PR and digital agency Cartwright Communications swapped desks for ducks last month to walk the length of a marathon along Grantham canal ...

You can’t see it from the village but a lot of people use that area from Cotgrave and Bingham to go for a walk. "In total, there about 20 fridges." ... Grantham Canal Society, ...

A boy rescued from a canal by two schoolgirls has warned other children not to walk on ice. Gustavo Alves, nine, said he was grateful to Elisha Raado, 11, and Olivia Parke, 10, for pulling him out ...

A village on the Leicestershire border is a hidden gem if you’re looking for a canal-side walk this summer. Running through the idyllic village of Hickling, near Melton Mowbray, is the Hickling ...

Valerie Ball, 67, who has lived on her canal boat at Nottingham's Castle Marina for three years, said: "I love living on the canal, and I walk along the towpath every day.