Image caption, A further section of the canal has opened to celebrate its bicentenary A section of a disused canal has reopened to boats to celebrate 200 years since it was built. The Pocklington ...

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VIEWS of a picturesque canal will be opened up to give visitors a taste for its history and wildlife. The Canal and River Trust project on the Pocklington Canal will remove overgrowth and carry out ...

The work is on a non-navigable stretch of the canal A section of canal is being dredged for the first time in over 100 years to provide silt for farming and help wildlife to thrive. Pocklington Canal, ...

Members of Pocklington Canal Amenity Society have been working hard over the past month to make the waterway a haven for visitors. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Yorkshire Evening Post, ...

A swan has died trying to protect her eggs following a suspected dog attack, the RSPCA has said. The injured bird was found with a damaged wing and large wounds on her body near Pocklington canal head ...

The UK’s largest canal charity the Canal & River Trust has published a new free Places to Visit in Yorkshire & the North East guide, with maps, information about visitor facilities and free activities ...

For centuries, the wherry reigned supreme on East Anglia’s Broads, says Jo Tinsley in Lonely Planet. “Slung low with bricks, sugar beet, coal and timber, these elegant cargo boats ploughed the ...