Lancaster Canal Trust

20/10/2026

Old photos do crop up now and again, some have been digitised/scanned in to collections online. Preston Digital Archive have quite a few that are Lancaster Canal related. I've not seen this one before, taken at the Preston end. 1903. Now bridge 12 and a modern replacement has swept away this original 1790s bridge of John Rennie's design.

Woodplumpton Road Bridge. Viewed looking west towards Haslam Park (which had not opened when this image was taken)

13/10/2026

Next and last guided heritage walk for this year. Sat Nov 21st. Details in the link below:

This is an easy circular walk of 6.7 miles, along the Lancaster Canal and Ribble Link plus other local history.

08/10/2026

Waterwitch went into winter hibernation today...
😉🤫 Got the winter tarp on before the rain started this afternoon following a morning photo shoot for the new website

05/10/2026

An old archive photo of our tripboat Waterwitch just after the Trust took delivery of her from David Piper ( Piper Marine) as a sailaway circa 1995 or early 1996 , before her fit out . No glass in the cabin portholes and no paint on the upper works
The picture was discovered in the archive store by my fellow Trustee , Nigel Hardacre
Photo credited to Mr D Stephenson of Milton Cottage, Milton, Crooklands

26/09/2026

Waterwitch will NOT be sailing on Sunday 27th September due to poor weather forecast.
Sorry to disappoint anyone who was thinking of joining us for a trip . This was the last Sunday of the season so see you next May hopefully
Many thanks to all our passengers in 2026, we couldn't do it without you ⚓️

19/09/2026

Waterwitch will be running trips tomorrow 20th September and next Sunday 27th September
These will be the last Sunday's for this season so if you want a boat ride this year come and see us at Crooklands LA7 7NW
Trips start at 11am hourly until 4pm

12/09/2026

A couple of before and after photos, dated from 1980. Restoration work carried out at Hincaster (just over 5 miles south of Kendal) on the horse path route over the tunnel, which has no towpath in it. What later became the west coast mainline was built here in the mid 1840's.

12/09/2026

Reflections on the Lanky , Br 167 6am
Westmorland Show Ground

06/09/2026

A very interesting film by the Mindful Narrowboater on the Northern Reaches

In this vlog, I come to the end of the canal navigation for my narr...

02/09/2026

Scanned photo from the LCT archives. no date on it but will be shortly after the 1964 demolition of the Aqueduct close by here which 'chopped' just under a mile of canal route from the Lancaster Canal. The mill buildings shown used to draw water from the canal so it remained useful as a water supply even after the last boats finished working in 1947.