Kennet and Avon Users Meeting 19th November Devizes
A reminder of the meeting next week – you do want to be there don’t you? Email if you want a lift or can offer a lift. Questions that require a written answer should be submitted in advance of the...
View ArticleImpact Assessment Questionnaire
This questionnaire is being carried out by liveaboard boaters as part of the Equality Impact Assessment of the Local Mooring Strategy proposals for the western Kennet and Avon canal (Bath to Devizes)....
View ArticleDundas Carol Service 1st December
All boaters are invited to the Christmas carol service at Dundas basin on Saturday 1st December at 6pm. The service will be led by Rev Peter Atwill of Canal Ministries, who lives on Nb Gospel Belle....
View ArticleBoat watch proposed for Bedwyn to Devizes
The RBOA rep for the eastern K&A, Jane Pollard, has had discussions with PC Teresa Herbert of Wiltshire Police. Jane says “PC Herbert is very keen to establish an efficient means of communication...
View ArticleBoaters towpath tidy 22nd March, Devizes to Horton – join us!
Liveaboard boaters are organising a towpath tidy between Devizes and Horton on Saturday 22nd March. Everyone is welcome. Please join us in the car park at Devizes Wharf at 10.30am for an 11.00am start....
View ArticleA tidy Saturday
Two groups of liveaboard boaters cleared rubbish from the towpath and surrounding area last Saturday. One group did a towpath tidy between Devizes Wharf and Horton in the long pound, conveniently...
View ArticleCanoe slipway means loss of mooring space on Devizes Wharf – object by 3rd July!
A planning application by Devizes Canoe Club to build a slipway will result in the loss of what is now permanent mooring space at Lower Wharf, Devizes.If you are concerned about the loss of mooring...
View ArticleRubbish bins re-instated at Devizes Wharf
Following several meetings with CRT and a number of complaints from boaters both with and without moorings, CRT has re-instated refuse collection for boaters at Devizes Wharf. The new bins are situated...
View ArticleFundraising canal walk by Alzheimer’s Support
Alzheimer’s Support, a charity that provides services to people with dementia in Wiltshire, is marking its 25th anniversary with a sponsored fundraising walk along the K&A from Bath to Pewsey this...
View ArticleMore hire boats for Devizes Wharf
Oxfordshire Narrowboats will be taking over the White Horse Boats base at Devizes Wharf from next season and increasing the number of hire boats to four. Currently, White Horse Boats have one remaining...
View ArticleFire service to run a series of Boat Fire Safety talks, next one Devizes 25th...
Following the recent fatal boat fire on the K&A, the Fire Service will be giving a series of Boat Fire Safety talks in different places along the canal in the Bath and the Wiltshire areas in the...
View ArticleK&A Users Forum, Devizes, 24th May
The K&A Users Forum will take place in the Corn Exchange, Market Place, Devizes SN10 1HS on Tuesday 24th May 2016 at 6.30pm to 8.30pm (doors open 6pm). This is an open meeting and all waterway...
View ArticleProtest at CRT Devizes office 6th August
Liveaboard boaters and their supporters are invited to join a protest at Caen Hill, opposite CRT’s office in Devizes at 2.00pm on Saturday 6th August 2016 to express our opposition to CRT’s punitive...
View ArticleBBC Wiltshire to feature boat dwellers’ protest at CRT Devizes office tomorrow
BBC Radio Wiltshire Breakfast Show will feature tomorrow’s protest against CRT’s punitive and unlawful enforcement policy towards boaters without home moorings. Listen out for the live interview at...
View ArticleBoaters stage protest against unlawful enforcement policy at CRT’s Devizes...
Around 30 boat dwellers without home moorings and supporters from the local community took part in a protest opposite Canal & River Trust’s (CRT) office in Devizes on 6th August 2016. The...
View ArticleBoats are Homes Protest, Devizes Wharf 4-8pm 15th September
On Thursday 15th September at 5pm, CRT Chief Richard Parry will launch a CRT publicity boat at Devizes Wharf SN10 1EB as part of the K&A Waterways Partnership AGM. Liveaboard boaters will be there...
View ArticleFire safety talk and boaters action group, Devizes, 9th January
There will be a Boat Fire Safety talk by Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service at 7.30pm on Monday 9th January 2017 at the Black Horse, Bath Rd, Devizes SN10 2AU, followed by the K&A boaters...
View ArticleK&A boaters action group and voter registration session, 8th May, Devizes
The next meeting of the K&A boaters action group will be on Monday 8th May 2017 at 7.30pm at the Lamb Inn, 20 St.John’s Street, Devizes SN10 1BT. We will have voter registration forms for people...
View ArticleVoter registration forms available at Devizes Wharf, register by 22nd May
Don’t lose your vote in the election! Voter registration forms for people without a fixed address are available from The Wharf Tea Rooms, Devizes Wharf, Couch Lane, Devizes SN10 1EB. The tea rooms are...
View ArticleCRT seize another boat from K&A
Yesterday (16th May 2017) CRT seized a boat from Bishops Cannings and craned it out at the Black Horse in Devizes. The fibreglass cruiser, appeared to be unoccupied when six bailiffs started...
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