As part of the K&A Interim 12-month Local Plan, a review of visitor moorings between Bath and Devizes was carried out in February and March 2015. The review recommended a number of changes to the location and length of visitor moorings.
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Archive for May, 2015
Visitor mooring review recommendations to be trialled from July to October, send your comments now
Saturday, May 30th, 2015Floating Cinema arts event management training days, Devizes, 8th and 9th June
Saturday, May 30th, 2015GP practice registers boater at surgery’s address following complaint
Tuesday, May 26th, 2015Fundraising canal walk by Alzheimer’s Support
Thursday, May 21st, 2015An attempt to restore mooring on the river in Bath
Wednesday, May 20th, 2015Because B&NES council are the land owners for the banks of the river running from Bath flight bottom lock up to Pulteney, they have the legal right to control who moors on the banks. You do not need a licence to keep a boat on this quarter mile of river and there is still a Public Right of Navigation but, as with most rivers, the riparian rights reside in the land owners. In a panic attack and in collaboration with CRT last year the Bath and NE Somerset Council, upset by what they saw as undesirables using this public resource, have banned mooring to their land for everyone.
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Boat Fire Safety week May 25th to 31st
Monday, May 18th, 2015Following the tragic death of a boater in a fire on a boat at Hilperton Marsh last November, Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service is once again sending Boat Fire Safety Advisers cycling along the towpath and to marinas offering FREE boat fire safety checks and smoke alarms. May 25th to 31st is Boat Fire Safety Week throughout the country.
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Mark Stephens wins K&A Trust John Gould award
Sunday, May 17th, 2015Floating Cinema to tour K&A this summer
Sunday, May 17th, 2015The Floating Cinema, a mobile multifunctional arts space on a purpose-built narrowboat, is coming to the K&A via Brentford between 4th June and 2nd August. The Floating Cinema is known for its innovative programme of film screenings, participatory events, workshops and talks which make use of films from local and national archives.
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K&A boaters action group next meet May 11th, Honey Street
Monday, May 4th, 2015The next meeting of the K&A boaters action group will be on Monday 11th May at 7.30pm in Honey Street. Please come and get involved in defending and promoting the boating community on the K&A. Among other things the group will be discussing what CRT’s new policy towards boaters without home moorings means for boaters now that the the K&A Interim 12-month Local Plan has ended.
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