Intact has recently adopted a stretch of the Lancaster Canal towpath from Bridge 15 at Haslam Park to Bridge 17 at Preston Sports Arena. They will be working with the […]

Ashton-on-Ribble locals have taken to social media to complain about the state of the Lancaster Canal. Residents in Shelley Road, which backs on to the end of the canal near Aqueduct […]

In Preston, there was once a tramway that bridged a gap in the Lancaster Canal. The line crossed the Ribble by a timber bridge. This bridge – the Old Tram Bridge […]

Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service were called to a boat fire in the early hours of yesterday morning at the end of the Lancaster Canal. One fire engine from Penwortham attended […]

Police have returned a swan to its family on the Lancaster Canal. Officers responded to reports of the swan being ‘lost, confused and endangering road users’ in Tag Lane in […]

Preston once had a canal that terminated just off Fishergate. The Lancaster Canal still exists but now stops by Aqueduct Street in Ashton-on-Ribble. Trade was brisk as coal headed north, […]

Two boys have been spotted along the Lancaster Canal in Ashton-on-Ribble using a catapult to throw stones at swans and ducks. The incident occurred on Sunday 16 May at around […]

Preston and Lancashire are set for further icy conditions this weekend. The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning from midnight tonight until 11am on Saturday (9 January). Skies […]