According to the website Top of the Poops, the River Weaver was polluted by sewage 541 times in 2025, lasting 3,528 hours. Swimmers and those not washing after touching river water have become sick. Key high‑impact sites in 2025 included: Beam Bridge Pumping Station — 78 spills, 959 hours Crewe WwTW — 63 spills, […]
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The RWNS have been following developments at the Navigation Yard in Northwich closely. As reported previously, a section of the land containing the former C&RT offices and including several of the listed buildings/structures, was due to be auctioned on the 23rd/24th September. However, the auctioneers website indicated that this land […]
Canal and River Trust have announced that they are “Prioritising” the repair of Anderton Boat Lift but say the work is a year away and it will only be half open by 2027. (see their press release below). The guillotine gates – one of which suffered a broken wire almost […]
The British Rowing Recreational Committee organised a National Tour, 28-31 August 2025 on the Weaver and the Dee. There were around 80 rowers taking part from clubs all around the country, rowing from Winsford to Northwich on Friday and Northwich to Runcorn on Saturday, then on the Dee from Chester […]
As recently reported in the Northwich Guardian, the RWNS is strongly questioning CRT’s closure of the Anderton lift. The Guardian article can be read here. The closure is causing massive problems for boaters and traders on the Weaver. Yet CRT are still using the lift for their own purposes. It […]
UPDATE 16 July 2025: The Society has striven, most strenuously, to ensure that the Wallerscote Solar Farm Planning Application, basically promoted by TATA Ltd., the owners of the site, should be refused. The increased road traffic will cause incredible road chaos as it is likely that two max. Load HGV’s […]
The River Weaver Navigation Society Annual General Meeting will take place on Thursday 3 April 2025, starting at 7.30pm. In a break from recent tradition, it will be held at Hazel Pear Pub, 1 Hill Top Road, Acton Bridge, Northwich, CW8 3RA. Our meeting will be in their Upper Room. […]
The River Weaver is the star turn in a new appeal from The Canal and River Trust for volunteers. A video starring a volunteer leader, Will Leyland, and a volunteer lock keeper, Colette McNulty, was recently shared by the charity. In the video, the volunteers speak to the viewers about […]
The Liverpool University Boat Club emailed us to give notice that on the 8th December 2024, they are hosting a beginner rowing race on the River Weaver all day. They are racing on a 1km stretch of river from the Sutton Weaver swing bridge to just outside of Runcorn Rowing […]
What will happen to the Navigation Yard site in the heart of Northwich? The site, which includes listed buildings, the icon clock tower and an historic crane, has been sold. A consultation was held at short notice, and publicised in the local press and social media, on Friday 27 September. […]