Entries by kate.pollard
New Permanent Visitor Moorings – Ramsey High Lode
120m of new permanent visitor moorings are nearing completion on Ramsey High Lode. These visitor moorings will be owned and maintained by the MLC and were made possible following the change in focus and funding arising from the 2018 Middle Level Act and the introduction of licencing.
Lock Keeper of the Year Presentation
Three Fenland Lock Keepers were finalists in the British Marine Inland Boating Lock Keeper of the year award 2020. The Award, also known as the Esme Dowling Award in memory of Esme Dowling, a Lock Keeper at Napton Locks on the Oxford Canal from 1957-1988, is presented annually by hotel boat and hire boat operators […]
Middle Level Commissioners & Well Creek Trust Replacement Moorings, Salters Lode Lock
The eagerly awaited replacement moorings at Salters Lode have recently been completed, just in time for the start of the 2021 navigation season. The new structure has been constructed using a bespoke design, and is the first to be constructed in the Middle Level Commissioners’ system featuring a simplified steel pile sub-frame topped with GRP […]