HC Deb 15 July 1982 vol 27 c431W
Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what additional mileage of canals has become available for leisure activities in each of the past five years.

Mr. Giles Shaw

Following are the figures for such canals within the British Waterways Board network:

Board network:

  • 1976–3 miles (Montgomery canal).
  • 1977–0.
  • 1978–2 miles (Montgomery canal).
  • 1979–0.
  • 1980–0.
  • 1981–7 miles—Kennet and Avon canal and the Leek branch of Caldon canal.

So far in 1982 a further five miles of the Kennet and Avon canal have become available.