Scottish Canals
 Scottish Canals logo | |
| Predecessor | British Waterways |
|---|---|
| Formation | 2 July 2012 |
| Type | public corporation of the Scottish Government |
| Headquarters | Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
Region served | Scotland |
Chairman of Board | Andrew Thin[1] |
Chief Executive | Catherine Topley[1] |
Budget | £19.2m[2] |
Staff | 284[2] |
| Website | www |
Formerly called | British Waterways (Scotland) |
Scottish Canals is the public corporation of the Scottish Government responsible for managing the country's inland waterways. Formerly a division of British Waterways, it became a stand-alone public body of the Scottish Government on 2 July 2012. Legally, the corporation is still referred to as the British Waterways Board, but in all other aspects it uses the brand Scottish Canals.[3]
Based in Glasgow, Scottish Canals cares for 137 miles (220 km) of waterway network in total, including 17 reservoirs and the navigation rights to four lochs, including Loch Ness. The body is responsible for five canals.[4]
- Caledonian - 60 miles (97 km)
- Crinan - 9 miles (14 km)
- Forth and Clyde - 35 miles (56 km)
- Monkland (no longer operational, although two watered sections remain) - 2 miles (3.2 km)
- Union Canal - 31 miles (50 km)
History[]
British Waterways was founded in 1962 under the Transport Act, taking over statutory responsibility for operating and maintaining waterways across Great Britain. In 2010 the UK Government determined that responsibility for inland waterways in England and Wales should pass to a new charitable trust, the Canal & River Trust. However, the Scottish Government decided that canals in Scotland would remain publicly owned and British Waterways would continue to operate in Scotland as a statutory corporation trading as Scottish Canals.
References[]
- ^ a b "Meet the Board". Scottish Canals. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Annual Report & Accounts 2019/2020" (PDF). Scottish Canals. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ^ "Our Structure and Governance". Scottish Canals. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ^ "Fast Facts!". Scottish Canals. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
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