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Scottish Canals is the Scottish Government body responsible for managing the country's inland waterways. Formerly a division of British Waterways, it became a stand-alone executive non-departmental 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.[4]

British Waterways Board, operating as Scottish Canals[1]
PredecessorBritish Waterways
Formation2 July 2012 (2012-07-02)
Typepublic corporation of the Scottish Government
HeadquartersGlasgow, Scotland, UK
Region served
Scotland
Chairman of Board
Andrew Thin[2]
Chief Executive
Catherine Topley[2]
Budget
£19.2m[3]
Staff
284[3]
Websitewww.scottishcanals.co.uk
Formerly called
British Waterways (Scotland)

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.[5]


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


  1. "Our Structure and Governance".
  2. "Meet the Board". Scottish Canals. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  3. "Annual Report & Accounts 2019/2020" (PDF). Scottish Canals. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  4. "Our Structure and Governance". Scottish Canals. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  5. "Fast Facts!". Scottish Canals. Retrieved 1 December 2021.





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