towpath
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towpaths
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About 1,500 pro-Palestine marchers walked along a canal towpath from Lurgan to Newry on Saturday morning.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Jo Becket, location manager for production firm Oblik, said in a letter to businesses that the canal towpath in the area around Gas Street basin was due to be closed until 18:00 BST on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2024
Mr Khalife was arrested on a canal towpath in west London on 9 September after being pulled off a bicycle by a plain-clothes counter-terrorism officer.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2023
He was arrested on a towpath in Northolt after being pulled off a bicycle by a plain-clothed officer.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2023
There was a towpath on the western side of the water—Malcolm’s right—but it needed clearing.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
"Our partially restored Lichfield canal has so many people walking on the towpaths and enjoying it."
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Members of the public have been warned to avoid a 12 mile stretch of the canal and towpaths from the Walsall lock flight to the lock flights at Rushall/Ryders Green and Perry Barr.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2024
In Britain today, there are tents everywhere – city centres, railway stations, parks and towpaths.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 17, 2019
His bike of seven years was a Specialized Rockhopper, a mid-level mountain bike with front shocks, ideal for traversing wooded trails, canal towpaths and sturdy enough for the ride he took across Iowa.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2019
It commanded also the water-way by the Tiber, and the towpaths on each of its banks.
From Pagan and Christian Rome by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani
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