The Marina
Willowtree Marina, located on the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union
Canal in West London, offers that rare combination of easy accessibility,
security and attractiveness for so many canal based activities.
There is a quiet pride in what is on offer here and we hope you
will feel this too. Willowtree Marina has set its sights on becoming
a leader on the Inland Waterways. A desire to uphold the best of
our canal past has been coupled to a management commitment for Customer
Care, Quality Assurance and Environmental Protection.
Whatever it
is you are looking for - be it moorings for boats, locations for
filming, a centre for canal events, wildlife photography, walking,
etc. - Willowtree Marina should be your first port of call.
Richard
Benyon MP, Minister for Natural Environment and Fisheries has written
to Michael Fabricant MP, secretary of the all party Parliamentary
Waterways Group, telling him the Inland Waterways Advisory Council
(IWAC) is to be abolished because Defra doesn’t need an Arm’s
Length Body (ALB) to help develop policy for the inland waterways.
Mr Benyon says this role
should be taken by government departments and ministers and in future
Defra will consult all interests directly, including making use
of the evidence which can be provided by the navigation authorities
and by having a closer relationship with stakeholders.
The legislation necessary
to abolish the IWAC will be brought forward as part of a Public
Bodies Bill early in 2011.
‘Please
be assured that this decision does not indicate that Defra will
place less emphasis on the importance of the inland waterways,’
said Mr Benyon in his letter. ‘If anything we will be
more directly involved as we seek to place the inland waterways
onto a more sustainable footing through our work towards moving
the waterways into a civil society organisation.’
The IWAC was set up as
an independent statutory body consisting of 14 volunteer members,
a part-time chairman and two support staff. It was created on April
1, 2007 by the Natural Environment and Rural Communities (NERC)
Act 2006 to advise government, navigation authorities and other
interested persons on matters relevant to Britain's inland waterways.
Its sponsoring department
is Defra and it also receives funding from the Scottish government.
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Internet Wifi
Willowtree Marina
moorers now have acess to the internet from their boats via a wifi
link. This is available to visiting boats as well. Just ask in the
marina office for details.
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