English Channel news

Not many visitor attractions can say they’ve operated through and survived two World Wars and had Queen Victoria come to visit, but the Isle of ... More

Hastings Pier by dRMM Architects has been announced as the winner of the 2017 RIBA Stirling Prize for the UK’s best new building. In a ... More

British exhibition designers Casson Mann will team up with Parisian architects Atelier Philéas to create a new Centre of Franco British Relations in Ouistreham, France. ... More

Dame Vera Lynn has backed an urgent call to raise £1m (US$1.3m, €1.1m) before the end of the month in order to fund the purchase ... More

Port Lympne Wild Animal and Safari Reserve has debuted its new Tiger Lodge today (27 May) – a first of its kind accommodation in the ... More

Some of the UK’s top visitor attractions are failing when it comes to serving healthy food to children, according to new research. Out to Lunch ... More

The glass viewing pod for a vertical cable car billed as “the world’s tallest moving observation attraction” was completed yesterday (13 January) on the UK’s ... More

With National Fitness Day less than 24 hours away, event organiser ukactive has released a raft of new data highlighting how Brits are leading increasingly ... More

Launching in April, an online crowdfunding campaign is looking for £250,000 (US$383,425, €336,544) to make outdoor swimming in London’s Thames a reality. Plans for an ... More

Swimming equipment supplier Zoggs has announced the appointment of renowned endurance athlete Adam ‘Ocean’ Walker as its open water / triathlon swimming ambassador. Walker hit ... More

Work has started on the £6.3m transformation of a derelict lido in Pontypridd, Wales, which will be transformed into a state-of-the-art swimming facility. The grade-II ... More

Germany-based ride manufacturer HUSS Park Attractions is in the process of building an observation tower on the Weymouth, Dorset, seafront. To be operated by Merlin ... More

German ride manufacturer HUSS Park Attractions has begun construction work on a £3.5m observation tower in Weymouth, Dorset, UK. When completed later this year, the ... More

Leaf Hotels has announced that the Best Western Dover Marina Hotel and Spa is to open on 24 March, following the completion of a multi-million ... More

The UK government has officially launched its two-year, £140m, Swim4Free initiative - which will see free swimming offered to those aged under 16 or over ... More

Eurotunnel, the operator of the Channel Tunnel, has signed a partnership agreement with the conseil général of the Pas-de-Calais in northern France to help promote ... More

The Venue Leisure Centre in Borehamwood hosted a team from Channel Five earlier this month filming the Britain's Kindest Kids final. Being filmed were 12-year-old ... More

Earlier this year, sports trust Tees Active challenged its customers to swim 21 miles, a distance equivalent to crossing the English Channel, in its pools ... More

Portsmouth Football Club has unveiled plans for a new £600m stadium, to be built on the city’s waterfront. Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron – ... More