Editing Oxford Canal (section)

===Revival===
{{Oxford Canal Route Map}}
During the 1960s pleasure boating began to grow in popularity and replace the old trading boats, After a fact-finding cruise on the canal, [[Barbara Castle]] (Minister for Transport) rejected a proposal for closure.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=New Charter for Waterways | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19670907/134/0012 |newspaper=Coventry Evening Telegraph |location=England  |date=7 September 1967 |access-date=24 August 2020 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  }}</ref> The canal was designated as a [[British_Waterways#Transport_Act_1968|cruiseway]] under the [[Transport Act 1968]], which defined at as being a waterway to be maintained for leisure use.<ref name="OCCG"/>

The canal is now thriving. In the summer it is one of the most crowded canals on the network.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}