Category Archives: Montgomery Canal

April 2025 work party report

April 4 – 6 In glorious weather that lasted all weekend we welcomed guests from Shropshire Council, Canal & River Trust and many others on Friday to celebrate the topping out of the re-watered sections. […]

March 2025 work party report

March 7-9 Following the harsh weather conditions endured over the last three work parties, this time we were blessed by warm, spring sunshine. Ideal for lining and blocking. Friday started with a visit from Jason […]

February 2025 work party report

February 7-9 The winter programme of environmental works is complete. During this time, 170 metres of channel has been cleared of scrub, 720 hedging whips have been planted, a further 74 metres of hedge has […]

November 2024 work party report

November 1-3 This work party saw the completion of all channel and towpath deliverables for the original scope of the Rural Prosperity Fund grant – five months ahead of schedule! Given the torrential rain and […]

October 2024 work party report

October 4-6 In what promised to be a full-on work party with a tense finish, we crossed the line with hours to spare. The challenge? To complete all the channel works and construct a temporary […]

Grand Draw

The Restore the Montgomery Canal! Appeal group has launched a Grand Draw with prizes as follows: All of the prize fund and raffle expenses have been covered by a generous donor. So every ticket sold […]

Making the money go further

With still six months left to run, the current project at Crickheath funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (see here) is ahead of schedule and below budget. The Society has therefore sought permission to […]

Restore the Montgomery Canal! appeal

The Restore the Montgomery Canal! appeal has now raised £163,000 of the £250,000 target it set itself. The money will be put towards the next stage of the restoration: ‘Closing the Shropshire Gap’. (For a […]