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 […]

January 2025 work party report

January 10-12 With temperatures down to -7oC overnight, ‘bonfire management’ was a popular activity. Severe cold weather in the days before and during this work party resulted in frozen ground, frozen channel and plenty of […]

Society donation of artefacts to Oswestry Town Museum

During restoration of the Montgomery Canal near Crickheath, the Society found many artefacts include glassware, ceramics and metalwork from both boats and the tramway at Crickheath Wharf. These artefacts have recently been donated to Oswestry […]

The Enhancement Group in 2024

Our Ellesmere-based enhancement group, now in its second year, has racked up over 300 hours of volunteer effort on the Llangollen Canal during 2024. A wide variety of light maintenance and improvement activities have been […]

December 2024 work party report

December 6-8 Defined by Darragh. Whilst spared the very worst of Storm Darragh endured by other parts of the country, we still suffered a washout on Saturday. One hour of hedge planting was sufficient to […]

Northern Canal Association Meeting

The Northern Canal Association’s (NCA) Autumn meeting for 2024 was hosted by the Society and took place in Llanymynech village hall. Headed ‘The Montgomery Canal, Bridging the Gap – Past, Present and Future’, the event […]

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 […]