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 […]

September 2024 work party report

September 6-8 Two out of three’s not bad. Benign weather on Friday and Saturday helped enormously but Sunday was soggy. The top priority now is to complete channel works in Phase 1A before this area […]

August 2024 work party report

August 16-18 In what feels like ‘the end of an era’, we say goodbye to John and Paul the wallers. Work to repair the former tramway wharf wall is now complete. Starting in April last […]

20,000 pints of Navigation Pale Ale Consumed!

Monty`s Brewery, based in Montgomery, have now sold over 20,000 pints of their Navigation Pale Ale and each pint results in a donation to support the restoration of the Montgomery Canal. The ale, a 4.0 […]

July 2024 work party #2 report

July 26-28 Job Done! The second work party in July saw the towpath finished and lining and blocking completed in Phase 1B. This report covers the second work party in July including the days leading […]

July 2024 work party #1 report

June 21-23 and July 5-7 The first work party in July was aided by another large group of corporate volunteers (guess who!). This report covers two work parties as some additions have been made to […]

June 2024 work party report

June 7-9 Prodigious! There are many ways to describe a work party. On this occasion, this seems the most appropriate. The first of the June work parties clocked up a record 580 volunteer hours over […]

May 2024 work party report

May 3-6 Success! We finally managed to access the wharf wall area and, in good weather, made substantial progress elsewhere. The May work party was extended to four days to include bank holiday Monday. Although […]

Popular Montgomery Canal boat trips to restart

The popular trip boat George Watson Buck based on the Montgomery Canal in Llanymynech is due to restart 30-minute trips between England and Wales on 5th May 2024 following a successful survey of the boat. […]

Montgomery Canal volunteers get another cash boost

North-Shropshire-based Henstone Distillery unveil new support package North-Shropshire-based Henstone distillery will be helping the Shropshire Union Canal Society raise funds to restore the Montgomery Canal. The specialist distillery, which produces a wide range of drinks, […]