monty, Author at The Montgomery Canal - Camlas Maldwyn

4 March 20244 March 2024

New fund-raising raffle to Restore the Montgomery Canal!

Ticket for Montgomery Canal Grand Raffle

The Annual General Meeting of the Friends of the Montgomery Canal reviewed all they had achieved in the past year and coming events.

The Friends group was established over twenty years ago to promote the revival of the Montgomery Canal. The canal was abandoned eighty years ago but after restoration over many years over half the canal is now open. From the experience of other canals across England and Wales the Friends know the restored canal will be a real asset for visitors and residents in local communities of Shropshire and Powys.

11 February 202411 February 2024

Schoolhouse Bridge Reopens

A parade of historic vehicles marks completion of the new Schoolhouse Bridge in Crickheath, Shropshire.

After many years of effort, and months spent by bridge contractors on the site, completion of the new Schoolhouse Bridge – the last highway blockage on the Montgomery Canal in Shropshire – was marked by a procession of historic vehicles crossing the bridge days before the road was formally opened to traffic.

4 February 20244 February 2024

A Successful Year for Montgomery Canal Volunteers

A canal boat going under a bridge on the Montgomery Canal

Volunteers from the Shropshire Union Canal Society (SUCS) have been looking back over 2023 with pride.

Dave Carter, SUCS Chairman said: “Last year will go down in the society’s history as a great year, we had funding from many sponsors, especially the National Heritage Lottery Fund, but without our team of volunteers who turned out in all weathers and worked so hard, none of this would have been possible. The challenge now is to keep this rate of progress going in 2024 but I think, as Tom Fulda takes over as project manager, this is assured”.

23 October 202323 October 2023

Traditional skills on the Montgomery Canal

Traditional skills are bringing a tramway wharf back to life on the Montgomery Canal.

In a world stuffed with technology it’s great to see that traditional skills and methods are still being used to great effect and this is true at Grinshill Stone Quarry where masons are dressing large coping stones to replace broken ones at Crickheath Wharf, on the Montgomery canal, just south of Oswestry.

8 September 202323 October 2023

Appeal Donations for restoration of Montgomery Canal near £100,000

Newly restored Crickheath Basin on the Montgomery Canal

£25,000 company donation: Will other businesses follow their example?

Organisers of the Restore the Montgomery Canal! appeal are delighted with generous donations from many supporters in the canal area and across the country.