Canal & River Trust Archives - The Montgomery Canal

8 October 20268 October 2026

Community open day offered close-up look at new Carreghofa Lane Bridge

The local community around Llanymynech was given a look at progress on the new Carreghofa Lane Bridge recently, as construction continues as part of the restoration of the Montgomery Canal by Glandŵr Cymru, the Canal & River Trust in Wales.

More than 70 people visited the site to meet colleagues from Glandŵr Cymru and contractors Kier to see the progress being made on the new bridge. The structure will replace a causeway installed in the 1960s that severed the canal and, once complete, will carry traffic along Carreghofa Lane over the restored waterway.

25 June 202625 June 2026

Glandŵr Cymru to tackle the rapid spread of Water Soldier

Funding set to help canal charity tackle threat of invasive plant on the Montgomery Canal

With Invasive Species Week (22–28 June) underway, Glandŵr Cymru, the Canal & River Trust in Wales, is tackling the rapid spread of an invasive plant along the Montgomery Canal.

12 September 202512 September 2025

Another successful Montgomery Canal Triathlon

The Montgomery Canal was crowded on Saturday 6 September 2025 for the annual Montgomery Canal Triathlon organised by the Friends of the Montgomery Canal in aid of the canal’s restoration.

The 149 people who took part had the choice of entering one, two or three sections ‒ by bike, by canoe and on foot ‒ and over a hundred completed all three.

28 June 2025

Montgomery Canal Triathlon bookings flooding in

Entries for this year’s Montgomery Canal Triathlon are already coming in from across Britain.

The cross-border event, usually held in May, will be on 6 September this year and will give the organisers and entrants the opportunity to see if this is a more suitable time of year for the event.

4 November 20244 November 2024

Canal charity receives funding for Montgomery Canal in Welshpool

Glandŵr Cymru, the Canal & River Trust in Wales, has received a grant from the Nature Networks Fund to maintain a restored stretch of the Montgomery Canal near Welshpool.

The £250,000 grant will help the UK’s largest waterways charity to protect rare plant and animal species by removing areas of silt and dense vegetation growing over the channel.