Crickheath Archives - The Montgomery Canal

10 April 202511 April 2025

Parish Council support for the Montgomery Canal

Dry section of the Montgomery Canal in Pant Shropshire

The 2025 Annual Meeting of Llanymynech & Pant Parish Council saw a cheque for £1,000 being donated to the appeal to restore the Montgomery Canal.

The Annual Meeting heard from John Dodwell and Tom Fulda who talked about the history of the canal and the current works to restore it.

15 February 202515 February 2025

Crickheath work party report February 2025

The winter programme of environmental works by Shropshire Union Canal Society volunteers south of Crickheath Bridge on the Montgomery Canal is now complete.

Some 170 metres of channel has been cleared of scrub, 720 hedging whips have been planted and a further 74 metres of hedge has been laid.

30 September 202430 September 2024

Montygomery Canal restoration project ahead of schedule

Montgomery Canal Volunteers making the money go further

Shropshire Union Canal Society makes the money go further!

The Shropshire Union Canal Society’s contract to rebuild Crickheath Tramway Wharf and restore nearly 400m of the Montgomery Canal is coming in under budget and ahead of schedule.

5 August 20245 August 2024

Borderland Rotary learn about the Shropshire Gap

Borderland Rotary went on a fact finding walk the other day along a section of the Montgomery canal, currently under restoration.

More than thirty Rotary Members, partners, and guests went for an evening stroll down the Montgomery Canal from the restored section at Crickheath basin recently.

29 June 20241 July 2024

Schoolhouse Bridge officially opens

Following a successful £1.1 million project supported by people across the country, its reinstatement was marked on 28th June by Anna Turner JP, Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire.

A plaque was unveiled by the Lord-Lieutenant to celebrate the culmination of years of planning and fund-raising by local canal charities working together as Restore the Montgomery Canal!