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3 February 202230 March 2022

WE NEED YOUR HELP

The Friends of the Montgomery Canal is the membership section of the Montgomery Waterway Restoration Trust and began life in April 2002. The original idea was to enable greater local involvement in supporting the restoration of the Canal.

We are now looking for members who might be interested in getting involved in the Friends’ Management Committee following our Annual General Meeting in February.

29 October 20217 November 2021

Levelling Up fund success for Montgomery Canal

The UK Budget (27 October 2021) saw the Chancellor announce that £16million of Levelling Up funding has been approved towards the restoration of Montgomery Canal.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in his budget speech that Powys County Council’s Levelling Up Fund bid, supported by the Canal & River Trust, has been successful.

7 August 20217 August 2021

Shropshire Councillors visit the Monty

Following the bid by Powys County Council and CRT (Canal & River Trust) for grant funds to restore sections of the Montgomery Canal in Powys, the unrestored section of the canal in Shropshire was visited by Lezley Picton, Leader of Shropshire Council and Cecilia Motley, the Council’s Cabinet Member for Communities and Tourism.

After a trip on the ‘George Watson Buck’ trip-boat at Llanymynech Wharf Visitor Centre, the visitors were taken to Crickheath where volunteers of the Shropshire Union Canal Society have been working to restore one of the most challenging sections they have faced, shown round by the Society’s Project Manager David Carter.

19 July 202119 July 2021

Be Friends with the Montgomery Canal

As a charity we are calling on local businesses and individuals to become a Friend of the Montgomery Canal to add their voice to encourage the restoration of the canal.

Christine Palin, Chairman of the Friends of the Montgomery Canal, says that the Montgomery Canal is one of the finest canals in the United Kingdom with a unique natural and built heritage.