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.

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Secretary of State for Wales Supports the Restoration of the Montgomery Canal

Politicians visit the Montgomery Canal 2021

Simon Hart MP, Secretary of state for Wales, has given his support for the restoration of the Montgomery Canal in Wales.

He was invited to visit the canal in Welshpool by Montgomeryshire MP, Craig Williams and Russell George MS. They were welcomed at the Museum wharf by John Dodwell (Chair of the Montgomery Canal Partnership) and Michael Limbrey (Chair of the Montgomery Waterway Restoration Trust) who described what had been achieved so far largely by volunteers and explained the value of the restoration of this flagship attraction to the community and to tourism for the area.

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The Montgomery Canal - Camlas Maldwyn
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