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Montgomery Canal restoration can drive visitor spending

Montgomery Canal restoration driving growth in visitor numbers and local spend, new research shows

Waterways charity, Canal & River Trust, together with Shropshire Council and the Montgomery Canal Partnership, has welcomed new research showing that investment in restoring the Montgomery Canal in Shropshire is delivering additional economic benefits. Visitor numbers are rising, more people are staying longer, and these longer visits are helping to boost local spending.

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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.

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May 2025 work party report

The Shropshire Union Canal Society which organises volunteer work parties to restore the Montgomery Canal by Crickheath in Shropshire have published their latest report of work undertaken.

“Another highly productive work party”, that is how restoration project manager, Tom Fulda described the May Bank Holiday weekend. Helped by the prolonged dry and sunny spell, profiling, lining and blocking continued to be the main event but as usual, a variety of other tasks were undertaken.

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