Author: Bernie Jones

A great couple of days at Wappenshall last Friday and Saturday saw another top and lower section of the retaining wall concreted and all the spoil removed from the lock chamber and under the...

Here are two short videos made for us by students Magnus and Corey from Telford College that will hopefully tempt you to join our happy band of volunteers. Please click on the link below...

Here is the Agenda for this meeting. Any member wishing to attend, please email sbean@sncanal.org.uk to obtain the necessary zoom link. Agenda for the 140th Trustees’ Meeting of the Shrewsbury and Newport Canals Trust...

Member Steve McClelland has used some new “Google Earth” type software to enable you to virtually go to various places above Wappenshall Wharf, hover and spin round through 360 degrees. Just click on this...

You will undoubtedly have been inspired by the superb aerial videos that member Steve McLelland has taken of Wappenshall Wharf. Once lockdown restrictions are eased, Steve plans to take more video of the remainder...

Would you like to do your bit to help rid our canals and rivers of plastic? Just click on the link below to see how. https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/news-and-views/news/bill-bailey-joins-our-call-to-get-active-to-tackle-plastic?utm_source=marketo&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mktg_newsletter_106&utm_content=plasticschallenge&utm_term=button&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTmpFNFptRXpaRGxoTVRabSIsInQiOiJFTVk4M3M5TzJ2ZXRuc25wVVB3MyszTmlkb2JxeVJ4bktKTU5xanJXQU5IZUtmT0s4TXVoR0pFVDJNMFUzZ0E4S0lpaWNoU3Y5cnJkclwvdTJrSlF2THgzZXBYMklId3JaRUxsdTVXN044VnJ6dDlYaTRST1hhOFpCTUtkdEZoN2UifQ%3D%3D

Whilst out for his daily exercise in the snow yesterday, Shrewsbury based work party leader, Alistair Price, took these wintery photos. We will be able to look back on these rather beautiful scenes in...

The Canal and River Trust’s website now has a really great series of archive photographs at https://collections.canalrivertrust.org.uk/ If you put either Shrewsbury Canal, or Newport Canal into the search facility, you will see some...

WE NEED TO SAVE THE CANAL THROUGH THE FLAXMILL SITE! Can anyone reading this please object to the current planning application and get the Shrewsbury Canal’s restoration included? You will firstly need to go...

PLEASE HELP US WITH THIS NEW SURVEY. There were some technical issues with the surveymonkey one we tried in the last few days, so please could you take 2 minutes to complete this one?...