Drifting into the future at 4mph: a rebirth awaits for Britain’s canals

An excellent article promoting the future of the British Canal Network can be found here Please note the link will take you to an MSN website, and launch a new tab in your browser.

By |2019-01-12T21:06:37+00:00January 12th, 2019|News|0 Comments

IWA/WRG visit 2019

We are pleased to report that the Inland Waterways Association / Waterway Recovery Group have agreed to have a canal restoration camp at Borrowash Bottom Lock on the Derby Canal from the 20th to the 27th July 2019. The camp, which we are advised is already fully booked, will help our own volunteers complete the work around [...]

By |2019-01-12T20:51:58+00:00January 12th, 2019|Breaking News, News, Working Party|0 Comments

Chairman’s Update – January 2019

Dear Members of the Derby and Sandiacre Canal Society, Welcome to the latest edition of the newsletter. I hope everyone has had a wonderful and semi relaxed holiday period, for those that worked on the canal and the cottages over the holiday season, a big thank-you. The 2018 Roof Challenge was missed by only [...]

By |2019-01-12T20:45:48+00:00January 12th, 2019|News|0 Comments

Chairman’s Update – December 2018

Dear Members of the Derby and Sandiacre Canal Society, Welcome to the latest edition of the newsletter. With thanks to the Woodland Trust we have started to plant over 400 new trees and bushes around the Borrowash stretch, this is within our aim of replacing more than we ever remove. The young trees will [...]

By |2019-01-12T20:26:43+00:00January 12th, 2019|News|0 Comments