H&S Statement on Corona Virus (Covid-19) With the increasing changes, risks and the Government Guidelines regarding the Corona Virus (Covid-19) in Great Britain, the Trust has made various decision designed to protect our members and volunteers. As the majority of our members and volunteers fall into the 'at risk' group either from age or [...]
Dear Members of the Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust/Society. Welcome to the latest edition of the newsletter, Spring! Spring has arrived, the first lawn mower has been spotted and the hedges are starting to turn green. This of course means no more hedge cutting or tree management, unless of course it is [...]
Walking the Derby Canal - Waterways World Those that currently receive the Waterways World magazine may have noted that there was an article in the March 2020 edition, discussing the Derby Canal walk from Sandiacre to Spondon. For those that missed it, it's available in full through this link. Enjoy!
Draycott Cottages Update video, created by Derby University Student The Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust has the pleasure to share a Draycott Cottages update video created by Leo Hewitt-Provost, a Sports Journalism student from the University of Derby. He was interested to see the project and create the video to support both the Trust [...]
A Report from our man on the ground, Keith "Derby Canal man" Johnson: "see pic's from Nigel D from an impromptu WP at B'wash East this a.m [9th January 2020]. I've been meaning to clear the Station Rd end-bank of stumps for about three years now and we finally made a start this morning [...]
Introduction to the problem of Plastic in Rivers As most people are now aware, we have the growing problem of plastics in our environment. In Derby, the River Derwent flows through the city and carries within it all sorts of plastics that eventually will reach the seas and oceans. Most of it we would [...]
Window holes, and a first coat of paint After a brief stop over Christmas, there has been further progress on our electric river boat! The Hull has now been bead blasted, and painted with primer. The windows have been cut and the wheelchair lift has been installed. Not too long now (i.e. a couple [...]
Chairman’s Update January 2020 Dear Members of the Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust/Society. Welcome to the latest edition of the newsletter, A very happy New Year to you all! We have water in Spondon, the dig out has started with the first stage now underway. Thanks to Peter Ball for supplying [...]
The dig out of the Derby Canal has started at Spondon! In conjunction with Wheeldon Brothers , the canal at Spondon is reappearing behind their new housing development. Work has started on the first 60m, with the rest of the planned 300m due to be dig out in 2020. below are some images of [...]
Full steam ahead for our (Electric) River Boat! The Derby River Boat will be launched on the river Derwent in spring 2020 by the Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust. After the launch, the river boat service will run each year between Spring and Autumn taking 12 passengers at a time on regular trips up [...]
