Ashby Canal Association

National Trailboat Festival to return after five-year break

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December 13, 2023

THE Inland Waterways Association has announced that next year’s IWA National Trailboat Festival is to be held at Moira on the Ashby Canal. It will be hosted and organised by the Ashby Canal Trust over the weekend of May 18-19, and will be hosted and organised by Ashby Canal Trust. The event is the largest…
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Signalling the way to new stop gate

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Mark Lancaster

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October 11, 2023

ASHBY Canal Association has celebrated the opening of the new stop gate and associated pedestrian bridge at Snarestone. The stop gate is for safety and also to give access to the association’s shop and other facilities. “The event was well attended,” said chairman Peter Oakden. “I was a bit pessimistic due to the uncertainty of…
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Repairs to historic canal set to begin in Hinckley

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June 15, 2022

Works to repair a historic section of the Ashby Canal in Hinckley are set to get under way. The Canal & River Trust, the charity that protects and preserves 2,000 miles of the nation’s waterways, has been developing plans for the repair of the canal bank near Nutts Lane after it was reported damaged earlier…
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Moira Canal Festival is back again!

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April 27, 2022

THE Moira Canal Festival organisers are pleased to be returning to Moira on May 21-22 after a two-year absence.The festival is held on the banks of the restored Ashby Canal, in the grounds of the Grade II listed Moira Furnace in north-west Leicestershire, with entertainment throughout the weekend at this family event. Geoff Pursglove said:…
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Milestone for Ashby Canal ‘Buy a Brick’ campaign

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Mark Lancaster

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September 2, 2021

ASHBY Canal Association celebrated a milestone this summer when it reached £50,000 in its ‘Buy a Brick’ campaign. This will help fund the construction of the aqueduct over the Gilwiskaw Brook, on the length of canal being restored. Chairman Peter Oakden was pleased to present the latest brick to the association’s patron, Andrew Bridgen MP,…
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Vandalism on the Ashby Canal

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Shannon Butcher

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July 16, 2021

Sometime over Saturday 11 July, a picnic table and Ashby Canal Association information sign by Bridge 37 on the Ashby Canal at Far Coton, near Market Bosworth was destroyed by an obviously disturbed individual.
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