Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

  • Work begins on Cotswold Canals’ Missing Mile

    Work begins on Cotswold Canals’ Missing Mile

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    CONSTRUCTION has begun on the Cotswold Canals’ Missing Mile after six years of planning. The scheme will reconnect the restored Stroudwater Navigation with the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal, edging the waterway closer to the national network. Volunteers are excavating 750 metres of canal east from John Robinson Lock towards the M5, with two locks, flood…

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  • Momentum builds to restore UK’s most ambitious canal revival

    Momentum builds to restore UK’s most ambitious canal revival

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    Restoration of 36 miles of neglected canals in the heart of the Cotswolds – the largest, most complex and costly project of its kind currently underway in the UK – will take another step forward this summer. ATTENTION is now turning to the excavation of the long-awaited ‘Missing Mile,’ due to start this summer, meaning…

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