Missing mile

Work begins on Cotswold Canals’ Missing Mile

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August 28, 2026

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

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May 27, 2026

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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Tree planting ceremony marks completion of the A38 Whitminster Roundabout.

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Janet Richardson

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November 8, 2021

The first phase of ‘Missing Mile’ canal restoration project A special event to celebrate the completion of the award-winning A38 Whitminster Roundabout canal restoration project, the first section of the Missing Mile, has been celebrated with a tree planting ceremony.Andrew Page-Dove, South West Regional Director for National Highways, joined Siobhan Baillie MP, vice-chairman of the…
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