Restore the Montgomery Canal

FUNDING BOOST to care for Montgomery Canal

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September 20, 2025

A RESTORED stretch of the Montgomery Canal, near Welshpool, will be maintained thanks to a £250,000 grant from the Nature Networks Fund. It will help Glandŵr Cymru, the Canal & River Trust in Wales, to protect rare plant and animal species by removing areas of silt and dense vegetation growing over the channel, improving water…
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RESTORING the Monty and closing the Shropshire Gap

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November 29, 2024

MORE than 40 people from 22 different groups saw recent work completed on the Montgomery Canal and were shown plans for future projects. They were attending the Northern Canals Association meeting at Llanymynech, on the Montgomery Canal, hosted by the Shropshire Union Canal Society (SUCS). The bulk of the day was taken up by visiting…
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ALE SALES lead to canal restoration donation

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October 12, 2024

Lucy Wood reports… Shropshire Union Canal Society volunteers have raised a glass to celebrate a successful fundraising partnership with a local brewery. MONTY’S Brewery, based in Montgomery, has sold more than 20,000 pints of its Navigation Pale Ale, and each pint has resulted in a donation towards the restoration of the Montgomery Canal. The 4.0%…
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DONATION: For Restore the Montgomery Canal! group

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September 13, 2024

Phil Pickin reports… HOT on the heels of the recent official opening of the Schoolhouse Bridge on the Montgomery Canal, the Restore the Montgomery Canal! group has announced a charity donation from the Weeping Cross Fund, which was set up in the will of David Tomlinson, a pioneer of the movement to restore neglected waterways.…
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