Shrewsbury and Newport Canal Trust

It’s all been happening at Wappenshall…

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Phil Pickin

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July 27, 2022

Phil Pickin reveals all… IT IS reasonable to assume that, across the country, most canal restoration projects came to a standstill during the lockdowns. And that they have all, to a greater or lesser extent, suffered due to the materials shortages that came afterwards. As a result, projects have been set back, but as restrictions…
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Norbury Canal Festival bounces back

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Phil Pickin

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May 27, 2022

BRIGHT sunshine greeted visitors on the first day of this year’s Norbury Canal Festival held over the May Day bank holiday weekend. The event, held around Norbury Wharf on the Shroppie, once again featured stalls and boat traders along the towpath and around the Junction Inn. Organised by the Shrewsbury & Newport Canals Trust, the…
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After more than 70 years, a narrowboat returns to Newport.

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Phil Pickin

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May 23, 2022

A narrowboat has returned to the Shropshire town of Newport for the first time in over 70 years, with the arrival of a 42 foot cruiser now moored in the town’s basin. The boat, owned and refurbished by David Ray, MD of Norbury Wharf Ltd, was transported from Norbury by a low loader before being…
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Lock gates return to Newport

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Phil Pickin

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May 10, 2022

AFTER two years of planning, lock gates have finally been returned to Town Lock on what remains of the Newport canal in Shropshire, thanks to the hard work of the Shrewsbury and Newport Canal Trust. The section of the Newport canal, just off Water Lane, was reduced to a near trickle of water when the…
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Shrewsbury and Newport Canal Trust

It’s all been happening at Wappenshall…

​Norbury Canal Festival bounces back

After more than 70 years, a narrowboat returns to Newport.

Lock gates return to Newport

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