Shropshire Union Canal Society (SUCS)

Mud, grit and hedge-laying spirit: volunteers push canal restoration forward

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March 4, 2026

It was a case of “mud, glorious mud” at the Shropshire Union Canal Society’s latest work party, said restoration project manager Tom Fulda. “This winter is characterised by persistent rainfall,” he explained. “The current area of site is generally well drained, but that counts for nowt when plant tracks over it.” But recent bad weather…
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SUPERMARKET supports canal efforts

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June 7, 2025

SUPERMARKET giant Tesco has donated £1500 to the Shropshire Union Canal Society for its work on the Ellesmere Canal. The society topped the poll in the Ellesmere Tesco Stronger Starts Scheme for its Enhancing Ellesmere’s Canal project. The money will be used to buy tools and other equipment for the work, and to train three…
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MONTGOMERY CANAL RESTORATION: Work continues apace

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May 7, 2025

VOLUNTEERS from the Shropshire Union Canal Society (SUCS) are inching the Crickheath section of the Montgomery Canal closer to Schoolhouse Bridge. During a recent work party, volunteers laid 3500 blocks to line the canal, completing 135 metres towards the bridge. Their work was approved by Jason Leach, head of external programme delivery at Canal &…
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FREE CAKE for volunteers

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April 24, 2025

SHROPSHIRE Union Canal Society is on the lookout for new volunteers to help members keep up their relentless pursuit of closing the Shropshire Gap. The society has been restoring the Montgomery for many years and has recently hit major milestones with Crickheath basin being opened for navigation in 2023 and Crickheath Tramway Wharf being restored…
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CANAL SOCIETY looks back to the future

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January 31, 2025

IT WAS a busy end of year for the Shropshire Union Canal Society with work parties, success on the Montgomery Canal and ghostly discoveries on the cut. A work party in December concentrated on hedge-laying at Crickheath, with volunteers putting in the final few hours of the year – taking the total for the society…
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COMPLETED EARLY: Canal restoration work

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January 4, 2025

DEDICATED and hardworking volunteers from the Shropshire Union Canal Society have finished more vital work on the Montgomery Canal – months ahead of schedule. Using funding from the Rural Prosperity Fund grant, they completed a towpath, canal channel and hedge-laying. Working near the Crickheath and Schoolhouse Bridges, the volunteers completed the towpath and bank, channel…
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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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