Trent & Mersey Canal

Tree strike at Wolseley Bridge

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July 4, 2026

On Saturday 27 June, River Canal Rescue engineer, Jake Mullen, was called to bridge 70 (Wolseley Bridge, near Rugeley, Stafford) on the Trent & Mersey Canal, after an oak tree crashed onto nb Marcellus. The tree had fallen from the opposite side of the towpath, landing on the boat, causing major damage and blocking the…
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Volunteers get to work on offside vegetation

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January 10, 2024

IWA’s Lichfield Branch volunteers have been busy cutting back the protruding offside vegetation on the Trent & Mersey Canal. Having begun at Fradley Junction in October, they are currently working their way north to Great Haywood, and will then head down the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal. Since its inception in 2017 as a joint venture…
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Festival of Water comes to the Trent & Mersey Canal

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March 16, 2022

IWA’s Festival of Water is a bank holiday weekend of fun for all who love spending time by the water. This year’s event will take place on the Trent & Mersey Canal in Burton-upon-Trent over the August Bank Holiday weekend. A full programme of music and dance will take place. Festival goers can come for…
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RESTORATION OF HISTORIC CHESHIRE CANAL FOOTBRIDGE WINS ENGINEERING AWARD

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Janet Richardson

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November 26, 2021

The Canal & River Trust waterways and wellbeing charity has won a major engineering award for its sympathetic restoration of a historic Grade II Listed footbridge across the Trent & Mersey Canal in Middlewich, Cheshire. Canal engineers Tania Snelgrove, Ian Draycott and Helen Braidwood have been presented with a coveted heritage award from the Institution…
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First Shardlow Inland Port Festival proves great success

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Mark Lancaster

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October 13, 2021

A TWO-DAY celebration of Shardlow being the best-preserved inland port in the country was so successful that it is destined to become an annual event. The first Shardlow Inland Port Festival attracted numerous visitors to the historic village which is situated near the start of the Trent & Mersey Canal. It is considered to be…
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HALF TERM HALLOWEEN FUN AT FRADLEY JUNCTION

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Mark Lancaster

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October 11, 2021

Visitors to Fradley Junction should prepare for some spooky fun this Halloween with a free family-friendly Halloween scavenger hunt around the nearby nature reserve. Organised by waterways and wellbeing charity Canal & River Trust this week-long ‘spooktacular’ event is aimed at children of all ages and allows young explorers to take part in some spine-chilling…
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Trent & Mersey Canalside Farm re-opens ‘Pick Your Own’ strawberries

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Shannon Butcher

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June 23, 2020

Owners of Canalside Farm, near Stafford, announced today that they have re-opened their ‘Pick Your Own’ strawberries.
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