Wilts & Berks Canal Trust

  • Council and canal trust unite to restore historic waterway

    Council and canal trust unite to restore historic waterway

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    The Wilts & Berks Canal Trust (WBCT) and Swindon Borough Council have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) confirming their commitment to work together to progress restoration of the canal. The agreement sets out how both organisations will work together, with the trust aiming to deliver a blue/green canal corridor between Swindon and Royal Wootton…

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  • Campaigners warn ‘now or never’ for historic canal restoration

    Campaigners warn ‘now or never’ for historic canal restoration

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    CAMPAIGNERS and supporters of the Wilts & Berks Canal Trust are calling for urgent public backing to ensure the proposed White Horse Reservoir includes the full navigable reinstatement of the historic Wilts & Berks Canal around the reservoir and to the River Thames. The trust is warning that a once-in-a-generation opportunity could be lost unless…

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  • Volunteers’ Week spotlight on Wilts & Berks Canal

    Volunteers’ Week spotlight on Wilts & Berks Canal

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    A WILTSHIRE volunteer is supporting a national campaign that encourages people to get more involved in their communities. Howard Wilson, from Semington, is a member of the Wilts & Berks Canal Trust which aims to restore the former waterway through the local countryside. He joined the Melksham, Chippenham & Calne branch of the charity seven years ago…

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