Wilts & Berks Canal

CHARITY BOAT TRIPS: Cleaner and quieter…

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October 30, 2025

Popular boat trips are cleaner and quieter thanks to a generous grant for an electric engine. THE Melksham, Chippenham & Calne branch of the Wilts & Berks Canal Trust runs two boats, The Mary Archard and Damselfly, which raise much-needed funds for the charity by carrying hundreds of passengers at special events every year. These…
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Wilts & Berks volunteers earn top trust award

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December 30, 2023

A PRESTIGIOUS award has been presented to a team of dedicated volunteers after they contributed almost 9800 hours towards the restoration of a former waterway. The Melksham, Chippenham & Calne branch of the Wilts & Berks Canal Trust has received the charity’s annual Tony Davy Award, named in memory of its former chairman. It recognises…
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Good Energy volunteers boost Wilts & Berks work

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October 14, 2023

THE restoration of the Wilts & Berks Canal received a welcome boost after a team of Good Energy volunteers swapped deskwork for digging. Staff from the renewable energy company in Chippenham lent their support to the creation of a new woodland and wildflower meadow alongside the nearby waterway. They helped with protecting hedgerows and sowing…
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Canal volunteers improve popular path to Lacock

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May 1, 2023

A COUNTRYSIDE walk between Chippenham and Lacock has been made much easier following repairs to a former towpath. The Wilts & Berks Canal Trust has already restored a significant stretch of the waterway from Pewsham Locks to Double Bridge, making it a popular spot for walkers, runners and cyclists. However, the public right of way…
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New land acquired for canal restoration

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January 2, 2023

A POPULAR stretch of restored canal between Chippenham and Lacock could be extended thanks to a new deal. The Wilts & Berks Canal Trust has already rebuilt more than a kilometre of the former waterway from Pewsham Locks to Double Bridge. It has now signed a lease with Wiltshire Council for an additional 500m stretch…
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Canal restoration boosted by Borough Lands grant

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January 10, 2022

GRATEFUL volunteers have received a welcome boost to their efforts to restore a former waterway.The Melksham, Chippenham & Calne branch of the Wilts & Berks Canal Trust has been awarded a grant of £4825 from Chippenham Borough Lands Charity. The money has been used to provide additional equipment for local work parties including an all-terrain…
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Canal revealed for first time in a century

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September 14, 2021

HARDWORKING volunteers are rediscovering a former waterway which has been hidden for more than a century. The Wilts & Berks Canal Trust is clearing a new section of the abandoned line which once passed between Pewsham and Derry Hill, to the east of Chippenham. The stretch at Green Lane Farm, leased from a local landowner,…
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