Author: Bernie Jones

For those of you that can’t help with the physical work to restore the canals, how about coming to a fun day to help raise the funds to restore our two heritage boats BAINTON...

Our regular work party volunteers were met with a shallow “swimming pool” on Friday 29th October when we first arrived. Heavy overnight rain had fallen that had raised the level in the East Basin...

At the regular work parties last Friday and Saturday 17th/18th September, another 5 basin slabs were levelled, prepared with polythene liner, support ring spacers and reinforcing mesh, then concreted.

There will be an Open Garden next Sunday 5th September from 10:30 till 4:00 pm at this award winning restored Lock House next to the canal in Newport. Come along for coffee and cake...

After many years of pushing to get this project underway, it is finally happening. Telford and Wrekin Council have engaged a contractor who started work this week. This short video provides more details. Just...

Our amazing team of volunteers have managed to move the restoration of the butty nb BERKHAMPSTEAD on significantly. The exterior of the hull has been needle gunned and wire brushed and three coats of...

Last Saturday the Wappenshall Team, aided by colleagues from the Shrewsbury Team, did a fantastic job to pour another 6 concrete slabs into Wappenshall’s East Basin in temperatures of over 30C! It was hard...

If you would like to join this meeting via zoom, please contact Steve Bean sbean@sncanal.org.uk for the zoom link. Here is the Agenda: Agenda of the 142nd Trustees’ Meeting of the Shrewsbury and Newport...

Great progress today with our Historic Boats project, with the first of them, nb Berkhampstead, going into dry dock at Norbury Wharf Ltd for bottom blacking. Would you like to help this week? Then...

The concrete pour planned for Saturday 26th June unfortunately cannot now go ahead. This is because of the cement shortage and our supplier, PEZ Concreting, simply can’t get what is required to do the...