Working to restore the canals from Norbury to Shrewsbury
The last Friday and Saturday working parties were held at Wappenshall last weekend. We managed to prepare and pour another 4 concrete slabs in the East Basin despite wet, muddy and cold working conditions....
We were delighted when Hannah Bailey from Epwin Window Systems contacted us to ask if we could make use of 70 hard hats and some hi-vis vests that are now surplus to their requirements. The...
Wappenshall Bridge No 13 was originally a road bridge on the Trench Arm of the Shrewsbury and Newport Canals. The canal flowed under this bridge, past Wharf House, and into the West Basin at...
The pair of historic working boats donated to the Shrewsbury and Newport Canal Trust have just completed the first stage of their journey from the Grand Union Canal in Northamptonshire to the Shropshire Union...
A video of the Owl and Bat Boxes in the roof space of the Transshipment Warehouse at Wappenshall Wharf. Please follow this link. https://youtu.be/lzu1JjO6YlQ
Dave Peters, a member of the Shrewsbury Support Group took these two photos last week of the site at Berwick Wharf. Members from SNCT groups worked alongside volunteers of London WRGies over a weekend...
After a busy Saturday by the Newport Support Group, member Dave Jones recently spent another couple of days de-weeding and generally tidying up the Lock outside the Tickethouse in Newport. Thanks for the work...
Please follow this link (link) to see time lapse photography of our volunteers constructing an owl box and bat box in the roof space of the Transshipment Warehouse at Wappenshall Junction, the home of...