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Please see this fantastic video taken yesterday by member Steve McClelland.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO9mkhuAAeo&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR38Gw9-MGbWNtI_wUjFLiH-fspDI6kALML1KKDCBXGOMvLMhsKxNDUUgTQ

I am exceedingly grateful to WRGie Plant Trainer, Adrian Sturgess, for coming to Wappenshall today, at short notice, to train 6 of our members on our JCB excavator and and 3 Tonne dumper truck,...

At last it stopped raining and this allowed us to make some real progress at Wappenshall Wharf today. Here is Steve Heise removing the ugly cement pointing from the brickwork of the small warehouse,...

Numbers reducing due to Covid19 As many of you will have experienced money has become a little tighter over the last few months. The trust has suffered too. Many of you have already chosen...

Dear friends and contacts of Mary de Saulles, sadly, as her sons, it falls to us to tell you that Mary passed away in the early hours of 17th June. She died peacefully at...

As you may have heard on Radio Shropshire earlier today, Shrewsbury and Newport Canals Trust is heading from the canals of Shropshire to the canals of Mars. Last year Nasa announced that they were...

SNCT has won a £1,000 Movement for Good award thanks to nominations from the public. SNCT is one of 500 winners in specialist insurer Ecclesiastical’s Movement for Good awards, which is giving £1million to...

https://www.waterwavesmedia.org/ is the place to listen to great music, request your favourite tracks and listen to interesting interviews about our local canal system, including the Shrewsbury & Newport. This is the Trust’s very own...

Our historic pair of 1936 Woolwich Class boats are in need of restoration. The estimated cost is £100,000. Bainton and Berkhamstead are on their way to Norbury Wharf where they will be restored. The...

Thank you to all members of the Shrewsbury & Newport Canals Trust for supporting us as we navigate our way through these uncertain times. COVID-19 has forced a cessation of SNCT’s operations including the...