The Trust will be starting a regular monthly mid-week working party, to take place on the third Thursday of each month, starting on Thursday 16th February. The first one will be at Froghall, where we will do a bit of strimming, weeding and vegetation management, along with possibly some painting and scrubbing jetties.
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council are planning to hold a series of meetings relating to the Churnet Valley Masterplan. We encourage anyone with an interest to attend one of the drop-in sessions and/or to respond to the consultation documents which are to be published on the SMDC website on 16th January 2012.
A Waterway Community Day will be take place on Sunday 28th August between 10am - 4pm, at the junction of the Caldon and Uttoxeter Canals Canal in the Staffordshire Moorlands. Everybody is invited to come down to the canal for a walk, a fun afternoon out and to show how we use and value the canal in our community.
Visit the Destination Staffordshire marquee to discover more about all the canals in Staffordshire, and the world of possibilities the county holds for holidays and great days out! The Inland Waterways Association (IWA) Stoke-on-Trent branch has joined forces with Staffordshire County Council and arranged for local waterways organisations to exhibit in one marquee supported by the Destination Staffordshire tourism team.
In here you will find displays by the groups campaigning for the: Burslem Port branch, Caldon & Uttoxeter Canals, Lichfield & Hatherton Canals, Stafford Riverway, Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal, and Trent & Mersey Canal, plus the IWA branches for: Lichfield, Stoke-on-Trent and Shrewsbury & North Wales, plus the Shrewsbury & Newport Canal campaigners – yes, that waterway joins the Shropshire Union Canal in Staffordshire!
Burton-upon-Trent, in east Staffordshire, is to host the 2011 Waterways Festival over the weekend of 29th-31st July on Shobnall Fields. The Trust will have displays in the Staffordshire Waterways Tent, along with IWA Stoke-on-Trent, Burslem Port Project, Staffs & Worcester Canal Society, Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Trust and others.
