Ashby Canal Trust
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Waterway society
A Waterway society is a society, association, charitable trust, club, trust or "Friends" group involved in the restoration, preservation, use and enjoyment of waterways, e.g. a canal, river, navigation or other waterway, and their associated buildings and structures, e.g...
based at Measham
Measham
Measham is a village in Leicestershire, near the Staffordshire and Derbyshire border, located just off the A42 just south of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and within the National Forest...
, Swadlincote
Swadlincote
Swadlincote is a town and unparished area in South Derbyshire, about southeast of Burton-upon-Trent and about south of Derby. It is the main town of South Derbyshire and the seat of South Derbyshire District Council....
, Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...
, England
England
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, UK, and concerned with the restoration of a part of the Ashby Canal, also known as the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal
Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal
The Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal is a long canal in England which connected the mining district around Moira, just outside the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, with the Coventry Canal at Bedworth in Warwickshire. It was opened in 1804, and a number of tramways were constructed at its northern end, to service...
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The restoration project is funded by:
- Leicestershire County CouncilLeicestershire County CouncilLeicestershire County Council is the county council for the English non-metropolitan county of Leicestershire. It was originally formed in 1889 by the Local Government Act 1888. The county is divided into 52 electoral divisions, which return a total of 55 councillors. The council is controlled by...
- Ashby Canal AssociationAshby Canal AssociationThe Ashby Canal Association is a waterway society and a registered charity No. 1063566, in Leicestershire and Staffordshire, England, UK, concerned with the Ashby Canal, and affiliated to the Inland Waterways Association....
- Ashby Canal Trust and Ashby Canal Trust Supporters
- Community FoundationCommunity foundationCommunity foundations are instruments of civil society designed to pool donations into a coordinated investment and grant making facility dedicated primarily to the social improvement of a given place...
- East Midlands Development AgencyEast Midlands Development AgencyEast Midlands Development Agency is the regional development agency for the East Midlands region of England formed in 1999.-Structure and function:...
- Inland Waterways AssociationInland Waterways AssociationThe Inland Waterways Association was formed in 1946 as a registered charity in the United Kingdom to campaign for the conservation, use, maintenance, restoration and sensitive development of British Canals and river navigations....
- MeashamMeashamMeasham is a village in Leicestershire, near the Staffordshire and Derbyshire border, located just off the A42 just south of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and within the National Forest...
Development Trust - National ForestNational Forest, EnglandThe National Forest is one of England’s most ambitious environmental projects. Across parts of Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire, are being transformed, blending ancient woodland with new planting to create a new national forest...
Company
In 2009, the Inland Waterways Association
Inland Waterways Association
The Inland Waterways Association was formed in 1946 as a registered charity in the United Kingdom to campaign for the conservation, use, maintenance, restoration and sensitive development of British Canals and river navigations....
held its annual National Trailboat Festival on the restored length of the Ashby Canal at Moira
Moira, Leicestershire
Moira is a former mining village about west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in North West Leicestershire, England. The village is about miles south of the Derbyshire town of Swadlincote and is close to the county boundary....
, at the most northern end of the canal in Leicestershire. The IWA
IWA
IWA may refer to:*Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South*Indian Workers' Association*Industrial, Wood and Allied Workers of Canada , an autonomous branch of the former International Woodworkers of America trade union...
allocated the Festival there to "showcase the work carried out by the Ashby Canal Trust and raise awareness for the continuing restoration".
See also
- Ashby Canal AssociationAshby Canal AssociationThe Ashby Canal Association is a waterway society and a registered charity No. 1063566, in Leicestershire and Staffordshire, England, UK, concerned with the Ashby Canal, and affiliated to the Inland Waterways Association....
- National ForestNational Forest, EnglandThe National Forest is one of England’s most ambitious environmental projects. Across parts of Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire, are being transformed, blending ancient woodland with new planting to create a new national forest...
- List of waterway societies in the United Kingdom
External links
- UK Government, House of Commons Select Committee on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Memorandum submitted by Ashby Canal Trust, February 2008: "Canals cannot be restored on voluntary effort alone"
- BBC Breathing Places: Ashby Canal, Moira - Volunteering with Ashby Canal Trust
- Leicestershire County Council Press Release 15 February 2006, "Work starts on Ashby Canal"
- Leicestershire Parish Councils website: listing Ashby Canal Trust
- British Waterways' leisure website "Waterscape": page on Inland Waterways Association's National Trailboat Festival 2009, showcasing the restoration of the northern section of the canal
- "Wild Over Waterways" Information Pack, teaching resource about the Ashby Canal restoration (pdf)
- Ashby Canal Trust website