Press Release 20th December 2017 In June, the Chesterfield Canal Trust was selected as a recipient for The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service 2017. This is the highest award given to volunteer groups across the UK. On December 16th, the award was presented formally to the Trust by the Duke of Devonshire, who was acting…
Read More14th December 2017 Tom Ingall from Look North visited our volunteers working at the Hartington Railway Bridge site a couple of weeks ago.
Read More2nd November 2017 You may remember us appealing in the summer for supporters to vote for us to get a grant from Tesco Bags of Help.
Read More21st October 2018 We are very grateful to John Marsden who has shown us a copy of another old map of the canal. We have a rather poor copy that has been crudely coloured, but this is far clearer.
Read More31st October 2017 It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden death, on Sunday 29th October, of David Morris (54) who has served as a Trustee for the past seven years.
Read MoreOctober 12th 2017 Our Restoration Ambassador, Dave Berry, came down to visit the Work Party at Hartington.
Read More6th October 2017 Katey’s Coffee Shop opened today. It is open every day except Christmas Day and New Year’s Day from 9.30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Read More21st September 2017 The Chesterfield Canal Trust has begun its autumn season of vegetation trimming.
Read More21st August 2017 The Chesterfield Canal Trust organised an archaeological dig on the site of the old Bellhouse Basin in Staveley during the middle two weeks in August.
Read More24th July 2017 This was the sight at the Mill pub at Brimington today. Derbyshire County Council’s Countryside Service had arranged for Water Plant Ltd. to do some weedcutting.
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