PRESS RELEASE by the East Midlands Chamber (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire & Leicestershire) 9th December 2019 Packed-out Christmas Lunch delivers for charities The East Midlands Chamber Christmas Lunch, a flagship event in the region’s business calendar, took place on Friday at Athena, Leicester, as the great and good of the region’s business community celebrated the start…
Read More8th December 2019 This weekend saw a Waterway Recovery Group camp at Renishaw.
Read MoreThis is your chance to get involved in a citizen science survey of mammals that live in or near water. You can use the Mammal Society’s Mammal Mapper app to monitor the wildlife on your doorstep by walking 600m along a waterway (canal, river, lake etc.) and recording the species seen on the app. The data collected…
Read More13th October 2019 PRESS RELEASE In September, a group of seven keen volunteers from the Virgin Media Business Project Delivery team came to do some vegetation clearance along the Chesterfield Canal. They had heard about the work that the Chesterfield Canal Trust does to keep the canal from becoming overgrown and wanted to do their…
Read More22nd September 2019 Our second Walking Festival has proved to be a huge success, with record numbers taking part. Lovely weather has certainly helped.
Read MoreIn its short life, Dawn Rose, the only Chesterfield Canal Boat in existence, hand-built by our volunteers, has been towed by various boats, including Python on the River Trent (click here), by lots of people on its annual Sponsored Boat Pull (click here), by Andy Kershaw from Radio Sheffield and Tom Ingall from BBC Look…
Read MoreTo help progress the restoration, we would really benefit from some professional assistance (preferably on a pro bono basis) in the following areas. If you are interested in any of these, please contact the Development Manager for an informal discussion. 07907 417604, 01246 389820, development@chesterfield-canal-trust.org.uk
Read More21st July 2019 Dawn Rose is the only Chesterfield Canal Boat in existence, hand built by our volunteers and launched in 2015. The horse is Charlie. You may have seen Charlie during the Countryfile broadcast in May.
Read MorePRESS RELEASE by Braunston Marina 15th July 2019 The very successful 2019 Braunston Historic Narrowboat Rally was held over the warmest June weekends for several years, with Saturday’s temperature into the eighties. It was almost too hot for some, but great for the real ale sales in the Dry Dock Inn – the quayside beer…
Read More6th June 2019 You may remember the consultation held by HS2 last autumn on their Working Draft Environmental Statement. Our response is here. To read the report on the consulation affecting our section, click here. To see the full report, click here. The canal is mentioned lots of times and there are lots of quotes.
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