Our Festival on 24th and 25th June was a resounding success. We have to thank our hundreds of volunteers who made the event possible and the organisations which supported the event. Here are a few images to give you a tiny flavour of the event. They are by Nick…
Read MoreWe have revised and updated our History book. It starts the story in 1766, running through the initial campaigning, the construction and operation of the canal, the railway years, the long, slow decline and the revival led by the Retford & Worksop Boat Club. It documents the birth of the Chesterfield Canal Society, the change…
Read More29th April 2023 This temporary footpath closure is to allow ground investigations to take place. These are part of the preparations for the major restoration that is scheduled to start in March next year. They will be the first physical manifestations of our part of the Staveley Town Deal. We have started a page of…
Read MoreThe new series of Robbie Cumming’s “Canal Boat Diaries” is now on iPlayer. It is Series 4 and Episode 2 features our canal.
Read MorePRESS RELEASE 26th April 2023 The restoration of the Chesterfield Canal will shortly take a great leap forward. This has been made possible by a huge donation of clay from Suon Ltd.
Read MoreMichael Edwards, the Chair of the Friends of Dawn Rose, did an interview with Becky Measures on Radio Sheffield. To hear it, click here. To sign up for a boat pull, click here. Photo © John Bates.
Read More19th March 2023 Nearly a year ago, we were contacted by Chris Allen about a new sculpture that was planned to be erected at Lowgates at the junction of the Arkwright Trail and the Trans-Pennine Trail. He was also in touch with Derbyshire County Council’s Countryside Service which manages the canal. Chris is the Chair…
Read More17th March 2023 A disused section of the Chesterfield Canal is to be restored by Derbyshire County Council and Chesterfield Canal Trust for the benefit of local residents, visitors and wildlife. The mile-long section in Renishaw, which lies close to the original canal alignment, is land-locked and virtually empty of water. Work is needed, subject…
Read MoreUpdate, 9th March 2023 The planning application is now on the Chesterfield Borough Council’s planning partal, click here to see it and type in the reference CHE/23/00135/FUL. The images below are all taken from these documents. They were prepared by Jefferson Sheard Architects. 2nd March 2023 PRESS RELEASE from Derbyshire County Council Plans for…
Read MoreThis article is by Martin Ludgate of Canal Boat magazine. Click here to see it on the Canal Boat website. How do you spend over £5m piling up clay to reopen a half-mile length of canal? It turns out there’s rather more involved in the next phase of the Chesterfield Canal’s restoration, as…
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