Strategic Restoration – Beggarlee
After a wait of almost a year and a half, Planning Permission has finally been granted to the extension of the navigable canal north from Langley Mill, through a staircase pair of locks, under the A610 and through to its original course at Stoney Lane, Brinsley.
You can download the press release here, and see an earlier outline video presentation here.
We’ve Started Work!
Click on the play button on the audio file to listen to a radio interview we recently had with BBC Radio Derby.
Click on the image to see the Beggarlee extension in full.
Tactical Restoration – Working Parties
Friends of the Cromford Canal work parties contributed 3,376 volunteer hours, in 2022.
FCC work parties are normally every Wednesday and cover sections along the entire 14.5mile length of the Cromford Canal from Langley Mill on the Derbyshire / Nottinghamshire border to Cromford Wharf at Cromford.
Our work includes:
- clearing vegetation
- removing rubbish & litter picking
- clearing the channel of reeds and trees
- clearing Himalayan Balsam
- trimming overgrown hedging to providing views for bird watchers
- repairing the towpath edges with coir rolls
- footpath / towpath improvement work
- maintenance of walls, repairing steps
- maintaining the flow of water to the water meadows.
The FCC work under the direction of the DCC Rangers and C&RT Area Managers for the relevant sections, and also work with the Waterway Recovery Group (WRG) which is a national waterways volunteer group on a number of projects.
FCC supply safety glasses, Hi Viz tabard, work gloves and when required hard hats and water proof over-trousers. Volunteers are requested to wear suitable footwear ideally with toe caps and clothing for the weather conditions. Tools are provided, signing on at the start of every work party session, is a requirement.
If you feel you would like to join the FCC work parties, who are very friendly group, contact John Barker via the Contact Us page.