Planning approval has been granted for the development of a new section of the Lichfield Canal, between Cricket Lane and London Road in Lichfield. The site is a section of the historic, currently disused Ogley Locks section of the Wyrley & Essington Canal, which was closed in 1954. We are restoring the Lichfield Canal to establish a navigable gateway, …
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It was announced at our AGM on 14 June that Peter Buck, our construction and operations trustee, has sadly decided to step down after 13 years in the role. Peter and his wife Jeanne became members of the Trust and actively involved back in 1996, with Peter formally elected as a trustee in 2012. Carole Mills, chair of LHCRT, …
This year is the 40th anniversary of Volunteers’ Week. We’re celebrating the amazing work of our volunteers, who are our lifeblood! We have no paid staff, so without them we could not restore the canals. We are bringing together people of all ages and backgrounds, to collaborate and create a wonderful green and blue space for people and wildlife to …
We’re not just restoring a canals, we’re also creating sustainable habitats for diversifying wildlife, increasing biodiversity and carbon capture. So we are currently letting our grass grow! During the summer months we follow Plantlife’s ‘No Mow May’, ‘Let it Bloom June’ and ‘Knee High July’. We don’t cut back wildflowers, nettles and seeded grasses because of their importance to …
The Darnford Moors volunteer team relocated to Fosseway Lane in mid-April and the first task was to tidy up the canal bed by reinstating the coping stones to the south wall and also carry out a bit of pointing. That work took us a couple of weeks to complete and by late April the south wall was looking much …
