• A big milestone at Gallows Wharf: the ‘big pipe’ is out

After months of preparation, planning and a good deal of patience, the volunteer team at Gallows Wharf has hit a major milestone — the big pipe is out.

Through the spring, volunteers with the Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust have been working steadily on the first section of the new channel, running from London Road bridge along Gallows Reach. This week the long-awaited moment finally arrived.

It’s the kind of hands-on progress that turns the vision of a restored Lichfield Canal into something you can actually see taking shape on the ground — and a real credit to the volunteers who keep at it, week after week.

Read the full update: lhcrt.org.uk

A national campaign calling for urgent investment in Britain’s canals and rivers.

Britain’s inland waterways are at risk from chronic underfunding. Fund Britain’s Waterways is bringing together organizations and individuals to campaign for the government funding needed to protect their economic, environmental and social value — now and for future generations.

Fund Britain’s Waterways

A national campaign calling for urgent investment in Britain’s canals and rivers.

Britain’s inland waterways are at risk from chronic underfunding. Fund Britain’s Waterways is bringing together organizations and individuals to campaign for the government funding needed to protect their economic, environmental and social value — now and for future generations.

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