The canal system also contributed to the industrial development of south Wales with coal once being transported along the waterways. Jennifer Stewart, from the Heritage Lottery Fund said: "Our canals ...

Meanwhile, Wales, the northeast of England ... "The risk is that the canal system steadily declines and we struggle even more to keep the canals open. The last thing we want to see is closures.

The Stourbridge U3A Canal Group visited the Montgomery Canal and were welcomed by volunteers who run Llanymynech Canal Wharf.

This morning, travel to Llangollen in North Wales, where you will board a canal ... and endearing character of any structure on the canal system. Continue to Acton Bridge to the 'Daniel Adamson ...

“My guess is that the Moss Valley reservoir was built as an interim measure while they expanded the system ... and Wales would have looked like a sieve. Around 5,000 miles of canals were ...

The canal is estimated to contribute £26.5 million a year to the local economy of South East Wales and visited by around 4.6 million people a year. Welsh Water, which had been demanding a ...

The Canal & River Trust, which is responsible for 2,000 miles of waterways across England and Wales, has mapped the “ecological footprint” of its canal network for the first time to show how ...

"We need to speak to government and get that funding back again. "The risk is that the canal system steadily declines and we struggle even more to keep the canals open. "The last thing we want to ...