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IWA Shrewsbury District & North Wales Branch covers North and Mid Wales, parts of East and South Cheshire, Shropshire and parts of West Staffordshire.
The Branch includes two World Heritage Sites. One straddles two countries and includes the highest navigable aqueduct ever built, the Pontcysyllte aqueduct. The other includes the world’s first cast iron bridge over the River Severn at Ironbridge Gorge.
IWA Shrewsbury District and North Wales Branch has published a colourful, A3 sized, 2026 calendar featuring beautiful images of local canals, which is priced at £8.
The calendar is available by mail order at: https://iwa-shrewsburynorthwales.sumupstore.com or email: [email protected]
Shroppie Fly Paper is the electronic newsletter of IWA Shrewsbury & North Wales Branch. You can read copies by using this link, which gives you access to previous newsletters.
[The photo shows Wappenshall Warehouses, Shrewsbury & Newport Canals, east Shropshire, with the new ‘stables’ annex to the three-storey and recently renovated, two-storey, café-meeting room to the right of the future car park. – by Bernie Jones.]
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The video below report on the reopening of Schoolhouse Bridge on the Montgomery Canal in 2024.
Also, from earlier in 2024, see the news report covering unveiling a plaque on Schoolhouse Bridge from Shropshire’s Lord Lieutenant, and the reopening of Schoolhouse Bridge.
Do get in touch with any comments on anything which concerns you about our inland waterways
[email protected]
Help protect and restore the waterways you love.
Britain's waterways are vital; together we can campaign for them now and for the future.
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