There will be a Local Canals Exhibition at the Abbey Station in Shrewsbury, SY2 6AH (opposite the Abbey Church) on Saturday, 23^rd September 2023 hosted by the Inland Waterways Association and including three canal groups, Shropshire Union Canal Society, Shrewsbury and Newport Canals Trust and the Friends of the Montgomery Canal.

Shrewsbury is within 20 miles of many canal towns and villages, including Ellesmere, Whitchurch, Market Drayton, Newport, Queens Head and Welshpool with access to the Llangollen, Shropshire Union, Montgomery and the un-restored Shrewsbury & Newport Canals. Most of these canals are in regular leisure use and, recently, more navigable miles have been added to the Montgomery while the east basin at Wappenshall on the Shrewsbury & Newport has been re-watered.

The exhibition provides an opportunity to meet people who are currently enjoying these waterways and to discover how to get involved. It’s a great chance to find out about the many miles already in regular use and what’s being done to restore more.

There is free entry to the Abbey Station which has been made available once again by kind invitation of Shrewsbury Railway Heritage Trust and it will be open from 10.30 until 3.30pm. There’s a large public car park next to the station.