Ever wondered what’s lurking beneath the waters of the Birmingham Canal Navigations?
The Annual Birmingham Canals Clean-up weekend is a great opportunity to have fun and meet new people while clearing shopping trolleys, tyres, bicycles and even more exciting treasures from the canal! It is hoped this annual effort on the BCN will help keep the less well used parts of the BCN and Black Country network from getting choked up with rubbish and becoming impassable for boats.
This year, Waterway Recovery Group volunteers will be working on the Tipton areas of the Birmingham Canal old and new main lines.
WRG volunteers are supported each year by volunteers from IWA branches in the West Midlands, Canal & River Trust as well as Birmingham Canal Navigations Society and Coombeswood Canal Trust.
Accommodation available from Friday night.
Guidance for Day Visitors
If you’d just like to come along for the day, please email Chris Morgan or call him on 07974 111 354 to confirm meet up point and time.
Bookings for the weekend are now open
** Bookings for accommodation close at midday on Friday 7th March **
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Event Dates
15th to 16th March
Location
West Midlands
Restoration
Birmingham Canals Clean-up 2025
Ever wondered what’s lurking beneath the waters of the Birmingham Canal Navigations?
The Annual Birmingham Canals Clean-up weekend is a great opportunity to have fun and meet new people while clearing shopping trolleys, tyres, bicycles and even more exciting treasures from the canal! It is hoped this annual effort on the BCN will help keep the less well used parts of the BCN and Black Country network from getting choked up with rubbish and becoming impassable for boats.
This year, Waterway Recovery Group volunteers will be working on the Tipton areas of the Birmingham Canal old and new main lines.
WRG volunteers are supported each year by volunteers from IWA branches in the West Midlands, Canal & River Trust as well as Birmingham Canal Navigations Society and Coombeswood Canal Trust.
Accommodation available from Friday night.
Guidance for Day Visitors
If you’d just like to come along for the day, please email Chris Morgan or call him on 07974 111 354 to confirm meet up point and time.
Bookings for the weekend are now open
** Bookings for accommodation close at midday on Friday 7th March **
Details
Activity
Canal Clean-up
Accommodation
Basic accommodation is provided from Friday night.
Please bring camp beds/sleeping bags.
FAQs
The Birmingham Canals Clean-up will take place on the Birmingham Canal Navigations.
Using grappling hooks, volunteers will patrol the canals and fish out the many treasures hidden below the surface. Lots of interesting ‘treasures’ were pulled out of the canal including bikes, an electric guitar, a gas barbecue, a mountain of tyres and of course lots and lots of shopping trolleys! There is the option of litter picking as well as grappling hooks. Equipment and gloves will be provided.
Every year, about 50 volunteers spend two days removing an estimated 20-30 tonnes of rubbish from the BCN. In some years, this total has been closer to 50-60 tonnes. This rubbish looks unsightly, is a danger to wildlife, causes pollution and can damage boats and injure waterway users.
Friday evening from 6pm.
Saturday and Sunday breakfast; Saturday and Sunday lunch and Saturday evening meal for campers is £18.
If you wish to attend on your boat, moorings are limited in number and they must be pre-booked through Chris Morgan: 07974 111354
If you want to find out more about any of our events, please get in touch.
Phone: 01494 783 453 x607
Email: [email protected]
