Coombeswood Canal Camp (Dudley No 2) CC2024-19

The reason: The reason: This will be the first step towards clearing the channel, towpath and towpath wall of this length to investigate its state, with a view to reopening it to navigation.

The restoration: This is the opposite end of the same abandoned section of the Dudley No 2 Canal that the Lapal Canal Trust (see above) are working on, also became derelict following the collapse of Lapal Tunnel and ending of local trade, and could one day also form part of the same restored through route. In the 1990s some restoratiowork was carried out on the disused length where it runs through the attractive Leasowes Park, about half a mile beyond Coombeswood Basin (the current limit of navigation and base for Coombeswood Canal Trust). However with work since then concentrated elsewhere, Coombeswood Canal Trust is developing a scheme to work on reopening the canal from Coombeswood towards Leasowes.