Ever wondered what’s lurking beneath the waters of the Birmingham Canal Navigations?
The 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 & 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 Walsall Canal from the basin to Ryders Green locks.
WRG volunteers are supported each year by volunteers from the Inland Waterways Association, Birmingham Canal Navigations Society, Dudley Canal Trust, Coombeswood Canal Trust, Canal & River Trust, Friends of Tipton Cut and local residents.
Guidance for Day Visitors
Signing in point for day visitors – Ocker Hill Yard, Bayleys Lane, Great Bridge, Tipton – 9.30am
If you’d just like to come along for the day, please email Chris Morgan or call 07974 111 354.
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Event Dates
25th - 26th March 2023 (Accommodation available from Friday night)
Location
Walsall Canal, Tipton DY4 9AB
Restoration
Birmingham Canals Cleanup 2023
Ever wondered what’s lurking beneath the waters of the Birmingham Canal Navigations?
The 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 & 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 Walsall Canal from the basin to Ryders Green locks.
WRG volunteers are supported each year by volunteers from the Inland Waterways Association, Birmingham Canal Navigations Society, Dudley Canal Trust, Coombeswood Canal Trust, Canal & River Trust, Friends of Tipton Cut and local residents.
Guidance for Day Visitors
Signing in point for day visitors – Ocker Hill Yard, Bayleys Lane, Great Bridge, Tipton – 9.30am
If you’d just like to come along for the day, please email Chris Morgan or call 07974 111 354.
Details
Activity
Canal Cleanup
Accommodation
Basic accommodation is provided at the Malthouse Stables, Hurst Lane, Tipton, DY4 9AB from Friday night.
Please bring camp beds/sleeping bags.
Booking
For £18, which includes food and accommodation, help us keep the lesser used parts of the BCN open for boaters. You can join us for the whole weekend or just a day, your contribution will help us make a practical difference.
FAQs
The Birmingham Canals Cleanup will take place on the Birmingham Canal Navigation near Walsall.
Using grappling hooks, volunteers will patrol the Walsall Canal 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.
In 2019, more than 60 volunteers spent two days removing an estimated almost 30 tonnes of rubbish between Gosty Hill and Blowers Green on the Dudley No2 canal in the Black Country. In some years, this total has been closer to 50-60 tonnes!
Friday evening at 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 Cllr Chris Morgan: 07974 111354 [email protected]
If you want to find out more about any of our events, please get in touch.
Phone: 01494 783 453 x607
Email: [email protected] / [email protected]
