This Camp will not now take place in 2023.
The Derby Canal once ran from Sandiacre on the Erewash Canal westwards to Derby, then South to meet the Trent & Mersey Canal at Swarkestone. The length through Derby has been largely obliterated by redevelopment since the canal closed – but Derby & Sandiacre Canal Trust has a cunning plan to get back there using a combination of a section of new canal, a canalised length of river, and a new boat lift called the Derby Arm.
WRG have held camps at Borrowash for several years and have been engaged in remedial work to the lock chamber. This year’s camp had been planned to move upstream of the lock and volunteers would have been engaged in remedial work to the masonry canal bank walls.
Cancelled
Event Dates
5th to 12th August 2023
Location
Borrowash, Derby
Restoration
Derby Canal Camp 2023
This Camp will not now take place in 2023.
The Derby Canal once ran from Sandiacre on the Erewash Canal westwards to Derby, then South to meet the Trent & Mersey Canal at Swarkestone. The length through Derby has been largely obliterated by redevelopment since the canal closed – but Derby & Sandiacre Canal Trust has a cunning plan to get back there using a combination of a section of new canal, a canalised length of river, and a new boat lift called the Derby Arm.
WRG have held camps at Borrowash for several years and have been engaged in remedial work to the lock chamber. This year’s camp had been planned to move upstream of the lock and volunteers would have been engaged in remedial work to the masonry canal bank walls.
