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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.

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Activity

Wall building

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Location

Borrowash, Derby

Borrowash, Derby, UK

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Waterway underfunding

Hundreds of miles of waterways – along with their unique heritage and habitats – are currently starved of funding and rely on constant lobbying by us to safeguard their future.

Sustainable Boating

We want boating on canals and rivers to be more sustainable and – even though the current overall contribution to UK carbon emissions is very small – we want to help reduce emissions on the waterways.

Waterways Heritage at Risk

Britain’s canals and rivers are a unique, living heritage. But that heritage is at risk – from urban development, lack of protection, loss of skills and knowledge and climate change.

You can help Save Waterways Heritage.

Waterway restoration

Restoring the UK’s blue infrastructure – our inherited network of navigable canals and rivers – is good for people and places.