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IWA Shrewsbury District & North Wales Branch

About the Branch

IWA Shrewsbury District & North Wales Branch covers North and Mid Wales, parts of East and South Cheshire, Shropshire and parts of West Staffordshire.

The Branch includes two World Heritage Sites. One straddles two countries and includes the highest navigable aqueduct ever built, the Pontcysyllte aqueduct.  The other includes the world’s first cast iron bridge over the River Severn at Ironbridge Gorge.

The Branch’s Annual Members Meeting and AGM is on 30th May 2025.

The video below report on the reopening of Schoolhouse Bridge on the Montgomery Canal in 2024.

Also, from earlier in 2024, see the news report covering unveiling a plaque on Schoolhouse Bridge from Shropshire’s Lord Lieutenant, and the reopening of Schoolhouse Bridge.

Branch Newsletter

Shroppie Fly Paper is the newsletter of IWA Shrewsbury & North Wales Branch, but is currently without an editor, although emergency issues are currently  being produced by our chairman including the February 2025 (amended) issue which you will be able to read by using this link, which also gives you access to previous newsletters.

 

[The photo shows Wappenshall Warehouses, Shrewsbury & Newport Canals, east Shropshire, with the new ‘stables’ annex to the three-storey and recently renovated, two-storey, café-meeting room to the right of the future car park.  –  by Bernie Jones.]

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Latest news

Feature

The Rebuilding of Schoolhouse Bridge on the Montgomery Canal

Restoration

News

A future for the canal warehouse at Ellesmere?

Heritage

Feature

A virtual tour of waterways in Shrewsbury & North Wales

Heritage

Local Events

Book now
30 May 2025

Meeting

IWA Shrewsbury Branch Members Meeting and AGM 2025

Ellesmere, Shropshire

Things to do in our area

Silver Propeller Challenge

Crickheath Winding Hole, Montgomery Canal

Oswestry

Silver Propeller Challenge

Berriew, Montgomery Canal

Welshpool

Walk

Horseshoe Falls & Llangollen Canal Walk in the Dee Valley

Llangollen

Walk

Horseshoe Falls & the Vale of Llangollen Walk

Llangollen

Walk

Tyrley to Market Drayton & the Shropshire Union Canal Walk

Tyrley

Walk

Vyrnwy Aqueduct and Carreghofa Walk

Llanymynech

Walk

Vyrnwy Aqueduct and Llanymynech Walk

Llanymynech

Walk

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct Walk

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

Walk

Chirk to Chirk Bank and Rhoswiel Walk

Wrexham

Walk

Ellesmere Wharf & the Llangollen Canal Walk

Ellesmere

Contact Us

Do get in touch with any comments on anything which concerns you about our inland waterways
[email protected]

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