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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.

 

 

Branch Calendar 2026 and Christmas Card Sales

A waterways calendar and waterways Christmas cards are on sale at two pop-up charity card shops in Shropshire to raise funds for waterways projects.

IWA Shrewsbury District and North Wales Branch has published a colourful, A3 sized, 2026 calendar featuring beautiful images of local canals, which is priced at £8.

The Branch also has a selection of IWA Christmas cards for sale alongside the calendar within St Mary’s Church (see photo left), in the centre of Shrewsbury, and also within St Oswald’s Church in Oswestry, Monday to Saturday, 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. (10.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. in Oswestry) until 6th December 2025.

The calendar is also available by mail order.

Visit our online shop at: https://iwa-shrewsburynorthwales.sumupstore.com

or email: [email protected]

Branch Newsletter

Shroppie Fly Paper is the electronic newsletter of IWA Shrewsbury & North Wales Branch.  You can read copies by using this link, which 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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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.

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