Canal trusts play a vital role in preserving Britain’s historic waterways, which were once the arteries of industrial trade and transportation. These mostly volunteer-led organizations work tirelessly to maintain and restore the intricate canal networks that have shaped the country’s landscape and economic history. By protecting these waterways, canal trusts ensure that the heritage of Britain’s canals, from the engineering marvels to the traditional boating skills, is not lost. Their efforts are crucial in keeping history alive, offering future generations the opportunity to explore and appreciate the importance of canals in Britain’s industrial past and their continued role in local ecosystems.
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Heritage Experiences: Canal Trusts
| Business Name | Contact Person | Address-1 | Address-2 | Suburb | Postcode | Country | Website | Phone | |
| Ashby Canal Association | Peter Oakden | 40 Holland Crescent | Ashby-De-La-Zouch | LE65 1FS | England | https://ashbycanal.org.uk/ | secretary@ashbycanal.org.uk peter.oakden@ashbycanal.org.uk |
01827 880677 | |
| Ashby Canal Trust | http://www.ashbycanaltrust.co.uk/ | michael@dracocrafts.com | |||||||
| Association of Inland Navigation Authorities | Middle Level Offices, 85 Whittlesey Road | March | PE15 0AH | England | https://aina.org.uk/ | info@aina.org.uk | 0844 335 1650 | ||
| Avon Navigation Trust | Mill Wharf, Mill Lane, Wyre Piddle | Pershore | WR10 2JF | England | https://www.avonnavigationtrust.org/ | office@avonnavigationtrust.org | 01386 552517 | ||
| Aylesbury Canal Society | Nick Swain | Circus Field Basin, Stocklake | Aylesbury | HP20 1AP | England | http://aylesburycanal.org.uk/ | aylesburycanal@gmail.com chairman@aylesburycanal.org.uk |
01296 252101 | |
| Basingstoke Canal Authority | Mytchett Place Road | Mytchett | GU16 6DD | England | https://www.hants.gov.uk/thingstodo/basingstokecanal | ||||
| Basingstoke Canal Canoe Club | Rachel | Mytchett Pl Rd, Mytchett | Camberley | GU16 6DD | England | https://b3c.org.uk/ | b3c.secretary@gmail.com | ||
| Basingstoke Canal Society | Chancery House, 30, St Johns Road | Woking | GU21 7SA | England | https://basingstoke-canal.org.uk/ | info@basingstoke-canal.co.uk | 01252 370073 | ||
| Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway Trust | 9 Windmill Hill, Biddenham | Bedford | MK40 4AG | England | https://www.bmkwaterway.org/ | contact@bmkwaterway.org | 07861 620 520 | ||
| Birmingham Canal Navigations Society | Titford Pump House, Engine Street | Oldbury | England | https://bcnsociety.com/ | info@bcnsociety.com | ||||
| Braunston Canal Society | Clive Joynson | Braunston | England | https://www.braunston.org.uk/org.aspx?n=Braunston-Canal-Society&pdf=all | braunstoncanalsociety@gmail.com | 07817 435 911 | |||
| Brent River & Canal Society | London | England | http://www.brcs.org.uk/ | info@brentriverpark.org | |||||
| Bridge 19-40 Canal Society | Broxburn | Scotland | https://www.bridge19-40.co.uk/ | secretary@bridge19-40.co.uk | 7934912587 | ||||
| Broads Authority | Yare House, 62-64 Thorpe Road | Norwich | NR1 1RY | England | https://www.broads-authority.gov.uk/ | enquiries@broads-authority.gov.uk | (01603) 610734 | ||
| Buckingham Canal Society | Terry Cavender | 2 Staters Pound, Pennyland | Milton Keynes | MK15 8AX | England | https://www.buckinghamcanal.org.uk/ | info@buckinghamcanal.org.uk executive.officer@buckinghamcanal.org.uk |
01280 860316 | |
| Bude Canal and Harbour Society | Chris Jewell | 3 Barnfield Park, Stratton | Bude | EX23 9BQ | England | http://www.bude-canal.co.uk/ | info@bude-canal.co.uk | 01288 352298 | |
| Bugsworth Basin Heritage Trust | Buxworth | England | https://bugsworthbasin.org/ | ||||||
| Caldon & Uttoxeter Canals Trust | Chiltern Court, Asheridge Road | Unit 16B First Floor | Chesham | HP5 2PX | England | https://www.cuct.org.uk/ | info@cuct.org.uk | ||
| Canal & River Trust | National Waterways Museum Ellesmere Port, South Pier Road | Ellesmere Port | CH65 4FW | England | https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/ | 0303 040 4040 | |||
| Chelmer Canal Trust | Windmill Pasture, Little Waltham Road | Chelmsford | CM1 7TG | England | https://www.chelmercanaltrust.co.uk/cct.htm | webfeedback9251620@chelmercanaltrust.co.uk | |||
| Chesterfield Canal Trust | Peter Hardy | Hollingwood Hub, 22 Works Road, Hollingwood | Chesterfield | S43 2PF | England | https://www.chesterfield-canal-trust.org.uk/ | contact@chesterfield-canal-trust.org.uk chair@chesterfield-canal-trust.org.uk |
01246 477569 | |
| Chichester Ship Canal Trust | Canal Basin, Canal Wharf | Chichester | PO19 8DT | England | https://chichestercanal.org.uk/ | info@chichestercanal.com | 01243 771363 | ||
| Conservators of the River Cam | Clayhithe Office, Clayhithe Road, Horningsea | Cambridge | CB25 9JB | England | https://www.camconservancy.org/ | info@camconservators.org.uk | 01223 646459 | ||
| Coombeswood Canal Trust | Bob Fox | Hawne Basin, Hereward Rise | Halesowen | B62 8AW | England | https://www.hawnebasin.org.uk/ | 0121 550 1355 | ||
| Cotswold Canals Trust | Aimee Malcolm | Bell House, Wallbridge Lock | Stroud | GL5 3JS | England | https://www.cotswoldcanals.com/ | mail@cotswoldcanals.org aimee.malcolm@cotswoldcanals.org.uk |
01453 752568 | |
| Coventry Canal Society | Alan Boon | England | https://covcanalsoc.org.uk/ | info@covcanalsoc.org.uk chair@covcanalsoc.org.uk |
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| Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust | Gary Harding | 3 Kingsmuir Road, Mickleover | Derby | DE3 0PY | England | https://www.derbycanal.org.uk/ | gary.harding@derbycanal.org.uk info@derbycanal.org.uk |
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| Driffield Navigation Trust | Riverhead | Driffield | YO25 6NW | England | https://driffieldnavigation.org/ | webmaster@driffieldnavigationtrust.org | |||
| Droitwich Waterways (Pamela May) Trust | Margaret Rowley | Droitwich | England | https://www.droitwichcanals.co.uk/ | |||||
| Dudley Canal Trust | Ian Watson | 501 Birmingham New Road | Dudley | DY1 4SB | England | https://dudleycanaltrust.org.uk/ | info@dctt.org.uk | 0121 557 6265 | |
| Edinburgh Union Canal Society | Andrew Burns | Edinburgh | Scotland | https://www.eucs.org.uk/ | info@eucs.org.uk | ||||
| Erewash Canal Preservation and Development Association | Norman Cornwell | 130 Derby Road | Langley Mill | NG16 4AA | England | http://erewashcanalpreservationanddevelopmentassoc.org.uk/ | chairman.ecpda@virginmedia.com | ||
| Forth & Clyde Canal Society | Jim Miller | Kirkintilloch | Scotland | https://www.forthandclyde.org.uk/ | membership@forthandclyde.org.uk chairman@forthandclyde.org.uk |
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| Friends of Regent’s Canal | England | https://friendsofregentscanal.org/main/FoRC-home.html | friendsregentscanal@gmail.com | ||||||
| Friends of the Cromford Canal | Matlock | England | https://www.cromfordcanal.org/ | ||||||
| Friends of the Grand Western Canal | Lower Beer, Uplowman | Tiverton | EX16 7PF | England | https://www.friendsgrandwesterncanal.org.uk/ | 01884 821239 | |||
| Friends of the Montgomery Canal | Montgomery | Wales | https://themontgomerycanal.org.uk/ | chairman@montgomerywrtrust.uk | |||||
| Gloucester Harbour Trustees | Stewart Henderson | Navigation House, The Docks | Sharpness | GL13 9UD | England | https://www.gloucesterharbourtrustees.org.uk/ | hm@gloucesterharbourtrustees.org.uk | 01453 811 913 | |
| Grantham Canal Society | The Kiln, Mather Road | Newark | NG24 1FB | England | https://www.granthamcanal.org/ | enquiries.emidlands@canalrivertrust.org.uk | 0303 040 4040 | ||
| Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Trust | Beaumont House, 172 Southgate Street | Gloucester | GL1 2EZ | England | https://h-g-canal.org.uk/ | ||||
| Hollinwood Canal Society | 2 Rock Bank, Stamford Road | Mossley | OL5 0BD | England | http://www.hollinwoodcanal.co.uk/ | enquiries@hollinwoodcanal.co.uk | |||
| Huddersfield Canal Society | England | https://huddersfieldcanal.com/ | hcs@huddersfieldcanal.org.uk | ||||||
| Inland Waterways International | The Courtyard, 33 Duke Street | Trowbridge | BA14 8EA | England | https://inlandwaterwaysinternational.org/ | ||||
| International Institute of Marine Surveying | Portchester | England | https://www.iims.org.uk/ | info@iims.org.uk | 44 23 9238 5223 | ||||
| Kennet and Avon Canal Trust | Couch Lane | Devizes | SN10 1EB | England | https://katrust.org.uk/ | admin@katrust.org.uk | 01380 721279 | ||
| Kescrg Canal Restoration Group | https://kescrgonline.co.uk/ | ||||||||
| Lancaster Canal Trust | Robin Yates | The Cornerstone, Sulyard St | Lancaster | LA1 1PX | England | https://lctrust.co.uk/ | enquiries.northwest@canalrivertrust.org.uk chair@lctrust.co.uk |
07776 400713 | |
| Lapal Canal Trust | Peter Best | 18, St Georges Close | Birmingham | B15 3TP | England | http://www.lapal.org/ | membership@lapalcanal.co.uk | ||
| Leeds & Liverpool Canal Society | Freda Childs | 8 Green Bank | Barnoldswick | BB18 6HX | England | https://www.leedsandliverpoolcanalsociety.co.uk/ | chair@leedsandliverpoolcanalsociety.co.uk | ||
| Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust | Carole Mills | Chiltern Court, Asheridge Road | Unit 16B First Floor | Chesham | HP5 2PX | England | https://lhcrt.org.uk/ | info@lhcrt.org.uk | |
| Linlithgow Union Canal Society | Linlithgow Canal Centre, Manse Road Basin | Linlithgow | EH49 6AJ | Scotland | https://www.lucs.org.uk/ | info@lucs.org.uk | 01506 840574 | ||
| Louth Navigation Trust | Paula Jane Hunt | Navigation Warehouse, Riverhead Road | Louth | LN11 0DA | England | https://www.louthcanal.org.uk/ | secretary@louthcanal.org.uk | 01507 605496 | |
| Macclesfield Canal Society | Macclesfield | SK11 6HZ | England | https://www.macclesfieldcanal.org.uk/ | secretary@macclesfieldcanal.org.uk | ||||
| Manchester & Stockport Canal Society | Roger Bravey | Stockport | England | http://www.mscs.org.uk/ | RBravey@aol.com | ||||
| Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal Society | Paul Hindle | Stanley Gate Barn, Chorley Old Road | Horwich | BL6 6QA | England | https://mbbcs.org.uk/ | |||
| Middle Level Commissioners | Paul Burrows | 85 Whittlesey Road | March | PE15 0AH | England | https://middlelevel.gov.uk/ | chiefofficers@middlelevel.gov.uk admin@middlelevel.gov.uk |
44(0)1354 653232 | |
| Monmouthshire, Brecon & Abergavenny Canals Trust | Fourteen Locks Canal Centre, Cwm Lane, Rogerstone | Newport | NP10 9GN | Wales | https://mbact.org.uk/ | info@mbact.org.uk | 01633 892167 | ||
| Neath & Tennant Canal Trust | Gareth Hughes | Wales | https://www.neath-tennant-canals.org.uk/ | 7887821695 | |||||
| North Walsham & Dilham Canal Society | England | https://www.eawa.co.uk/walsham.html | secretary@nwdct.org | ||||||
| Old Union Canal Society | 2 Nithsdale Crescent | Market Harborough | LE16 9HA | England | https://www.old-union-canals.org/ | oucsmembership@gmail.com | |||
| Pocklington Canal Amenity Society | Tim Charlson | Pocklington | England | https://www.pocklingtoncanalsociety.org/ | tcharlson58@gmail.com | ||||
| Port of London Authority | Robin Mortimer | Royal Pier Road | Gravesend | DA12 2BG | England | https://www.pla.co.uk/ | 44 (0)203 260 7711 | ||
| Railway & Canal Historical Society | England | https://www.rchs.org.uk/ | secretary@rchs.org.uk | ||||||
| Rolle Canal & Northern Devon Waterways Society | Ian Harrison | England | https://www.rollecanalsociety.org/ | halehillfarm@gmail.com | |||||
| Rotherham & Sheffield Canal Association | Ickles Lock, Brinsworth St | Rotherham | S60 1AB | England | https://rasca.org.uk/ | contactrasca@gmail.com | 07902 767437 | ||
| Roving Canal Traders Association | Urban Moorings CIC, Commercial Wharf, Lower Horseley Fields | Wolverhampton | WV1 3DZ | England | https://www.rcta.org.uk/ | canaltraders@outlook.com | |||
| Saltisford Canal Trust | Budbrooke Rd | Warwick | CV34 5RJ | England | https://www.saltisfordcanal.co.uk/ | info@saltisfordcanal.co.uk | 01926 490006 | ||
| Scottish Canals Board | Marina Office, Strathkelvin Place | Kirkintilloch | G66 1XT | Scotland | https://www.scottishcanals.co.uk/ | lowland.canals@scottishcanals.co.uk | 0800 072 9900 | ||
| Shrewsbury & Newport Canals Trust | Bernie Jones | Telford | England | https://sncanal.org.uk/ | bjones@sncanal.org.uk | ||||
| Shropshire Union Canal Society Ltd | David Carter | Bryn Estyn, East Street | Llangollen | LL20 8RB | Wales | https://shropshireunion.org.uk/ | dcartersucs@gmail.com | ||
| Somersetshire Coal Canal Society | Derrick Hunt | Bristol | England | https://www.coalcanal.com/ | chairman@coalcanal.org.uk | ||||
| Southampton Canal Society | England | https://sotoncs.org.uk/ | |||||||
| Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Society | England | https://www.swcanalsociety.co.uk/ | |||||||
| Stover Canal Society and Stover Canal Trust | Dunderdale Lawn, Penshurst Road | Newton Abbot | TQ12 1EN | England | https://www.stovercanal.co.uk/ | info@stovercanal.co.uk | |||
| Stratford upon Avon Canal Society | Clive Henderson | The Bridge House, Church Lane, Lapworth | Solihull | B94 5NU | England | https://www.stratfordcanalsociety.org/ | clive.henderson3@btinternet.com | (01564) 783672 | |
| Swansea Canal Society | Gordon Walker | 42 Hebron Road, Clydach | Swansea | SA6 5EJ | Wales | https://www.swanseacanalsociety.com/ | info@swanseacanalsociety.com | 7876412014 | |
| Thames and Medway Canal Association | Dave Parnell | 74a Pine Avenue | Gravesen | DA12 1QZ | England | https://www.thamesmedway.co.uk/ | chairman@thamesmedway.co.uk | ||
| The Railway & Canal Historical Society | Gerald Leach | England | https://rchs.org.uk/ | president@rchs.org.uk | |||||
| Trent & Mersey Canal Society | Harry Arnold | Congleton Road South | Church Lawton | ST7 3AJ | England | https://trentandmerseycanalsociety.org.uk/ | (01782) 782600 | ||
| Waterway Recovery Group | Chiltern Court, Asheridge Road | Unit 16B | Chesham | HP5 2PX | England | https://waterways.org.uk/ | iwa@waterways.org.uk | 01494 783453 | |
| Wendover Canal Trust | Clive Johnson | First Floor, Chiltern Court, Asheridge Rd Industrial Estate | Unit 16b | Chesham | HP5 2PX | England | https://wendovercanal.org.uk/ | Chairman@Wendovercanal.org.uk | 07547 181857 |
| Wey and Arun Canal Trust | Bill Nicholson | Bridge End, Somerswey, Shalford | Guildford | GU4 8EQ | England | https://weyarun.org.uk/ | support@weyarun.org.uk | 01483 505566 | |
| Whitchurch Waterway Trust | 25 Smallbrook Road | Whitchurch | SY13 1B | England | https://whitchurchwaterway.uk/ | chair@whitchurchwaterway.uk | |||
| Wilts & Berks Canal Trust | Dauntsey Lock Canal Centre, Dauntsey Lock | Chippenham | SN15 4HD | England | https://www.wbct.org.uk/ | info@wbct.org.uk | 0845 625 1977 |
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