Grantham Canal

Events Overview

The 2012 Events Diary is now pretty full with plenty of opportunities to get the information out along the canal corridor or to places where people might be interested in the GranthamCanal, what it offers, and what progress is being made in its maintenance and restoration. We had a couple of outings in March to ...

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Sign up to our monthly news-letter. It is available to all at absolutely no charge! Just click on this link and send a message asking to receive your monthly copy of “Bridge” by email. And when you have seen what we are achieving please join the Grantham Canal Society. Latest Issue BRIDGE 28 April 2012 ...

Latest News

From the Chairman “Welcome to the new Canal Society website. I hope that you enjoy the improved appearance and the facilities the site offers. A small team of experts – well Alex really – has worked to give you easier access to the pages you wish to view and to make the site visually more ...

Become a Grantham Canal Volunteer

Are you a boater, a walker, an angler, a nature-lover or an admirer of the engineering genius of our forebears? Do you believe in the restoration of our uniquely British heritage and enjoy the rural idyll that is the Grantham Canal? ….then join our ever growing band of volunteers and help us breath life back ...

The Grantham Canal Partnership

The Grantham Canal Partnership (GCP) is the ‘umbrella’ organisation formed in 1997 to coordinate the efforts of the principal parties concerned with the future of the Grantham Canal The GCP’s Chairman is Michael Rowen ‘The GCP is committed to promoting the restoration of the Grantham Canal to full navigable status – doing so in such ...

Diary

Keep your eye on the Grantham Canal Diary section to keep up to date on work parties, where the society stall will be next appearing and other society news. If you become aware of events and activities that you believe the GCS would be interested in becoming involved please contact us via info@granthamcanal.com Volunteer Activity Days ...

Heritage Lottery Fund Update

The Grantham Canal Partnership supported by the Grantham Canal Society submitted an application to the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to restore locks 14 and 15. The emphasis of the bid was to undertake the lock restoration using volunteers as part of a national waterway skill training initiative being developed by the Inland Waterway’s Association, with ...

The Three Shires Trip Boat

You may have enjoyed the rural idyll that is the Grantham Canal from the towpath – now join us on the water and see the countryside and its wildlife from a different perspective. From the ducks to the heron, from the fish to the kingfisher as they wend their way through the gently waving rushes ...