Ashby Canal Trust

Ashby Canal near Congerstone

The Ashby Canal Trust is a waterway society based at Measham, Swadlincote, Leicestershire, England, UK, and concerned with the restoration of a part of the Ashby Canal, also known as the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal. The restoration project is funded by:

• Leicestershire County Council
• Ashby Canal Association
• Ashby Canal Trust and Ashby Canal Trust Supporters
• Community Foundation
• East Midlands Development Agency
• Inland Waterways Association
• Measham Development Trust
• National Forest Company

In 2009, the Inland Waterways Association held its annual National Trailboat Festival on the restored length of the Ashby Canal at Moira, at the most northern end of the canal in Leicestershire. The IWA allocated the Festival there to "showcase the work carried out by the Ashby Canal Trust and raise awareness for the continuing restoration".

See also

• Ashby Canal Association
• National Forest
• List of waterway societies in the United Kingdom

External links

• UK Government, House of Commons Select Committee on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Memorandum submitted by Ashby Canal Trust, February 2008: "Canals cannot be restored on voluntary effort alone"
• BBC Breathing Places: Ashby Canal, Moira - Volunteering with Ashby Canal Trust
• Leicestershire County Council Press Release 15 February 2006, "Work starts on Ashby Canal"
• Leicestershire Parish Councils website: listing Ashby Canal Trust
• British Waterways' leisure website "Waterscape": page on Inland Waterways Association's National Trailboat Festival 2009, showcasing the restoration of the northern section of the canal
• "Wild Over Waterways" Information Pack, teaching resource about the Ashby Canal restoration (pdf)
• Ashby Canal Trust website