The Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Trust has the ultimate aim of completing full restoration of the canal from Gloucester to Hereford - an ambitious but achievable goal.

 

Although much of the canal has been filled in and in places has disappeared without trace, a surprising number of lock cottages, wharf buildings and bridges remain to be seen.

 

Stretches of the canal at Monkhide, Yarkhill and Oxenhall have been restored by volunteers and the stonework of House lock at Oxenhall has been completely restored.

 

Working with the Waterways Recovery Group, the original canal basin at Over, where the Canal connected with the River Severn, has been reconstructed. This was the largest all volunteer canal restoration project in the UK in 1999-2000.

 

Details of past and current schemes are listed to the left, with links to further information for each scheme being available by pressing the appropriate link. These additional pages include regular updates on the latest progress, and show photographs of the works undertaken to date.

 

To assist with renovation work in the longer term, the Trust have been fortunate to recently acquire a number of “heritage” boats from British Waterways and other sources.

 

These are currently being being assessed, and restoration work to make them suitable for use by the H&G has been commenced. Further details on these boats, and how they came to the Trust can be seen by clicking the Heritage Boats link on the left.