Tag Archives: Canals and Rivers Trust

Community Spirit on Grand Union

Posted on February 12, 2019 by

The weather looked off putting on Sunday for the scheduled clean up on the Grand Union canal, but it dried up and we had a great turn out of around 10 people come along. We pulled out rubbish from the … Continue reading →

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This Sunday on the Grand Union

Posted on February 4, 2019 by

Come down for an hour or so and do something useful!

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Canal Tidy Up – Sunday 30th Sept

Posted on September 30, 2018 by

The team of volunteers were out today pulling up dumped rubbish from the canal, planting daffodil bulbs, litter-picking, sweeping and cutting back overhanging branches. Very busy waterway on a Sunday morning – we saw boats, walkers, cyclists, runners and even … Continue reading →

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Bike Haul !

Posted on July 8, 2018 by

Thanks to all the volunteers who came out on this blistering morning to help clean up our adopted waterway with the support Canals and Rivers Trust.  It was actually nice and shady on the water’s edge. As well as the … Continue reading →

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Canal Tidy Up – This Sunday

Posted on April 19, 2018 by
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Down the Cut this Sunday

Posted on April 20, 2017 by

This Sunday (23rd April), volunteers are invited to join the Canal and River Trust to help clean up and tidy the stretch of Grand Union Canal that the Neighbourhood Forum has ‘adopted’. Meet at the old Vineries Canal Bridge at … Continue reading →

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National Nest Box Week Event

Posted on February 13, 2017 by

Spring is just around the corner and for the last 19 years a week in February is given the title National Nest Box Week. The project of the British Trust for Ornithology, the idea to encourage people to put up … Continue reading →

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