Tag Archives: Grand Union Canal

Calling all Keen Photographers!

Posted on September 3, 2025 by Kit Barlow

The much-appreciated calendar needs local people’s photographs. Don’t forget that it has to be identifiable as our area.

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Canal Clean Up with the Canals Trust

Posted on March 23, 2025 by Kit Barlow
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Acocks Green Calendar 2025 – Available NOW

Posted on November 1, 2024 by Kit Barlow

This exclusive calendar, full of scenic views of the Acocks Green area, with photos taken by local people, is now available at Jeffries Hardware. Get your copy soon and help support the community – all funds go back to the … Continue reading →

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Canal Clean Up – 15th September

Posted on September 6, 2019 by Kit Barlow

Acocks Green Neighbourhood Forum set up a collaboration with Canals and Rivers Trust to adopt a stretch of canal back in 2016. A group of volunteers meet up a few times of year to clean and tidy the canal, picking … Continue reading →

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Greening up Acocks Green

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Kit Barlow

Another weekend of community spirit. On Saturday Acocks Green Village in Bloom were at Stockfield Funday encouraging children and adults to try a little gardening, with pick and mix planters, a plant swap and seed-sowing with children.  Anyone who sowed seeds … Continue reading →

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Community Spirit on Grand Union

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Kit Barlow

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 Kit Barlow

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 Kit Barlow

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 Kit Barlow

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 Clean Up Continues

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Kit Barlow

Canals & River Trust sent their litter-picking boat along our patch on Wednesday. Also we had around 20 volunteers out on Sunday for our clean up including 3 very helpful guys from Shirley Sea Cadets in their kayaks. We picked up … Continue reading →

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