Tag Archives: Grand Union Canal

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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Canal Tidy Up – This Sunday

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Kit Barlow
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Successful Canal Clean Up

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Kit Barlow

On Sunday 9th July a group of volunteers from Acocks Green spent a couple of hours cleaning up the Grand Union Canal with the Canals and Rivers Trust Volunteer Co-Ordinator – Steve Lambert. The group litter-picked, cut back overhanging branches … Continue reading →

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Successful Tidy Up

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Kit Barlow

Thanks to all the volunteers who came out to help out on the Canal Clean up on Sunday. There was litter-picking, painting and seed-sowing. Steve and Brian even managed to reach the bag of rubbish that had been hanging in … Continue reading →

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Down the Cut this Sunday

Posted on April 20, 2017 by Kit Barlow

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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Oak Meadow Wild Flower Meadow

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Kit Barlow

Local people who enjoy walking around the area can’t have missed the huge disruption to Oak Meadow Open Space over the last year. This was due to large scale waterworks by Severn Trent. The work, thankfully is now complete, however the re-landscaping of the area has not been completed. Some local dog-walkers have asked the […]

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National Nest Box Week Event

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Kit Barlow

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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Oak Meadow Update from Council

Posted on January 29, 2017 by Kit Barlow

Local people who enjoy walking around the area can’t have missed the huge disruption to Oak Meadow Open Space over the last year. This was due to large scale waterworks by Severn Trent. The work, thankfully is now complete, however … Continue reading →

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Good Morning’s Work

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Kit Barlow

Thanks to the many people who turned out to work on our stretch of canal on Sunday 6th November. We planted hundreds of bulbs, picked up litter, cut back overhanging branches and generally tidied up. We were also presented with … Continue reading →

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A Good Morning’s Work

Posted on June 6, 2016 by Kit Barlow

Thanks so much to all those who spent the morning working on the Grand Union Canal on Sunday. It was perfect weather and we were pleased to see our colleague Steve from Canals and Rivers Trust return with all his … Continue reading →

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