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About The Waterway Recovery Group (WRG)

Waterway Recovery Group has supported restoration of derelict inland waterways by co-ordinating volunteers and providing expertise and equipment since its formation in 1970.

Waterway Recovery Group is almost an entirely voluntary organisation, but has built up an extensive base of professional skills. An information pack covering opportunities to join in the waterway restoration work all over the country, including the 2010 Canal Camps brochure, is available free of charge from Jenny Black at Waterway Recovery Group, Island House, Moor Road, Chesham, HP5 1WA Tel: 01494 783 453 – e-mail: enquires@wrg.org.uk

Each Canal Camp usually runs for seven days, each volunteer is asked to contribute £56 for the week (or £8 per day) towards the cost of their accommodation and the three meals a day that are provided. Most accommodation, which is best described as basic, is in sports centres, schools or village halls.

Anyone is welcome to volunteer for a Canal Camp; the only restriction is that they must be over 18 and under 70 years of age. No previous skills or experience are required.

WRG also run weekend work parties across the country. More information on each group can be found on the WRG website www.wrg.org.uk

Alternatively you can refer to our website www.wrg.org.uk for further information, and a look back at what WRG has already achieved.

Waterway Recovery Group organises weekend restoration events and week long Canal Camps on the inland waterways throughout Great Britain.

Below are some of the 2010 proposed camp projects:

Wilts & Berks Canal: Scrub bashing. - WBCT Wilts & Berks Canal Trust Camp: Working at Seven Locks. - wrgNW Lancaster Canal: (possibly Tewitfield). - KESCRG Thames & Severn Canal: Clearing fallen trees under power line at Eisey. - NWPG Basingstoke Canal. - Essex WRG Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation - EAWA/NWDCT North Walsham & Dilham Canal: Bacton Wood / Wherry Inn. - London WRG Thames & Severn Canal: Eisey Lock. Dig Deep project. - wrgBITM Chichester Ship Canal: Scrub bashing on towpath near Donnington. - EAWA/NWDCT North Walsham & Dilham Canal; Ebridge - London WRG Hereford & Gloucester Canal: Yarkhill. - wrgNW Chesterfield Canal - KESCRG Thames & Severn Canal: Eisey Lock. Dig Deep project. - Essex WRG Foxton Inclined Plane. - EAWA/NWDCT North Walsham & Dilham Canal: Ebridge. - Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation: Bank protection, painting, towpath clearance and general repairs to the navigation. - wrgBITM Grantham Canal: Scrub bashing and stump pulling at Manns Bridge - NWPG Thames & Severn Canal: Eisey Lock. - EAWA/NWDCT North Walsham & Dilham Canal: Honing Staithe Cut. London WRG Basingstoke Canal. - D&SCSG Dorset & Somerset Canal: Guided tour of Fussells Boat Lift excavated remains. - Essex WRG Wilts & Berks Canal. - KESCRG Basingstoke Canal. - EAWA/NWDCT North Walsham & Dilham Canal: Briggate. - wrgNW Hollinwood Canal. - wrgBITM Hereford & Gloucester Canal: Llanthony Lock. - London WRG Thames & Severn Canal: Eisey Lock. - NWPG Basingstoke Canal. - Wilts & Berks Canal: Steppingstones Lane Bridge. - EAWA/NWDCT North Walsham & Dilham Canal. - KESCRG Thames & Severn Canal: Eisey Lock. - Essex WRG Lichfield & Hatherton Canals. - EAWA/NWDCT North Walsham & Dilham Canal: Honing Lock. - London WRG B.C.N. - wrgNW Lichfield Canal. - wrgBITM Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation. - EAWA/NWDCT North Walsham & Dilham Canal: Honing / Staithe Cut. - wrgNW Mon & Brec Canal. - Essex WRG Mon & Brec Canal. - KESCRG Wendover Arm. - EAWA/NWDCT North Walsham & Dilham Canal: Bacton Lock. - NWPG Thames & Severn Canal: Eisey Lock. - wrgNW Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal. - EAWA/NWDCT North Walsham & Dilham Canal: Bacton Lock. - Essex WRG Wilts & Berks Canal. - EAWA/NWDCT North Walsham & Dilham Canal. - wrgBITM Thames & Severn Canal: Eisey Lock. - EAWA/NWDCT North Walsham & Dilham Canal. - NWPG Thames & Severn Canal: Eisey Lock. - Cotswolds (Goughs Orchard Lock): Rebuilding lock walls, coping stones, replace bywash. - Montgomery Canal: Reconstructing stone wall, site clearance, concrete foundations, transplanting vegetation. - Essex WRG Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation. - Cotswolds (Goughs Orchard Lock): Rebuilding lock walls, coping stones, replace bywash. - Montgomery Canal: Reconstructing stone wall, site clearance, concrete foundations, transplanting vegetation. - London WRG Thames & Severn Canal: Eisey Lock. - Cotswolds (Goughs Orchard Lock): Rebuilding lock walls, coping stones, replace bywash. - Chesterfield Canal: Constructing a wash wall, block laying, concrete and bentonite matting. - Cotswolds (Goughs Orchard Lock): Rebuilding lock walls, coping stones, replace bywash. - Grantham Canal: Restoration of a culvert, vegetation clearance. - Thames & Severn Canal: Eisey Lock. - Grantham Canal: Restoration of a culvert, vegetation clearance. - Thames & Severn Canal: Eisey Lock. - Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation: Bank protection, painting, towpath clearance and general repairs to navigation AND repairs to brick walls on Treasure Island. - London WRG Wey & Arun Canal. - Mon & Brec Canal: Continued restoration of locks using heritage construction skills, vegetation clearance. - Basingstoke Canal: Installation of a pipeline, and improvement works.- Thames & Severn Canal: Eisey Lock. - Mon & Brec Canal: Continued restoration of locks using heritage construction skills, vegetation clearance. - Basingstoke Canal: Installation of a pipeline, and improvement works. - Essex WRG Lichfield & Hatherton Canals - KESCRG Thames & Severn Canal: Eisey Lock. - NWPG Wey & Arun Canal. - KESCRG Wey & Arun Canal. - Grand Western Canal: Scrub bashing, tree felling, restoration work in the main chamber. - Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation: Bank protection, painting, towpath clearance and general repairs to navigation.