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Beyond the Towpath 1 Cover Image: Pontcysyllte & Llangollen Canal World Heritage Site Together, we achieve Beyond the more Towpath A Ten-Year Strategy for Glandwˆr Cymru Glandwˆr Cymru Beyond the Towpath 1 Cover image: Pontcysyllte & Llangollen Canal World Heritage Site Contact us E: [email protected] Glandwˆr Cymru - The Canal & River Trust in Wales The Wharf Govilon Abergavenny Monmouthshire NP7 9NY /canalrivertrust @glandwrcymru Check our noticeboard for updates: Canalrivertrust.org.uk/GlandwrCymru Get involved: Together, we achieve more Copyright © Glandwˆr Cymru – Canal & River Trust in Wales. 1 Glandwˆr Cymru Beyond the Towpath Charity number 1146792. May 2014 Contents Welcome 3 Who are we? 4 Canal & River Trust – Our Strategic Priorities 5 Waterways in Wales 7 Waterways in Wales – Part of the Wider Network 9 Waterways in Wales – Our Canals 11 Working Together to Deliver More – Our Ten Year Strategy 13 Public Policy Synergy 14 Glandwˆr Cymru – Our Strategic Priorities 15 Delivering More For Wales – Priorities into Action 19 Our Idea – Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal, Brecon to Newport 21 Our Idea – Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal World Heritage Site 23 Our Idea – Montgomery Conservation & Management Strategy 25 Working with the People of Wales 27 All Wales Partnership 29 “ Living waterways transform places and enrich lives” Canal & River Trust, 2014 Glandwˆr Cymru Beyond the Towpath 2 Welcome The creation of the Canal & River Trust in 2012, which is now the UK’s thirteenth largest charity and largest social enterprise, has given Wales an opportunity to forge a closer relationship with its waterways. The establishment of Glandwˆr Cymru - The Canal & River Trust in Wales, and its All Wales Partnership with members drawn from the public, private and third sectors, has given us the ability to explore how these links may be developed. The members and I, as Chair of Glandwˆr Cymru, have been engaging widely with Welsh civic society during the process of putting together this Strategy for Wales’s waterways. Although these waterways no longer carry goods, we believe they can still play an essential part in addressing the challenges and opportunities of post-industrial Wales. Across the UK, Europe and beyond, inland waterways are experiencing a true renaissance. In Wales, the award-winning 200th anniversary celebrations of the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal were a catalyst for communities and local authorities along the entire length of the canal to come together, and in the process win a UK Waterways Renaissance Award. The true potential of our waterways and their long-term survival will only be secured if communities across Wales believe they are relevant to their current and future lives. This ten-year strategy provides examples of how we can reach “Beyond the Towpath” to improve the social, environmental and economic well-being of these communities. We are investing in the future, and more and more people are becoming part of the Trust’s activities. Glandwˆr Cymru will seek to fully engage and work with the Government and People of Wales to deliver our shared vision of a healthy, prosperous and sustainable future. We are investing in Wales’s waterways, and more and more Welsh people are actively becoming part of the Trust by volunteering in communities across the Country. In ten years’ time, with your help we believe the waterways of Wales will be vibrant and sustainable places, playing a key role in delivering well-being for communities across Wales. Dr Mark Lang Chair, Glandwˆr Cymru 3 Glandwˆr Cymru Beyond the Towpath Who are we? Glandwˆr Cymru is the Canal & River Trust in Wales. We own and care for The Llangollen, Montgomery, Monmouthshire & Brecon and Swansea Canals. This includes total ownership of one of Wales’s three World Heritage Sites, the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal World Heritage Site, and part of the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape World heritage Site. This is the first time for sixty years that these canals have been outside UK Government control and this opens up major opportunities for Wales, not only to ensure that the potential of our own waterways is fully realised, but also that of all Wales’s waterways and waterscape. Glandwˆr Cymru is supported by our All Wales Partnership which comprises of volunteers from public, private and third sector organisations with a range of professional, community, waterway interests and skills. Amongst those skills are strategic planning, community engagement, voluntary sector work, tourism, business, health and education. The role of the partnership is to champion the current value and future potential of our waterways to the people and Government of Wales. The Partnership works alongside Andrew Stumpf, Head of Wales and his team. Together, we combine understanding, expertise and resources, with a passion to see waterways transform places and enrich lives here in Wales just as they have elsewhere. We work closely with our colleagues in the North Wales and Borders, South Wales and Severn and Museums and Attractions Partnerships as well as the Canal Societies and Trusts that did, and do, so much to keep our waterways alive. We are continuously looking for new and complementary relationships and our partnerships in the third, public and private sectors continues to grow. Find out more about our Partnership Members at the end of this document and see examples of our work at www.canalrivertrust.org.uk/noticeboards/ all-wales-waterways/whos-who This plan is the result of our recent consultation with stakeholders in Wales, and the proposals contained within it are a reflection of these conversations. Glandwˆr Cymru Beyond the Towpath 4 Canal & River Trust Our Strategic Priorities Almost 50% of the population of The true potential of our canals and England and Wales lives within rivers and their long-term survival will five miles of our network of canals, only be secured if the new Trust fully rivers and towpaths. engages and works with visitors, users, neighbours, business partners and local The network is cherished by authorities, including parish, town and millions of visitors, neighbours community councils. and communities yet it has been difficult in the past for many people Our priority is to widen the enjoyment of to get involved in shaping their our waterways today whilst protecting future. We intend to change that. them for future generations. The Trustees have set out six strategic goals aimed at unlocking this potential. People To enrich people’s lives. Influence To be a widely respected partner and trusted guardian with Waterways To protect and improve the growing influence and responsibility. accessibility, usability and resilience of our assets and their heritage, for people Places To provide special places that to use and enjoy, now and in the future. people value, sustainable environments and routes. Resources To secure sufficient resources, and manage them efficiently, Prosperity To yield economic benefits for the long-term sustainability of the for local communities and the nation. waterways within the Trust’s care. 5 Glandwˆr Cymru Beyond the Towpath …so how do we do that in Wales? Glandwˆr Cymru’s role is to deliver We have an ambition for Wales these six strategic priorities in Wales for that befits not only the internationally the benefit of Welsh communities, the significant built, social and natural economy of Wales and the waterways heritage of our canals but also the themselves. We want to inspire the lead Wales is taking in creating a people of Wales to connect with our sustainable future. canals and rivers by encouraging those with an interest in our work to become a part of it, reaching out to those who have yet to discover this national treasure and ensure ‘our canals’ long- term security by making them more fully part of Wales’s national life. “Beyond the Towpath. Working together to create world-class waterways for Wales” The dynamic stewardship of world-class waterways delivering tangible benefits for Wales and the well-being of its people. All Wales Waterway Partnership Glandwˆr Cymru Beyond the Towpath 6 Waterways in Wales There is a close connection between Wales’s canals and its post-industrial towns. As has been witnessed elsewhere in the UK, however, the waterways owned and managed by Glandwˆr Cymru and those owned and managed by others have the potential to make a significant contribution to the well-being of Wales, in particular those places which have been economically and socially hardest hit by deindustrialisation, with which they share a common history. There is already significant use made of Wales’s canals but it is not always appreciated that 96% of that use is on the towpaths, which are freely accessible to all. Towpaths are flat and level, which makes them some of the most easily accessible open spaces in both urban and rural areas, ideally suited to encourage active travel and exploration, and help people cope with stress. Their unique mix of built and natural heritage, some of which is of international importance, also has significant tourist appeal. Waterways map Wrexham Llangollen Brecon Monmouthshire & Canal Brecon Canal Llangollen Wrexham Crickhowell Waterways Ellesmere Llangollen CRT Navigable Brecon Monmouthshire & CRT Non-navigable Canal Brecon Canal Llangollen Non-CRT Oswestry Ebbw Vale Crickhowell Blaenavon Waterways Ellesmere Brecon Beacons National Park Swansea Canal Merthyr Tydfil CRT Navigable Valleys Regional Park Pontypool CRT Non-navigable AONB Non-CRT Oswestry World Heritage Site Ebbw Vale Neath Canal World Heritage Site Buffer Zone Blaenavon Neath Cwmbran Brecon Beacons
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