West Midlands Annual Report
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West Midlands Annual Report 2019/20 canalrivertrust.org.uk Introduction Introduction from Regional Director & Regional Advisory Board Chair 2019–20 has been exhilarating for the West Midlands region. With the new regional structure in place we started the year with the opening celebration of the 250th anniversary of the 100+ miles of canals that make up the Birmingham Canal Navigations. Started in 1769 when James Brindley built the Birmingham to Wednesbury Canal, the canals went on to turbocharge the Industrial Revolution and transform Britain into what we know today. Although Covid 19 has come to This year, 2020–21, will see a dominate all our lives this report greater focus on continuing to captures some of the highlights of deliver excellent service to all the year, including the memorable our customers and deliver some Black Sabbath ‘homecoming’ along transformational projects in areas the canal in Brindleyplace. like Coventry – City of Culture 2021, Stoke-on-Trent, Birmingham, As a waterways and wellbeing Sandwell and Walsall. charity, we have attracted many more volunteers, and achieved We are now looking ahead to the over 160,000 hours of in the next chapter of the story of canals West Midlands. Colleagues and in the West Midlands, a chapter volunteers have helped us extend that will start with the advent of our reach to the 1.75 million the Birmingham Commonwealth residents living within the one- Games 2022. kilometre corridor along our canal We are Getting Games Ready. network and see a record 1.1 million Watch this space… visits to our local canals. The examples of activities and Adnan Saif projects shared in this report Regional Director are just a sample of the immense amount of work that has taken place this past year. As well as our colleagues and volunteers, we John Hudson OBE must thank our partners, including Chair – Regional local authorities, businesses and Advisory Board community groups that have supported the delivery of this success. 2 Canal & River Trust A year in numbers to maintain, protect and develop the £19m total spend West Midlands canal network in 2019/20 Birmingham Canal Delivered Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Navigations celebrated £4.25m Llangollen Canal celebrated 250 years of externally funded 1 0 years projects and since the opening of the of being part of a stretch between Birmingham UNESCO World and Wednesbury £1.92m secured for future years Heritage site We’ve celebrated and improved We have over Pressing forward with exciting plans for the 8 miles 559 miles Coventry City of towpath of canals and of Culture between Birmingham and 2021 and Wolverhampton and 683 miles Commonwealth of towpath Games 2022 4 miles in Walsall Over We’ve worked with volunteers 29,674 who gave a record 15,000 tonnes people attended the 11th of contaminated mud and silt 160,000 national Nowka Bais race took removed from Titford Pools hours place at Edgbaston Reservoir of their time There are Brand awareness 7,386 has increased boats 900+ from 54% use our region’s canals access points each year onto our canals to 62% West Midlands Annual Report 2019/20 3 Region-wide Region-wide Macclesfield Middlewich lock Chester Kidsgrove Leek Harecastle Leek Tunnel lock flight Tunnel 5 Caldon Canal Macclesfield tunnel Westport Stockton Middlewich lock Consall Forge Leek Lake Brook Locks Chester Kidsgrove Canal & River Trust office Llangollen Harecastle Leek Tunnel lock flight Froghall Tunnel Tunnel places to visit Stoke Flight 5 5 tunnel Llangollen Canal Stoke-on-Trent Westport Caldon Canal Stockton Consall Forge Lake Brook Locksrailway station 6 Canal & River Trust office Llangollen Whitchurch 5 Adderley Locks cared forFroghall by CanalTunnel & River Trust Stoke Flight 5 places to visit Ellesmere & Grindley Llangollen Canal Macclesfield Stoke-on-Trent M6 Meaford Flight unnavigable / under restoration Brook 4 Middlewich lock railway station StoneChester Flight Leek Chirk Aqueduct 6 Kidsgrove 4 Stone Harecastle Leek Tunnel other water bodies lock flight Ellesmere Market 5 Tyrley Locks Whitchurch 5 Adderley Locks cared for by Canal & River Trust Prees Tunnel Shardlow Tunnel Drayton & Grindley 5 Caldon Canal tunnel Ellesmere Westport Stockton M6 u Consall Forge Meaford Flight unnavigable / under restoration r Branch Trent & MerseyBrook CanalLake Brook Locks 4 Canal & River Trust office m d Llangollen Stone Flight y n Chirk Aqueduct 4 a Froghall Tunnel C l Stone other water bodies Montgomery 5 Tyrley Locks places to visit g Ellesmere MarketStoke Flight 5 s Shropshire Union Canal Llangollen Canal n Prees Stoke-on-Trent e Shardlow l E StaffordTunnel a Drayton Canal Great railway station Norbury Junctionu 6 W r Branch Burton upon Trent Trent & Mersey Canal m d Haywood5 Whitchurch 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M6 ive M42 Canal r S 8 Rushall Canal 11 ev WolverhamptonCoventry Walsall Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal e 7 Rushall Locks M54 M6 Toll Ashby Canal rn Walsall Telford Curdworth Locks LocksCanal BCN Locks Perry Barr Curdworth 11 M6 Canal Atherstone Wolverhampton 21 3 Locks Tunnel Locks The Bratch Wolverhampton Walsall 8 M42 Bridgnorth Dudley 7 Netherton 13 Birmingham & Rushall Canal 11 Staffordshire & WorcestershireLocks CanalCanal AtherstoneRushall Locks Dudley Tunnel Wolverhampton 21 Walsall 7 Ashby Canal Newtown Fazeley Canal BCN Locks Locks 11 Curdworth Locks Stourbridge Tunnel 11 8 Rushall Canal M42 11 Perry Barr Curdworth Staffordshire6 & WorcestershireBirmingham Canal Hawkesbury Tunnel 13 5 TheWalsall Bratch 7 Rushall Locks3 Locks Ashby Canal 6 Curdworth Locks Birmingham & Canal 16 8 City CentreBridgnorthBCNM6 JunctionLocks Perry Barr CurdworthDudley 11 7 Netherton 13 Dunsley Tunnel 4 Windmill 6 Locks Tunnel The Bratch 3 DudleyOxford Birmingham Tunnel & Fazeley Canal Newtown Bridgnorth Dudley 7 Netherton 13 Tunnel End Dudley CoventryStourbridge 11 Newtown Stourbridge Tunnel CanalFazeley6 Canal 5 Birmingham Hawkesbury Cookley BrandwoodStourbridge Tunnel 11 13 Canal6 Canal 5 Birmingham16 M6 Hawkesbury6 M6 Tunnel M5 Tunnel Dunsley Tunnel13 8 6 City Centre Junction Dudley No1 & Canal 16 6 4 M6WindmillJunction Oxford Dunsley Tunnel 4 8 6 City Centre M42 CoventryWindmill End Oxford No2 Canals Wast Hills End Stourbridge Coventry Coventry Canal StourbridgeCanal BasinCookley Newbold Tunnel Brandwood Canal Tunnel Cookley Knowle Brandwood M6 5 Tunnel Tunnel Rugby Canal HillmortonTunnel Locks M6 Canal Worcester & Tunnel DudleyLocks No1 & M5 Dudley No1 & M5 3 M42 Coventry Stourport Basins Birmingham Earlswood No2 Canals Wast Hills M42 Wast Hills M42 Coventry No2 CanalsM45 Canal Basin Newbold Tunnel Shrewley Tunnel Knowle Canal Basin Newbold Tunnel Leeds 6 Lakes 21Worcester & Grand 5 Tunnel Rugby KnowleHillmorton Locks Stourport-on-Severn Canal Lapworth Tunnel Locks 5 3 Rugby Hillmorton Locks M42 Worcester & Locks 3 30 Stourport BasinsLocks BirminghamHatton LocksEarlswoodUnion M42 Tardebigge Locks Stockton Shrewley M45 Leeds Droitwich 6 Stourport Basins LakesBirmingham21 EarlswoodGrand 6 Stourport-on-Severn Canal 21 LapworthLocks Tunnel M45 River Stoke Locks Canal 21 Shrewley Leeds 30 6 Locks Hatton LakesLocks Union Grand Canals 6 Astwood Locks DroitwichStourport-on-Severn Tardebigge Locks Canal10 LapworthStockton Tunnel Severn River 6 StokeWarwick Locks 21 Locks 30 TardebiggeBraunston LocksCanalLocks Hatton Locks Union Stockton Canals 6 Astwood Locks Droitwich 10 Birmingham Stratford upon SevernAvon 6 Stoke LocksWarwick Braunston21 Locks River Napton Locks 9 Canal Cardiff Birmingham Dunhampstead Stratford uponCanals Avon 10 Canal 6 Astwood Locks Napton Locks 9 Caerdydd Cardiff Tunnel DunhampsteadSevern Canal Warwick Braunston 6 Tunnel M40 Caerdydd Birmingham Offerton Locks Wilmcote Locks 11 6 Oxford M40 Wilmcote Locks 11 Stratford uponOxford Avon Offerton Locks Napton Locks 9 LONDON Cardiff Canal Dunhampstead Canal LONDON Stratford-upon-Avon n Stratford-upon-Avon n Canal Worcester Diglis Basin Worcester Diglisvo Basin Tunnel vo Caerdydd A M40 A 6 r Wilmcote Locks Oxford er Offertonive Locks 11 Banbury Riv R Banbury Canal LONDON Stratford-upon-Avon n Worcester Diglis Basin vo A er Riv Banbury 4 Canal & River Trust Region-wide Birmingham & Solihull Coventry & Warwickshire Worcestershire Wild in Birmingham Project Engaging communities through Dredging completed on improving habitat for pollinators our Community Roots Programme. Worcestershire & Birmingham and people. Canal. Planning for Coventry City Broad St Bridge renamed Black of Culture. Unlocking the Severn is Sabbath Bridge in honour of the a conservation and river- Secured £1.33million for towpath Macclesfield band in their