Canal Towpath Improvements in Great Haywood
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Canal towpath improvements in Great Haywood Waterways and wellbeing charity, Canal & River Trust, is planning to carry out some towpath improvements along the Trent & Mersey Canal in Great Haywood. We wanted to share our plans with you as this work will have an impact on local people and visitors to the canal. If you regularly use the towpath For safety reasons we will Please see reverse for map you will have noticed that it can need to close the towpath of a signed alternative route get very muddy especially after for the duration of the works. showing how local people heavy rain. This makes using the The canal will remain open and visitors can reconnect towpath difficult for everyone for boating, but the visitor with the canal a little further especially for mobility users moorings will be suspended. along the towpath. and families with pushchairs. During the works, access to the Shugborough Estate from the We want to improve this and canal will also be closed. create an all-weather towpath which will allow local people The Canal & River Trust is and visitors easy access to working in partnership with the canal all year round. Staffordshire County Council and the National Trust to On 24 May we are starting a six- deliver these improvements. week project to resurface, and The project is being part- in some places widen the canal funded by a grant from the towpath from Iron Bridge to the European Agricultural Fund Trent Aqueduct in Great Haywood for Rural Development (EAFRD) - a distance of 600 metres. Rural Tourism Infrastructure The footpath that connects the programme. Shugborough Estate to the canal will also be improved, enabling visitors easy access to the National Trust site. May 2021 map not to scale: towpath footpath closure covers approx. ½mile / 0.8km aqueduct temporary path map not to scale: towpath footpath closure N café no entry covers approx. ½mile / 0.8km aqueduct temporary path pub N café no entry picnic area pub shopping picnic area point of interest shopping boat hire point of interest marina boat hire marina Stone Stone Mill Stafford Lane Mi StaffordStaf ll La fordshire & Mill ne Worces tershire Aqueduct Canal Great Staf fordshire & Mill Haywood Worces Trent Aqueduct tershire Aqueduct Junction Canal Haywood Great Haywood Trent Aqueduct Bridge 109 Haywood Junction map not to scale: towpath footpath closureRiv Bridge 109 covers approx. ½mile / 0.8km e aqueduct temporary path T r r T e N Riv r n café no entry en t e T & t r r M pub T e r n e en t r s & picnic area t e y M shopping e C R r a iver s n Sow e a point of interest y l C R a boat hire iver S n ow a l marina ne map not to scale: La towpath footpath closure R t iv covers approx. ½mile / 0.8km en er Stone Haywood r aqueduct temporary path So T ne w a Lock 22 N L R t café no entry iv en e Haywood r Trent Lane r So T pub w Lock 22 Bridge 73 weir Trent Lane picnic area M Bridge 73 a shopping in weir Mi R Stafford Essex ll La M o point of interest ne a a d Bridge in boat hire Shugborough R Sta Essex o ffordshiEstate Mill a re & W d marina orceste Bridge Shugborough rshire C Aqueduct Great anal R i Estate Haywood v Trent AqueductShugborough Park e r Junction T Haywood R Stone r i e v Iron Bridge 73A Shugborough Park Bridge 109 e n r t T r e Iron Bridge 73A Riv n t e T r r T e r n en t & t Cannock Chase Mil Stafford l Lan M Country Park e e r s e Cannock Chase y Stafford Mill C shire & Country Park Worce R a stersh Aqueduct iver S n ire C ow Great a Rugeley anal l Haywood Trent Aqueduct Haywood Junction Rugeley Bridge 109 e Contact us. an L Riv Ri Stay Kind Slow Down. nt ve re If you have any queriese r Haywood SoT T r r w T e Our canal towpaths are popularLock 22 places to walk, exercise, or concerns about thisr n en t & Trent Lane towpath improvement, pleaset unwind and cycle, not to mention being well used for mooring M Bridge 73 contact Canal & River Trust boatse and fishing. We know that visiting them can make you r weir s feel ehappier and healthier, but the pace needs to be slow M on 03030 404040 or email y a C westmidlandssupport@ so that they remain safe we’re asking everyone using our in R a iver S n R ow a o canalrivertrust.org.uk canal towpaths,l especiallyEssex those who cycle, to be thoughtful, a Bridge d You can also tweetShugborough us stay kind and slow down, or find an alternative route. @CRTWestMidlandsEstate R e i n v Shugborough Park La e t r R n ive e T r Haywood r r Sow T e Iron Bridge 73A Lock 22 n Charity no. 1146792 t canalrivertrust.org.uk Trent Lane Bridge 73 weir M a in Cannock Chase R Essex o Country Park a Bridge d Shugborough Estate Rugeley R i v Shugborough Park e r T r e Iron Bridge 73A n t Cannock Chase Country Park Rugeley.