Bridge 70 is the only remaining intact bridge on the closed Uttoxeter Canal. The Caldon & Uttoxter Canal Trust's plan of action was to secure the bridge, preserve it for posterity and make it safer and easier to use. We are delighted to announce that work on the bridge is now complete.
Good news! It has been agreed to extend the operating area of the Moorlands Connect responsive bus service with effect from next Monday. Because the area covered is so large already there will be some journey limitations.
Moorlands Connect will now cover:
The Churnet Valley Guide has really taken shape this year.
Cheadle Discovery Group are delighted to announce the programme for the unveiling of Cheadle’s new Great War Memorial as follows:
11am-3pm Project exhibition adjacent to site
12.30 pm Community band
Restoration work has started on a village heritage site that has been hidden from view for a hundred years or more.
A campaign by national waterways charity The Inland Waterways Association, to control an invasive plant which causes damage along many canals and rivers, has won the Natural Environment category at the Living Waterways Awards in London on 8th October.
A new invasive species has been found in the River Churnet.
On a sunny October Friday the ARCO Sector Sales Team converged on sleepy Thorswood Nature Reserve to rebuilt a recently collapsed dry stone wall. The team, from as far afield as County Durham and Kent met for a business meeting in Leek on the Thursday.
