Sunday 1 October 2017

Talk on Ashby Canal at National Forest Youth Hostel

The National Forest area is rich in Industrial Heritage and the Ashby Canal played a significant role in the growth of those industries.

Vital to the industries in bygone days, the canal is now perhaps even more important to the area as an artery in the tourism infrastructure of the National Forest.  Where there are canals there are towpaths and where there are towpaths there are bicycles so the development of the canal is of great interest to us as a group.  The project to complete the canal is progressing but there are many challenges ahead.

A talk is taking place on Tuesday 17th October at the National Forest Youth Hostel to discuss the past, present and future of the canal.  Please see below poster with details if you are interested in attending.