The Container for Draycott has Arrived! Having cleared the ground outside the cottages at Draycott the site was marked out and four corner pads for a storage container to sit on were created in advance. Despite initial appearances these were carefully aligned and levelled to ensure there is a slight slope downwards from the [...]
The WRGgies are coming! July 2018 At the end of July 2018, a team from the Inland Waterways Association's Waterways Recovery Group ("The WRGgies") are coming to the Derby Canal to help us put back the large stones to the top gates and ground paddle area, and the coping stones to the already rebuilt [...]
Coop Local Community Fund to support D&SC Trust Dumper Truck Fund for 2018 The Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust have been successful in being selected as the charity for the Coop store in Sandiacre and the Funeralcare in Stapleford for 2018. Every time a Coop member purchase selected own [...]
"Pledge a Present" for Christmas to support the Golden Mile The Derby & Sandiacre Canal Trust is pleased to announce that the Draycott Canal Restoration Project, affectionately referred to as "The Golden Mile", has now surpassed the £60,000 threshold towards the target of £100,000 worth of pledges; which will then allow match-funding to [...]
Draycott Cottages Open Day a great Success! On the 19th November 2017, the Derby & Sandiacre Canal Trust opened up the recently acquired Coop Cottages (formerly the Canal Cottages) to the public for the first time. Visitors were allowed to go view both the interior and exterior of the [...]
Co-Op Borrowash Local Community Funding presented to the D&SC Trust Following the latest round of Co-Op Local Community funding, the Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust is pleased to announce that it has received £2818.24 from the Borrowash Store as one of three supported charities. The Trust applied to the Co-Op for funding to [...]
Welcome to our website for a restored Derby & Sandiacre Canal! Find out about the Canal History There's plenty to learn about the original plans for a canal to Derby, its rise and eventual fall, and our plans to restore the canal to its former glory as best we can, with some [...]
Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust are developing plans to launch boat trips on the River Derwent from Derby city centre. Initially the trips would run between the Council House steps and the picturesque weir at Darley Abbey. Moving forward, the full trip would ultimately travel through a new lock in the weir alongside the Council [...]
Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust have bought six derelict cottages overlooking a stretch of disused canal in Draycott that it is planning to restore. The cottages are at the start of the Draycott ‘Golden Mile’ between Hopwell Road and Derby Road which will be the first stretch of the former 13 mile waterway that the [...]
The Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust have launched an "Adopt a Yard"scheme to seek pledges to assist with the funding of the restoration of approximately 1200 yards of canal between Derby Road and Hopwell Road Draycott. The Trust needs to show strong support for the project before applying for grant funding as all the potential [...]
