We recently received a grant from the Inland Waterways Association (IWA) for the sum of £10,000 to help fund a project to instate a new footpath between the towpath at the current terminus of the canal just past Bridge 62 at Snarestone and start of the Ashby Woulds Heritage Trail in the neighbouring town of Measham. The footpath will follow the restoration route of the canal and once the restoration is completed will be replaced by the towpath.

We identified the part of the route which would be most suitable to begin working on to kick off the project and this happened to be a small copse area on the corner of Bosworth road and Gallows Lane between Measham & Snarestone. The land once housed a couple of buildings, one thought to be a pub of some sort once upon a time but was now just an overgrown plot that we would need to clear a path through. A small team of 6 (due to COVID-19 restrictions) got to work on this today and we made great progress as can be seen below.