Restoration Plan 2021 to 2030

1. East section – Lincolnshire & Leicestershire (part)

1. Navigable waterway:
   1. Maintain operating locks
   2. Construct slipway at Woolsthorpe Depot
   3. Rebuild Denton Weir and towpath bridge
   4. Culvert repairs
   5. Clear navigation to A1 landing stag
2. Key stages – Lock 14 to Redmile:
   1. Restoration construction
      • Lock 13
      • Lock 12
      • Muston Gorse Bridge 57
      • Middlestile Bridge 56
   2. Water supply:
      • Clear Denton feeder
      • Clear and repair (if necessary) Knipton feeder
3. Development Projects:
   1. Silt removal
   2. Trial of wood replacement options for lock gates e.g. recycled plastic

2. West section – Nottinghamshire:

1. Pre-activity actions:
   1. Identify site for Canal maintenance depot
   2. Discussions with Local Authorities
      • Rushcliffe Borough Council
      • Nottingham County Council
2. Key stages:
   1. Mackley’s Bridge 25 to Colston Lane Bridge 23
      • Tree removal
   2. Culvert Repairs
      • Culvert 39 Irish Jack’s Bridge
      • Fishponds Cottage Culvert 45
   3. Re-water Section Hickling Basin to Spencer’s Bridge
      • Hickling Bridge 30 to Kinoulton Swing 29
      • Kinoulton Swing 29 to Kinoulton Bridge 28 (Main Street)
      • Kinoulton Bridge 28 to Irish Jack’s Bridge 27
      • Irish Jack’s Bridge 27 to Wilde’s Bridge 26
      • Wilde’s Bridge 26 to Mackley’s Bridge 25
      • Mackley’s Bridge 25 to Spencer’s Bridge 24
   4. Lings Bar to Cotgrave Lane:
      • Weed removal
      • Reduction in off-side tree growth over water
   5. Cotgrave Lane to Hollygate Lane:
      • Weed removal
      • Enhancement of Locks 6 & 7
   6. Lady Bay to Lings Bar:
      • Improvements to environmental appearance of waterway
   7. Fishponds to Lock 11:
      • Removal of blockages to water flowv
      • Tree removal
      • Silt removal to navigable depth whilst canal dry
      • Culvert repairs
      • Identification of possible areas of leakage
   8. Water supply:
      • Clear all feeders and weirs
3. Development Projects:
   1. Determine preferred route for link to River Trent
   2. Obtain legal protection for a Trent Link
   3. Survey and design restoration of canal Hollygate Bridge to Lock 11
   4. Trial of wood replacement options for lock gates e.g. recycled plastic
   5. Review options for canal lining in areas of possible leakage
   6. Standardisation of design of highway replacement crossings
   7. Standard design of other replacement crossings over the canal

3. Central section – Leicestershire & Nottinghamshire (part)

1. No activity currently envisaged other than:
   1. Protection of route and structures
   2. Responses to Planning applications or similar
2. Work with Local Authorities to establish a Development Plan for this length

Adopted by Grantham Canal Society
Management Committee 4 February 2021
Published 17 February 2021