Canal related Charities
The Wooden Canal Boat Society (WCBS) was set up in 1996 to take over the work of the earlier Wooden Canal Craft Trust. It is a registered charity and a company Limited by guarantee.​
The society looks after 6 historic wooden narrow boats and is committed to restoring them all to good working condition and putting them to work on community projects.
The boats are based at Portland Basin Museum, Ashton under Lyne OL7 0QA at the junction of the Ashton and Peak Forest canals.​
The society is run by volunteers carrying out a wide range of interesting tasks, from running the charity shop to restoring and operating the boats.
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offers canal boat and cottage holidays and canal day trips in beautiful Shropshire for people with disabilities, illness or injury, or any other vulnerability and their family, friends and carers who may accompany them.
The Llangollen Canal weaves backwards and forwards across the Shropshire and Cheshire borders through some of the finest scenery in the country and over the World Heritage Site aqueducts at Chirk and Pontcysylite to Llangollen in North Wales. Three miles from Ellesmere and at the heart of the Meres district of North Shropshire, lies Lyneal Wharf, the ideal base for the start of your perfect canal boat and cottage holidays.
Worcester-Birmingham & Droitwich Canals Society
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The Worcester & Birmingham Canal Society was formed in 1969 to promote the restoration, conservation and improvement of the Worcester & Birmingham Canal and adjacent waterways for the use and benefit of the public. The society also provides a social forum for those interested in the canal and waterways generally.
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In 2010, members of the society voted at the AGM to change the name of the organisation to the ‘Worcester-Birmingham & Droitwich Canals Society’ following the re-opening of the Droitwich Canals.
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We carry out practical work along the canal such as litter picking, looking after the information boards, sand-bagging damaged canal banks and installing new sandstone milestones. We also organise walks, visits, boat gatherings and a variety of other social events. We are busy conserving the 200 year old lime kilns at Tardebigge.