Volunteers Clean Up After Doris
Volunteers from the Melton and Oakham Waterways Society have been hard at work on the river around Melton Mowbray in the aftermath of Storm Doris.
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Green Corridor for Oakham
The Society’s plans for a green leisure corridor, based on the remains of the former Oakham Canal to the north of Oakham, continue to develop. Further announcements about the plans are expected later this year.
Canal Walks
The Melton and Oakham Waterways Society are currently revising their Wreake Valley Way walk leaflets and publishing an extension of the current walk between Melton and Oakham. Over the summer, the Society will be offering guided walks of the Oakham Canal Trail and Wreake Valley way between Oakham and Leicester via Melton following, as close as possible, […]
Lock Gate discovered – August 2014
As reported in the work party reports for 4 August 2014, a lock gate was discovered. Our chairmam emailed Helen Wells at the Leicester Archaeological unit and had this reply: Do you think that the concrete structure/timber/structure overhanging the canal formed something contemporary with the operation of the canal, or could it have been installed […]