# THE SHREWSBURY &amp; NEWPORT CANALS TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1088706
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [04075920](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04075920)
- **Registered:** Oct. 2, 2001
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1088706


## Contact

- **Address:** 4 ARSCOTT, PONTESBURY, SHREWSBURY
- **Postcode:** SY5 0XP
- **Phone:** 01743 860488
- **Email:** sbean@sncanal.org.uk
- **Website:** www.sncanal.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** (1) TO PROMOTE THE RESTORATION OF THE SHREWSBURY CANAL BETWEEN SHREWSBURY AND WAPPENSHALL JUNCTION IN THE COUNTY OF SHROPSHIRE AND OF THE NEWPORT BRANCH OF THE SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL BETWEEN WAPPENSHALL JUNCTION AND NORBURY JUNCTION IN THE COUNTY OF STAFFORDSHIRE TO GOOD AND NAVIGABLE ORDER AND TO PROMOTE THE MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE CANALS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.(2) TO PROMOTE THE FULLEST USE OF THE CANALS BY ALL FORMS OF WATERBORNE TRAFFIC AND FOR ALL FORMS OF WATER-RELATED COMMERCIAL, LOCAL AMENITY, TOURIST AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.(3) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND USE OF THE CANALS AND WATERWAYS AND OF THE CANALS IN PARTICULAR.

**Activities:** Promoting and undertaking the restoration of the Shrewsbury Canal and the Newport branch of the Shropshire Union Canal to good and navigable order, including associated structures and buildings, for the benefit of the public.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- **What:** Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation
- **Who:** Children/young People, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** SEE OBJECTS FOR AREA OF BENEFIT
- Shropshire
- Staffordshire
- Telford &amp; Wrekin





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **BERNARD CHARLES JONES** | Chair | March 26, 2011 |
| John Edward Heather |  | Nov. 21, 2013 |
| John Metcalfe Stevens |  | July 18, 2013 |
| John Myers |  | June 15, 2013 |
| John William Snell |  | Oct. 14, 2023 |
| Philip Michael Jones |  | June 3, 2017 |
| Philip Tarrant |  | Jan. 16, 2025 |
| Richard Ian Macvicar |  | March 19, 2026 |
| SHERREL GILLIAN FIKEIS |  | May 20, 2010 |
| Simon Ardian Rowberry |  | July 21, 2022 |
| Vaughan Welch |  | June 3, 2017 |




