Promoting its work
REGULAR readers will well know of the work of the Wey & Arun Canal Trust in restoring the waterway, as it is often featured in narrowboatworld.
This has been furthered by the publication of Visiting the Wey & Arun Canal, a new guidebook from the Trust that aims to make it easier for visitors to use the canal for leisure activities and to also find out more about the canal's history and route.
Yet to discover
While the Canal Centre at Loxwood, West Sussex, and the public boat cruises offered from there may have helped many people explore one section of the Canal, there are many other parts of the waterway that visitors have yet to discover. The launch of this new publication aims to change that.
Sally Schupke, Chairman of the Trust tells us:
"This marvellous little book is an absolute must for anybody wishing to visit the Wey & Arun Canal, called 'London's Lost Route to the Sea'. They will have the opportunity to see where original canal structures still stand, newly restored areas, and explore its path through Surrey and Sussex countryside."
How to access
The 72 pages guide includes colour photographs of the canal, as well as maps and details of how to access parts of the canal by road and by public transport.
The new guidebook is priced at £5, and can be bought from the Loxwood Canal Centre or available by mail order (plus £1.50 post and packing) from the Trust's office at The Granary, Flitchfold Farm, Loxwood, RH14 0RH. Email