Steve Court travels the country showcasing and filming canal restorations.   His YouTube channel with over 37,000 subscribers features a new video on the work at Rooks Hill.  Filming took place last week so you can see all the most recent progress.

Easter Special Trips are taking place from April 3rd to 6th and are now available for booking.   

Later in April, our first Cream Tea trip of the year is scheduled along with other trips in May and June. 

All trips start and finish in Loxwood with full details of each trip shown on our website.

This year's Spring Meeting will be held on Saturday 18th April at 2:30pm in Alfold Village Hall.

The meeting will include presentations on our updated Three Year Plan, a Finance update and a report on Rooks Hill progress and plans.

Chris Lowe, Trust Photographer during the 70s and 80s will be bringing his photo albums to the meeting - an added attraction.

On April 18th, on the morning of our Spring Meeting,  members are invited to come to Rooks Hill to see the amazing progress we have made on this project. There will be a walk from Birtley Courtyard via the Birtley Bridges to Rooks Hill Bridge where there will be a brick-laying ceremony by our local MP Jeremy Hunt, followed by a site visit and refreshments.             

Full details including car parking arrangements are on our website where you can register for this event

Phil Short and his team will be taking the Mobile Display Vehicle to 15 events covering 19 days during 2026.  the first event (indoors) is the Billingshurst Showcase on the 11th April.

If you would like to join Phil's team, contact him at pjshort@hotmail.com.

The Team always welcomes visits from members and MDV deployments are a key opportunity to recruit new members and volunteers.

Thanks to the efforts of our Grants Administrator, Caroline Roberts, the Trust now has an Iseki TM3267 Tractor and Flail which was 75% funded by Loxwood Parish Council. 

Six volunteers attended a training and familiarisation session at Wiltshires, Dunsfold who supplied the tractor and flail.  With its narrow width, the tractor can access most of our towpaths.  This will make the maintenance of the canal side far easier and quicker. 

The winter months are a busy time for maintenance on and along the canal.  Tree damage from recent storms has to be cleared up and the canal bed dredged ready for the start of boat trips. 

The Northern working party recently assisted in clearing a fallen tree near Birch Copse.  The lighter branches were removed using our workboat May Upton but the Mid Week Working Party required a winch to remove the trunk - a two day job.

Over the winter, the Dredger Group have removed about 100 cubic metres of spoil from the canal bed.  The good news is that trip boats can now access Baldwin's Knob Lock and use its winding hole to turn and return to the Canal Centre.

Canalside wildlife photos are in short supply this month so here is a seasonal one of mad March hares.  We look forward to contributions from any keen photographers for the April edition.

What have you seen and photographed recently? If you send a photo to Dave Verrall he will upload it to the  Wildlife photo section on the website.  dave.verrall@weyarun.org.uk   

Did you know you can download an App to your iphone with detailed information on our canal?  This includes canal side features such as mileposts, benches, picnic sites, landing stages and walks. 

There are also details of past and current restoration projects.  This makes the App an excellent source of information available during a walk. 

Further details and instructions on downloading the App can be found via the button below.

Join the Wey & Arun Canal Trust to help extend our green corridor through the beautiful Surrey and Sussex countryside. 

Members receive our Wey South Magazine three times a year with more in depth stories and are able to attend special members events.

Single membership £20pa or £15pa on line.

Joint membership £25pa or £20pa on line.