This Christmas, Co-op members and customers can give the gift of community spirit by making a donation to our Local Community Fund. So the great thing is, Swansea Canal Society will benefit from an additional funding boost this festive season! How Members & Customers can donate Members can donate some, or all, of their member…

The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales in partnership with the Swansea Canal Society has just published a brilliantly illustrated book charting the history and importance of the canal. The story of the canal began 230 years ago with the 1794 Act of Parliament authorising the canal, which ran for over…

Tuesday 5th December: Work Party: Those wishing to eat breakfast should meet at the Roadhouse Cafe in Clydach at 8am. Volunteers should assemble at 9am in Pontardawe. We will be clearing the canal between the Herbert Street and Holly Street bridges. Cake and hot drinks will be provided but please bring your own mug.

A lovely, cold winter’s day saw the volunteers back at Ynysmeudwy to carry on with the work started last week. Alan W kicked off by planting daffodils that he had left over from a bulk purchase. They will bring a splash of brightness in the spring. Chris, Moira and Ronnie trimmed back the hedge bordering…

Tuesday 28th November: Work Party: Those wishing to eat breakfast should meet at the Roadhouse Cafe in Clydach at 8am. Volunteers should assemble at 9am at Ynysmeudwy Locks. We will be cutting back, dragging out and generally tidying up – carrying on from where we left off last week. Cake and hot drinks will be…

Work started early at the Buried Lock site, with our contractor Daley Homes loading rubble from the demolished concrete cap over the lock chamber into the first of several large skips. This is the initial exploratory phase of work, ahead of refurbishing the chamber and creating 120 metres of new canal over the next year…