The talk will cover the history and restoration of the Hereford and Gloucester Canal.

Although much of the canal has been filled in and in places has disappeared without trace, a surprising number of lock cottages, wharf buildings and bridges remain to be seen. Over the years the land upon which the canal ran has been distributed between a great many landowners.

A railway was built over most of the line of the canal between Gloucester to Ledbury, and in 1964 that closed too.

Work to restore the thirty-four miles of the canal continues today.