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vii. Belan Locks Previous temporary home of Anglo Welsh hire boats (2003). Possible Suggestion: Provide facilities for small hire fleet and/or other commercial operator including service block for all canal users. viii. Berriew This is an attractive village with many half-timbered buildings, and a range of small visitor attractions including the Andrew Logan Museum of Sculpture, Glansevern Gardens nearby and a jewellery workshop. Possible suggestion: Improve visitor moorings and footpath links to village, promote as a local destination, until restoration takes the canal further south. ix. Garthmyl Original terminus of the eastern branch of the Montgomeryshire Canal, with historic wharves, buildings, and a pub. Possible suggestion: Site can be reached by narrowboat, if a solution can be found for Refail crossing. Possible centre for paddlesports, with additional parking, and an improved setting for the canal-side pub. x. Brynderwen Planned location of slipway for trail boats to use section south to Aberbechan. Depending on exact location, this could be further developed as a canoeing base and picnic area. xi. Aberbechan This is the last village at the southern end of British Waterways’ ownership. There are no significant developments at present, but good road access and a mooring basin would be needed, unless the canal extended on towards Newtown. Early schemes had a site designated for a hotel development. xii. Newtown Newtown is beyond the scope of the Conservation Management Strategy but there are no major ecological issues with re-watering the dry section. However, the presence of a major terminus would impose boat management issues, as it would increase demand from visiting boats and also create an internal economy of boat movements in Wales. Gains would include the improved environment of the canalside as a driver for other economic investment. Even without full restoration of the canal, there remains significant scope for developing the route as a green corridor link between the town and canal. It is probable that full restoration to the town will require significant economic gains from stimulating urban regeneration and associated developments around the new terminal basin e.g. leisure, retail, and offices. 151
9. A COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP Summary of chapter The philosophy for the restoration and future use of the canal is to strengthen local and community links, and build a greater affinity with the canal. The improvement of these links will be through local groups and organisations, and through greater communication and sharing of information. Particular support will be given to enabling the growth and development of the Friends of Montgomery Canal. As part of the preparation of this strategy, the Partnership engaged in a very thorough public consultation exercise. This included attending eight local fairs and events, three public meetings, in Oswestry, Welshpool and Newtown, and a range of visits and meetings with special interest groups and parish councils. During this time 500 questionnaires were returned and analysed. Further responses have been received to the consultation draft of this document. Key results were 94% strongly agreeing with restoration, with a majority for low key restoration orientated to conservation. An important minority were supportive of a more commercial scheme seeking to generate jobs through greatly improved visitor facilities. Pedestrian access and better mowing of the towpath were the areas most favoured for improvement, and built heritage, followed by wildlife, were the aspects most valued at present. 152
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Montgomery Canal: Regeneration thro
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This document is t
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1. INTRODUCTION Summary of chapter
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1.1 THE PARTNERSHIP This Strategy h
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1.3 COMPANION REPORTS Throughout th
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Llangollen Canal Frankton Junction
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2.1 INTRODUCTION Many of the conser
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(Department for Culture Media and S
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A key aim of the Shropshire Tourism
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3.1 LANDSCAPE HERITAGE 3.1.1 Overvi
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iv. The Canal The driving force beh
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Table 3.1. Montgomery Canal Corrido
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The country has been divided up int
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Although there is little natural wo
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References for further information
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they have undergone extensive repai
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xi. Water Economy The canal require
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iii. Canal-related industry The nat
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This Strategy seeks to further deve
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The Shropshire Biodiversity Action
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Mammals: Bats Pipistrelle Noctule D
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Figure 3.9. Luronium natans (Floati
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Overall the Welsh section is lightl
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3.4.7 Paddlesports Currently the Ca
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The invertebrate fauna is one metho
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3.6 COMMUNITY AND VISITOR ACCESS 3.
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3.6.2 Cycling Cycling is growing in
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4. OPTIONS APPRAISAL Summary of cha
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Proposals for restoration in any fo
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4.2.6 Option 3B: Option 3 + Additio
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OPTION 1 1B 2 2B 3 3B 4 4b 5 Archae
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5. VISION Summary of chapter The pr
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In parallel to the engineering, and
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6.1 LANDSCAPE HERITAGE 6.1.1 Existi
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6.2.2 Local Implementation B) Briti
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6.3.4 Monitoring Informs Action L)
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F) A transparent and impartial syst
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6.6 COMMUNITY AND VISITOR ACCESS 6.
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6.7.2 Visitor spend Visitor spend w
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7. MANAGEMENT PROPOSALS Summary of
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Waterlogged sites, e.g. peat in the
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Suggested Canal gateway - enhanced
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5) The Partnership will seek early
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Figure 7.5. Proposed Conservation A
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7.2.4 Benign Neglect This is often
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