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Cosgrove - Grand Union Canal
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Cosgrove - A5 (parking)
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This site is still owned by British Waterways who support the restoration of the Buckingham Canal. This site is approximately a mile long and runs from the junction with the Grand Union Canal, the first quarter of a mile being still in water, and finishes at the A5 dual carriageway. Buckingham Canal volunteers have cleared the bed of the canal from bridge No. 1 to the A5 and are looking for funding to restore the first bridge on this section.
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Boughton Meadow, Buckingham
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This site is in private ownership the owner being Nick Hawes of ATN Farms and is also on part of the North Ouse Valley Walk. The site is approximately half a mile long and ends at the garden of the lock cottage, which has been extended, and the lock in-filled. Nick Hawes has supported the work of the Buckingham Canal Society and has supplied men and equipment to help with the restoration work. Buckingham Canal Society volunteers have rebuilt the overflow spillweir and repaired the culvert that runs into the River Great Ouse. The society hopes to have this site 'in water' in the not too distant future.
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Little Hill Farm
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This site is in private ownership the owner being Mr Edmundson. The site is approximately a mile long, Mr Edmundson supports the work of the society and has been very helpful towards us in allowing us store equipment with him. As well as clearing a mile of canal the society is also restoring a stone and brick bridge at Little Hill Farm. HBOS volunteers and Towcester Millennium volunteers have helped the society with this work.
Directions:
From Milton Keynes direction, take the A422 road towards Buckingham, go past the Deanshanger turning, you will then see a sign for Wicken and a lay-by on your right. Opposite the lay-by is the entrance to Little Hill Farm. Go down the driveway and park in front of the farmhouse.
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BBOWT Nature Reserve 1
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BBOWT Nature Reserve 2
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This site is owned by the Beds, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust and is part of a nature reserve and is also part of the North Ouse Valley Walk. This site was becoming very overgrown and BBOWT didn't have enough volunteers to manage it so have asked us to maintain it on their behalf. This is our newest site and the work here has only just started; it is also the site of the second lock on the Buckingham Arm. Our volunteers are clearing the bed of the canal, maintaining the footpaths and accessing the work needed to restore the lock.
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