Our Oxenhall and Newent Team meet on site every Tuesday for predominantly practical outdoor activities improving and maintaining Ell Brook Aqueduct, House Lock and the towpath in between, and are working further eastwards to prepare the ground for our Newent Station restoration scheme.
Starting at 9:00 AM and continuing until Mid afternoon
at Oxenhall Locks and Newent Station
See what the volunteers at Oxenhall and Newent have achieved here …
Every Tuesday, our Oxenhall team meets on-site to maintain the historic canal corridor, including the GeoPark Way and several permissive paths established by the Trust. Looking ahead to 2026, a primary focus is the restoration of the Newent station platforms. As the last remaining artifacts of the original station, these require extensive brick reclamation and repointing. We are also actively pursuing planning permission to reconstruct original station buildings; current efforts include critical ground investigations and biodiversity assessments. At Oxenhall, final repairs to the Ell Brook bank will commence once water levels recede. Additionally, the team is working to resolve a leakage issue northwest of the aqueduct, a task that relies on sourcing local impervious clay for bank reinforcement. These aspirations need more volunteers to make them happen - volunteers with a wide range of expertise including engineering, fund raising, grant applications, surveying, plant and equipment operation, project management as well as more practical skills such as bricklaying, building, groundworks and so on... ... we need a supply of puddle clay !!