The Trust was formed more than thirty years ago to restore the then closed Kennet and Avon Canal from Reading to Bristol as a navigation and a public amenity.
The society seeks to preserve and restore the Hollinwood and Fairbottom Branches of the Ashton Canal, east of Manchester and link it to the Rochdale Canal.
The history, operation and engineering of the coal fired steam narrow boat, President. Information on the voluntary group that maintains and runs the boat on the English canals.