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Burslem Port at The Waterways Festival
Visit the Destination Staffordshire marquee to discover more about all the canals in Staffordshire, and the world of possibilities the county holds for holidays and great days out! The Inland Waterways Association (IWA) Stoke-on-Trent branch has joined forces with Staffordshire County Council and arranged for local waterways organisations to exhibit in one marquee supported by the Destination Staffordshire tourism team.
In here you will find displays by the groups campaigning for the: Burslem Port branch, Caldon & Uttoxeter Canals, Lichfield & Hatherton Canals, Stafford Riverway, Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal, and Trent & Mersey Canal, plus the IWA branches for: Lichfield, Stoke-on-Trent and Shrewsbury & North Wales, plus the Shrewsbury & Newport Canal campaigners – yes, that waterway joins the Shropshire Union Canal in Staffordshire!
Burslem Port Grows Up
On January 28th 2011 the Burslem Port Project became a Company Limited by Guarantee and is now officially called BURSLEM PORT TRUST - registration as a charitable body will be pursued in due course.
Prior to this the project was formally managed by a sub-committee of the Trent and Mersey Canal Society but is now fully independent, although both the Society and the Inland Waterways Association Stoke Branch will become corporate members along with other bodies, so providing long-term continuity.
Burslem Port Supporters to Report
A group of influential supporters of the Burslem Port Project Branch met in early November 2010 and agreed to work towards creating a new not-for-profit organisation to take Burslem Port’s plans to successful conclusion.
The meeting was held in Burslem’s School of Art where it was decided that the team of influential members, experts in Law, Finance, Local Government, Heritage and Higher Education, together with the existing Burslem Port team, would undertake research into the best form of formal organisation to take the Project forward.