MONMOUTHSHIRE, BRECON & ABERGAVENNY CANALS TRUST Ltd.

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We have recently received Scheduled Ancient Monument Consent from Cadw
to restore the next two pairs of locks down the flight(locks 20,19,18 &17).
Over £1,000,000 of funding for the restoration of the locks and to
promote its value as an educational asset has been secured through
grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), Welsh Assembly Government,
Newport City Council, The Inland Waterways Association and Cadw .
Work on the restoration of the locks is due to start this summer.
 

When the centre was built in the 70’s its original concept was as a canal museum at the top of the Fourteen Locks but it never became a major success even though  the Cefn Flight its original name are the most unique in the country.  Many things contributed to this the main three being that the centre was only open in the summer months, it lacked canal exhibits relevant to the area and staff with an in depth knowledge of the history of the Monmouthshire Canal but in saying that the staff have never lacked enthusiasm .

The Canal Trust became involved with the Centre following the National Trail boat Festival in Newport in May 2000, sending volunteers to the Centre on the weekends to talk to the public about the history of the canal. We also organised guided walks and introduced artist to the Centre and started to exhibit their work.

The Trust have now leased the Centre off Newport City Council and over the winter period of 2007/8 the Centre was re built  adding a meeting room  and a wonderful  tea room, The Dadford Tea Room as we have named it in honour of the engineer who designed the flight over two hundred years ago.

We opened on the 23 rd of May 2008 and we are just coming to our first anniversary and hope by then to have had about 33,000  visitors through the door.   The meeting room has also been a success hired many times over the year.

For any further details please phone me Phil Hughes on

01633 894802 or 01633 892167

How to find us

By car:-

The Fourteen Locks Canal Centre is situated off junction 27 of the M4

motorway, take the High Cross Road and after approximately half a mile turn right  in to Cefn  Walk (sign

posted Fourteen Locks) go over the

canal bridge the Centre and its car park are on your right.

By bus :-

 Take a No. 56, R1, R3 or R6 from  Market Square Newport, get off

at Cwm Lane and follow the map.