The Ashby Canal Association (ACA) is a

waterway society A waterway society is a society, association, charitable trust, club, trust or "Friends" group involved in the restoration, preservation, use and enjoyment of waterways, e.g. a canal, river, navigation or other waterway, and their associated ...

and a registered charity No. 1063566, in Leicestershire and Staffordshire,

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, concerned with the Ashby Canal, and affiliated to the

Inland Waterways Association The Inland Waterways Association (IWA) is a registered charity in the United Kingdom and was formed in 1946 to campaign for the conservation, use, maintenance, restoration and sensitive development of British Canals and river navigations. Not ...

. The Association was founded in 1966 in response to the closure of the northern eight miles of the Ashby Canal. The Association's work parties are active in the

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and reconnection to the main waterway, in partnership with the

Ashby Canal Trust The Ashby Canal Trust is a waterway society based at Measham, Swadlincote, Leicestershire, England, UK, and concerned with the restoration of a part of the Ashby Canal, also known as the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal. The restoration project is fu ...

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UK Government, House of Commons Select Committee on Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs: Memorandum submitted by the Ashby Canal Association

Leicestershire County Council website, listing for Ashby Canal Association

Warwickshire County Council website, listing for Ashby Canal Association

British Waterways' leisure website "Waterscape", listing for Ashby Canal Association

Ashby Canal Association's magazine "Spout", Sept. 2006
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