The Birmingham Canal Navigations Society 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 bu ...
, a
registered charity
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The legal definition of a ch ...
no. 1091760 (since 1968) and a
limited company
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no. 4306537 (since 2002), operating on the
Birmingham Canal Navigations
Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) is a network of canals connecting Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and the eastern part of the Black Country. The BCN is connected to the rest of the English canal system at several junctions. It was owned and oper ...
, and based IN
Oldbury,
West Midlands
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Etymology
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,
England
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.
See also
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List of waterway societies in the United Kingdom
This List of waterway societies in the United Kingdom is a list of links to waterway societies, charities, trusts, associations, clubs and other non-governmental waterway organisations, concerned with the restoration, regeneration and use of t ...
*
List of navigation authorities in the United Kingdom
This List of navigation authorities in the United Kingdom is a list of links to any navigation authority in the United Kingdom, relating to any navigable waterway, aqueduct, canal, navigation, river or port.
These include:
* narrow canals, br ...
External links
BBC Birmingham: BCNS Chairman Phil Clayton writes about the 100 mile long network of Birmingham and Black Country waterwaysBirmingham Mail, 6 July 2008, article: Birmingham Canal Navigations Society celebrates 40th anniversaryInland Waterways Association: Historic Campaigns on the BCNGEOGRAPH image 352517, Horseley Fields Canal Junction Signpoast, erecetd by BCNSBBC NEWS, 28 April 2008, Live ammunition found by volunteers cleaning up a Black Country Canal
BCN Society
Waterways organisations in England
Charities based in the West Midlands (county)
Clubs and societies in the West Midlands (county)
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