Swansea Canal Society

23/06/2026

A quick reminder of our Summer Craft Fair on 4th July. Full details in the poster.

23/06/2026

The Week Ahead: Sunday 28th June – Saturday 4th July 2026

Sunday 28th June: Canoes & Kayaks for hire at Coed Gwilym Park, Clydach. First hire 10am, last boat out at 2pm so please arrive no later than 1.45pm. Cost of one hour hire: Canadian canoe £12; Raft (two canoes) £20; Single kayak £6, Double kayak £12. Booking not needed. Full details and conditions under “Canoes” on our website....

Sunday 28th June: Canoes & Kayaks for hire at Coed Gwilym Park, Clydach. First hire 10am, last boat out at 2pm so please arrive no later than 1.45pm. Cost of one hour hire: Canadian canoe £12;…

23/06/2026

Work Party: Tuesday 23rd June 2026

Phew, what a scorcher! With the mercury creeping up to 30ºC and high humidity a smallish group of volunteers got together and tried to keep hydrated and relatively cool. Moira and Sharon remained at the Canal Centre to garden and sort out at last the feed-in tariff for all that lovely electricity generated by our solar panels. The rest of us went to the Buried Lock site, where Peter and Chris cut back the vegetation encroaching upon the towpath between the lock and Coed Gwilym Park....

Phew, what a scorcher! With the mercury creeping up to 30ºC and high humidity a smallish group of volunteers got together and tried to keep hydrated and relatively cool. Moira and Sharon remained …

16/06/2026

The Week Ahead: Sunday 21st – Saturday 27th June 2026

Sunday 21st June: Canoes & Kayaks for hire at Coed Gwilym Park, Clydach. First hire 10am, last boat out at 2pm so please arrive no later than 1.45pm. Cost of one hour hire: Canadian canoe £12; Raft (two canoes) £20; Single kayak £6, Double kayak £12. Booking not needed. Full details and conditions under “Canoes” on our website....

Sunday 21st June: Canoes & Kayaks for hire at Coed Gwilym Park, Clydach. First hire 10am, last boat out at 2pm so please arrive no later than 1.45pm. Cost of one hour hire: Canadian canoe £12;…

16/06/2026

Work Party: Tuesday 16th June 2026

Weather-wise, today started off with a bit of drizzle that soon passed leaving the morning oppressively muggy. Most of the action took place in the Hidden Lock site but first the gardeners continued to tidy up around the Swansea Canal Centre. Doesn't it look glorious? The big task in the lock site was to continue to line the by-wash. Gordon and Pete mixed the concrete while Andy, Kev and Phil gathered the stones....

Weather-wise, today started off with a bit of drizzle that soon passed leaving the morning oppressively muggy. Most of the action took place in the Hidden Lock site but first the gardeners continu…

10/06/2026

The Week Ahead: Sunday 14th – Saturday 20th June 2026

Sunday 14th June: Canoes & Kayaks for hire at Coed Gwilym Park, Clydach. First hire 10am, last boat out at 2pm so please arrive no later than 1.45pm. Cost of one hour hire: Canadian canoe £12; Raft (two canoes) £20; Single kayak £6, Double kayak £12. Booking not needed. Full details and conditions under “Canoes” on our website....

Sunday 14th June: Canoes & Kayaks for hire at Coed Gwilym Park, Clydach. First hire 10am, last boat out at 2pm so please arrive no later than 1.45pm. Cost of one hour hire: Canadian canoe £12;…

10/06/2026

Work Party: Tuesday 9th June 2026

Today's gathering offered a range of tasks for our volunteers - there was something for every taste at the Swansea Canal Centre! On the gardening front Moira, Diane and Sharon tackled the weedy community garden borders and new volunteer Tom strimmed undergrowth behind the boat basin, under Lance's watchful eye. Chris mowed the knee-high grass around the stone barge whilst Gordon strimmed the forest of weeds on the canal-side walkway and bashed some Balsam, aided by Phil and Aled who cleared up the mess....

02/06/2026

The Week Ahead: Sunday 7th – Saturday 13th June 2026

Sunday 7th June: Canoes & Kayaks for hire at Coed Gwilym Park, Clydach. First hire 10am, last boat out at 2pm so please arrive no later than 1.45pm. Cost of one hour hire: Canadian canoe £12; Raft (two canoes) £20; Single kayak £6, Double kayak £12. Booking not needed. Full details and conditions under “Canoes” on our website....

Sunday 7th June: Canoes & Kayaks for hire at Coed Gwilym Park, Clydach. First hire 10am, last boat out at 2pm so please arrive no later than 1.45pm. Cost of one hour hire: Canadian canoe £12; …

02/06/2026

Work Party: Tuesday 2nd June 2026

The weather forecast for today was grim so we decided to abandon plans for concreting and instead returned to Ynysmeudwy. As it turned out, we had only one serious downpour but better safe than sorry. We were very pleased to welcome a new recruit, Thomas. Andy kicked of proceedings by bashing more balsam alongside the lengthsman’s hut. By far the biggest task was to clear a channel by removing iris....

The weather forecast for today was grim so we decided to abandon plans for concreting and instead returned to Ynysmeudwy. As it turned out, we had only one serious downpour but better safe than so…

26/05/2026

The Week Ahead: Sunday 31st May – Saturday 6th June 2026

Sunday 31st May: Canoes & Kayaks for hire at Coed Gwilym Park, Clydach. First hire 10am, last boat out at 2pm so please arrive no later than 1.45pm. Cost of one hour hire: Canadian canoe £12; Raft (two canoes) £20; Single kayak £6, Double kayak £12. Booking not needed. Full details and conditions under “Canoes” on our website....

  Sunday 31st May: Canoes & Kayaks for hire at Coed Gwilym Park, Clydach. First hire 10am, last boat out at 2pm so please arrive no later than 1.45pm. Cost of one hour hire: Canadian cano…