BUDE is soon to have a royal visitor to help celebrate the £5-million regeneration of Bude Canal.
HRH, The Duke of Gloucester will be in the town on Friday, March 27. to formally declare open the regenerated canal at 10.30am.
The opening ceremony will be part of 'Canalements,' which North Cornwall District Council describes as "a celebration of the local community and the canal regeneration project."
The Duke was last in North Cornwall in May, 2008, when he opened Cedar Grange, a residential home of the elderly at Launceston.
The opening will spark a weekend of events, including a book signing, poetry, music, can walks, Yurt play activities, waterway adventures, Eden Den building, outdoor play activities and storytelling.
'BENEFIT OF ALL'
The canal regeneration project has taken eleven years to reach this point.
Bude canal has been undergoing a £5-million facelift which to improve the canal for the benefit of all, says NCDC.
The Bude Canal Regeneration Project — a partnership formed by many different organisations including Bude and Stratton Town Council, Bude Canal and Harbour Society, the Environment Agency, Marhamchurch Parish Council, Pancrasweek Parish Council, South West Water, and Cornwall County Council — aimed to restore the first two miles of the canal from the sea lock at the Breakwater near Summerleaze beach to Helebridge.
The works included towpath improvements, dredging, lock gate restoration, the creation of a canal interpretation centre, workshops, office space and much more.
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