About Chesterfield Canal Trust (Seth Ellis)

The Chesterfield Canal is widely recognised as one of the most beautiful and varied waterways in England. It runs for 46 miles from the River Trent to the middle of Chesterfield, linking Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire and Derbyshire. The Chesterfield Canal Trust is a charitable company run entirely by volunteers, incorporated in July 1997. In 1998 it took over the assets of the former Chesterfield Canal Society, which had been formed in 1976. In 2017, the Trust received the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, The aims of the Chesterfield Canal Trust are to promote the full restoration and appropriate development of the Chesterfield Canal, and to campaign for the construction of the Rother Valley Link, a navigable waterway to join the Chesterfield Canal to the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation. Amongst other activities we run four trip boats (one in Ranby, one in Shireoaks, one in Hollingwood and the fourth in Chesterfield); Registered Charity no. 1071376