Work on the Cefn Flight

Published: Friday, 18 June 2010

TWO locks on the derelict Cefn Flight of the Mon & Brec are being restored as part of a 'joint restoration and educational project'.

The Cefn Flight comprises of 14 locks, and if restored will open up the Crumlin Arm of the waterway, and add a further three miles to the site of the former Giles Aqueduct.

Ancient monument

The locks however are now designated an ancient monument, and work is being financed primarily by the Heritage Lottery Fund, at an estimated cost of £1 million.

The Education Through Restoration (ETR) remit of the project requires a focus on education, which will be provided at the Fourteen Locks Canal Centre. The centre provides tourists, and waterway enthusiasts alike, with an insight into the history of the canal network and its role within the industrial revolution.

Funding

The Cefn Flight restoration project is founded on a partnership between Newport City Council and The Monmouthshire, Brecon and Abergavenny Canals Trust. The project has secured £700,000 pounds of funding from The Heritage Lottery Fund with Cadw, Inland Waterways Association, Landfill Tax and Newport City Council providing the remainder of the funding.