Burslem Port Trust

The Burslem Port Trust was formed in 2011. It is jointly owned by the Inland Waterways Association and the Trent and Mersey Canal Society. In 2014 the Trust published a comprehensive proposal and plan, and volunteer work parties were started.^[1]

In 2018 the Trust received a grant of £45,000 from Stoke-on-Trent City Council's Community Investment Fund, to which was added £5000 from the Canal & River Trust.^[1][3][4] In the same year a strategic action plan was produced, detailing the numbers of jobs, canalside homes, visitors and boat movements that restoration of the canal would produce, and the amount of inward investment it could attract. Roger Savage, chairman of the Burslem Port Trust, said: "This new report confirms there is sound economic benefit for investing in the restoration of the Burslem Branch Canal".^[3]

In 2021, work to create a footpath along the canal was undertaken, and mostly completed, by volunteers and a local contractor. This will provide a walkway from the Trent and Mersey Canal along the line of the Burslem Branch Canal; there will be information boards describing the canal's history and intentions for its restoration.^[5][6]

• Website of Burslem Port Trust