The Melton Mowbray Navigation
Brian Fare
- Organisation:
- HistoryFare
- Region:
- East Midlands
- Notice Period:
- Short (maybe less than one month's notice)
- Type:
- Professional
- Fee:
- Free
- Category:
- History
- Updated:
- 30th June 2025
- Tagged:
- Melton Mowbray Navigation | Canals | Waterways | River Wreake
The Melton Mowbray Navigation presentation look at the story of how rthe River Wreake and River Eye were made navaiga=ble from its junction witht he River Soar near Leicester all the way through the Wreake Valley until its terminus at the Melton Basin at Burton End.
The idea of the Melton Canal as it is sometimes referred to came about duiring the 1770s at the height of canal mania period. The first part of the canal, from the Junction to Frisby was opened in 1794 and by 1797 was fully open all the way to Melton.
In 1846, the railway came with the intrioduction of the Syston to Peterborougn railway which unfortunately for the Navigation closure became inevitable and teh Abandonment Act which authorised the closure came into effect on 1st August 1877.
Views: 7 | Enquiries: 0About Brian Fare
During my 27 years service with the RAF, I was extremely fortunate, some say lucky, to visit some interesting places and meet lots of interesting people, some of which were veterans of previous campaigns fought by our Royal Air Force.
For as long as I can remember I have been fascinated by military history, especially when it is related to the Royal Air Force. A subject which has become my full-time passion, or as some would say ‘obsession’.
In 2022 I turned my hobby into a business and formed HistoryFare by becoming a tour guide and public speaker delivering a range of talks covering both local history and military history.
Other Talks on SpeakerNet by Brian Fare
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- RAF Melton Mowbray Nuclear Missile Base
- Lest We Forget - War Memorials
- The Balloon's Going Up
- The Falklands War - All in a Days Work for the RAF
- 156 Battalion Parachute Regiment
- RAF Saltby & the 314th Troop Carrier Group
- Just Another Trip! – The Melton Mowbray Wellington Bomber Crash
- Thailand – Burma Railway aka “The Death Railway”
- Melton Mowbray and the Crimean War
- The British 1st Airborne Division
- RAF Folkingham & 313th Troop Carrier Group
- Melton Mowbray In World War Two
- Fray Bentos
- Historic Melton Mowbray Through Old Postcards
- RAF Search and Rescue
- RAF Langar
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