An £18m plan to regenerate the Stroudwater Canal from Stonehouse to Brimscombe Port in Gloucestershire has been given the go-ahead.

Stroud District Council is the lead partner in the project which ran into trouble after British Waterways withdrew its support.

The Heritage Lottery Fund has agreed to award the scheme nearly £12m.

Work on the six-mile stretch of water, which runs close to the M5 to the east of Stroud, is expected to begin later.

When fully restored, the canals will form a continuous waterway from Saul Junction on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal to Lechlade in Gloucestershire. Source: BBC.

Read all about the project at the Cotswold Canals Partnership website.