Volunteers to reopen closed Chesterfield Canal visitor centre
Derbyshire County Council, which owns the building, announced in May it would be closing the information centre and café for financial reasons. Chesterfield Canal Trust was then successful in an application to lease the ground floor of the building to be solely run by volunteers.
Mr Hardy said he was delighted to begin to get the centre back up and running.He added: "We hope it will be successful and people will come to visit us."The centre will initially open between 10:00 to 15:00 on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays but the trust aims for it to be open more often in future and offer more amenities.
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