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20 March 2024
Basingstoke Canal Society: Talk
Parish Pavilion on A3046 Station Road, Chobham
GU24 8EQ
Basingstoke Canal Society: Railways of Surrey by David Rose, 8pm
20 March 2024 to 7 April 2024
Maria Harryman: Life is not still – Florigeum exhibition
West Berkshire Museum, Gallery 5, Newbury
RG14 5AS
Maria Harryman: Life is not still – Florigeum exhibition of lino prints, paintings and quilts inspired by the wild plants and changing seasons on the Kennet & Avon Canal. Open Wednesdays to Sundays, 10am-4pm. Admission free.
20 March 2024 to 27 April 2024
Stafford Riverway Link: Display of artefacts unearthed
Stone Library, Market Square, Stone
ST15 8AT
Stafford Riverway Link: Display of artefacts unearthed by SRL volunteers from the canal at Baswich.
22 March 2024
IWA Lichfield Branch: AGM
Darwin Hall, Heathcot Place, Lichfield
WS13 6RQ
IWA Lichfield Branch: AGM followed by Photographing the cut, illustrated talk by Margaret Beardsmore. 7.15 for 7.30pm
29 March 2024 1 April 2024
Roving Canal Traders Association Floating Markets
Trent & Mersey Canal & Grand Union Canal
Roving Canal Traders Association: Easter floating markets at Great Haywood (Trent & Mersey Canal) and Linslade (Grand Union Canal)
30 March 2024 1 April 2024
Chesterfield Canal Trust: Easter trips
Hollingwood Hub, Worksop and Ranby
www.chesterfield-canal-trust.org.uk
Easter trips from Hollingwood Hub, Worksop and Ranby, for details visit www.chesterfield-canal-trust.org.uk
31 March 2024
IWA Towpath Walks Society: Regent’s Canal: Little Venice – Camden
Meet at Warwick Avenue tube station
[email protected]
IWA Towpath Walks Society: Regent’s Canal: Little Venice – Camden. Meet at Warwick Avenue tube station at 2.30pm. Prior booking recommended, contact London Walks: 0207 624 3978 or Email. [email protected]
31 March 2024 1 April 2024
Leawood Pumphouse Open Day
High Peak Trail, Whatstandwell, Matlock
DE4 5HN
Leawood Pumphouse: Open day from noon to 4.30pm. In steam – the pump will be fully operational. Entrance free but donations are encouraged, specially in view of the current cost of coal.
7 April 2024
IWA Towpath Walks Society:
Regent’s Canal: Regent’s Canal: King’s Cross – Hitchcock’s Hackney. Meet King’s Cross by taxi queue sign next to Pret a Manger
IWA Towpath Walks Society: Regent’s Canal: King’s Cross – Hitchcock’s Hackney. Meet King’s Cross by taxi queue sign next to Pret a Manger at 2.30pm. Prior booking recommended, contact London Walks: 02076 243978 or Email [email protected]
9 April 2024
IWA Northampton Branch: Talk
The Boat Inn, Stoke Bruerne
NN12 7SB
IWA Northampton Branch: Three Men on the BCN (Birmingham Canal Navigations) with Tom Stewart, with Paul & Kevin Cousins, 7.30pm. All welcome, not just IWA members. Carpark and refreshments are available, £2 donation appreciated
10 April 2024
Leawood Pumphouse: Open Day
High Peak Trail, Whatstandwell, Matlock
DE4 5HN
Leawood Pumphouse: Open day from noon to 4.30pm. Static. Entrance free but donations are encouraged, access is as per High Peak junction
15 April 2024
Friends of the Cromford Canal: AGM
Ironville Church Hall, Casson Street
NG16 5NN
AGM followed by Progress at Beggarlee and the Future by honorary engineer Chris Broome. car parking at rear, 7.30pm. Admission £2.50, tea, coffee, bar and raffle, Non-members always welcome
17 April 2024
Pocklington Canal Amenity Society: AGM
Melbourne Village Hall
YO42 4QJ
AGM followed by digital update on the PCAS project to restore the section of canal between the Bielby Arm to Coates Lock. Melbourne Village Hall YO42 4QJ, 7.30pm
19 April 2024
IWA Lichfield: Steam narrowboat President, illustrated talk
Darwin Hall, Heathcot Place, Lichfield
WS13 6RQ
waterways.org.uk/lichfield
IWA Lichfield Branch: Steam narrowboat President, illustrated talk by Nick Haynes, Friends of President. Darwin Hall, Heathcot Place, Lichfield WS13 6RQ, 7.15 for 7.30pm
20 April 2024 to 21 April 2024
Roving Canal Traders Association: Floating Market
Willington
Roving Canal Traders Association: Floating market at Willington.
22 April 2024
Friends of Cromford Canal: Talk
Gothic Warehouse on Cromford Wharf
www.cromfordcanal.org
Friends of Cromford Canal: The Birdswood Story by founder member Mike Kelley. Gothic Warehouse on Cromford Wharf starting at 7pm. Admission £5 including refreshments. Seating is limited and booking can be made at www.cromfordcanal.org
22 April 2024
Montgomery Canal Forum: presentation
Powis Suite, Royal Oak Hotel, Welshpool
SY21 7DG
Montgomery Canal Forum: presentations on the canal and its restoration.
27 April 2024 to 28 April 2024
Roving Canal Traders Association: Floating market at Marsworth.
Marsworth
Roving Canal Traders Association: Floating market at Marsworth
1 June 2024 to 2 June 2024
Etruria Industrial Museum The 2024 Etruria Canals Festival
www.etruriamuseum.org.uk
The 2024 Etruria Canals Festival on Saturday and Sunday June 1-2 at Stoke-on-Trent will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the reopening of the Caldon Canal to navigation. For further information visit www.etruriamuseum.org.uk or @EtruriaMuseum on Facebook
31 August 2024 to 1 September 2024
The 2024 Whitchurch Canal Festival
Whitchurch Arm of the Llangollen Canal
www.whitchurchwaterway.uk
Whitchurch Canal Trust: The 2024 Whitchurch Canal Festival. It will take place on the Whitchurch Arm of the Llangollen Canal. For further information visit www.whitchurchwaterway.uk
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