Category: Features

CANALSIDE Farm near Stafford will be holding a Murder Mystery evening on April 13, in aid of local charity Katharine House Hospice. The event will

YALDING riverside pub The Anchor is 
reopening as The Boathouse following a 
£1.2 million refurbishment. The Shepherd Neame pub is situated on the River Medway,

BOATING holidays agency Waterways Holidays has answered the questions it is most often asked in a blog post titled Newbie’s Guide to Boating. The company

VISITORS and Londoners alike can once again charter their own electric boat without the need for a licence or captain. GoBoat has been taking advance

Towpath astronomer Brian Jones points out some of the stars which make up the lion that takes pride of place in the spring night sky.

Phil Pickin returns to see a narrowboat which first caught his eye on a previous visit. SOME time ago I visited Perrydale Narrowboats at their

Helen Gazeley looks at living history, whitebait and a frogspawn survey. THE Thames was once home to hundreds of boat and barge yards, employing thousands

Lifeboatman John Chapman is one of the crew who patrol the busy tidal River Thames from Teddington. Elizabeth Rogers finds out more. THIS year marks

By Janet Richardson ONE of the regular features of the London Boat Show is the presentation of The Yacht Harbour Association’s prestigious Marina of the

By Janet Richardson STRATEGICALLY important over the centuries, the medieval market town of Tewkesbury is situated at the confluence of the rivers Avon and Severn.

Mark Tizard, vice-chairman of the National Association of Boat Owners (NABO), comments on some more topical issues. NABO’s recent open letter to the All Party

BUDDING bird watchers are being encouraged to take some time getting to know their local wildlife by taking part in one of the free ‘Birding

UK STREET artist Lucy McLauchlan is the newest addition to The Ring – a major arts programme and cultural first for Worcestershire that will celebrate