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  • FUND BRITAIN’S WATERWAYS Wesminster campaign cruise

    FUND BRITAIN’S WATERWAYS Wesminster campaign cruise

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    Event: Fund Britain’s Waterways Westminster Campaign Cruise  Date: Wednesday 7th May 2025  Location: Westminster Bridge  Time: The flotilla will cruise to the Palace of Westminster on a rising tide, arriving at the Palace from 10.30 a.m. High Water Westminster Bridge is at 11.00 a.m. Why: A large flotilla of boats will be travelling in convoy up the River Thames and standing…

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  • IWA Canalway Cavalcade 2025

    IWA Canalway Cavalcade 2025

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    IWA Canalway Cavalcade returns to London’s Little Venice on Saturday, May 3, for the full Early May Bank Holiday weekend. Each year the best of life on the waterways in London and its community is celebrated at IWA Canalway Cavalcade. There’s something for everyone at this vibrant canal festival in the heart of London’s waterways.…

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  • BOAT RALLY returns for 2025

    BOAT RALLY returns for 2025

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    The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Society (SWCS) is returning for the third year to The Bratch Locks for its Annual Rally of Boats.  THE rally is a celebration of the heritage of the society and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal and is taking place this year on August 30 and 31. The Bratch is a beautiful example of industrial heritage,…

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  • HAPPY CONFIDENT KIDS partner with CRT for well-being workshop

    HAPPY CONFIDENT KIDS partner with CRT for well-being workshop

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    Happy Confident Kids, has partnered with the Canal & River Trust to create innovative programs that enhance children’s emotional health through canal-side and water-based activities As part of this initiative, Happy Confident Kids has announced the launch of FREE Well-Being Workshops, designed to provide families with engaging outdoor experiences that promote mindfulness and connection with nature. The workshops…

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  • MARKET HARBOROUGH 75

    MARKET HARBOROUGH 75

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     IWA’s Leicestershire Branch, in partnership with the Canal & River Trust, The Old Union Canal Society, Harborough District Council & Foxton Museum, is holding a waterways festival at Foxton on June 7/8.  The event will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the 1950 IWA Festival of Boats and Arts held in Market Harborough. There will be…

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  • CANAL FESTIVAL: Oxford

    CANAL FESTIVAL: Oxford

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    Oxford’s residents are proud to announce the line up for this year’s Oxford Canal Festival on Saturday 21 SEPTEMBER 2024 between 11 am to 6pm. Come and enjoy a community day of festival fun on the Aristotle Lane Recreation Ground, OX2 – entry is free! Proceeds will go to ‘The Kilsby Theatre Boat Project’ –…

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  • 25TH AUGUST: Event with Waterways Ireland

    25TH AUGUST: Event with Waterways Ireland

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    Celebrate National Heritage Week and Waterways Heritage in Tullamore: Unveiling “A Boatman’s Journey” Alison Alderton reports: Waterways Ireland, in collaboration with the Heritage Boat Association (HBA) and the Inland Waterways Association of Ireland (IWAI), is delighted to announce a special event during National Heritage Week to celebrate our shared inland waterways heritage. This event will…

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  • DIARY DATE: Saltisford Canal

    DIARY DATE: Saltisford Canal

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    Come explore the Saltisford Canal Arm and discover life on the canals, past and present on Sunday 8th September. Home to permanent residents and travelling boats all year round, this is an opportunity to discover this hidden gem of Warwick. Visitors can meet a traditional fender maker and see his working home, watch a traditional…

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  • WHAT’S ON: Kirkintilloch Canal Festival

    WHAT’S ON: Kirkintilloch Canal Festival

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    FROM canoeing and classic cars to a flight simulator and a real aircraft, Kirkintilloch Canal Festival is shaping up to be a soaraway success. East Dunbartonshire Council is working with a range of partners, including Kirkintilloch Baptist Church and Police Scotland, to make it a weekend to remember. The Saturday evening (August 31, 5-10pm) will…

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  • EXHIBITION: Shipyard Social

    EXHIBITION: Shipyard Social

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    THE Scottish Maritime Museum is showcasing a very different take on the history of shipbuilding by delving into the social archives of famous Clydeside shipbuilders, Alexander Stephen & Sons of Govan, and William Denny & Sons of Dumbarton. Dubbed Shipyard Social, the exhibition delves into the Denny Arckivz, a collection of pictures, brochures, tickets and…

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  • The ‘Business End’ of the Pottery Industry at the Junction of Two Canals

    The ‘Business End’ of the Pottery Industry at the Junction of Two Canals

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    An ‘in steam’ weekend is upcoming at Etruria Industrial Museum, Staffordshire’s “hidden gem” tucked into a junction of the Trent & Mersey and Caldon canals in Stoke-on-Trent. On 27th-28th July, its 1820s beam engine ‘Princess’ will be seen driving the world’s only operational steam-powered potter’s mill, a scheduled monument. Opened in 1875, the mill produced the…

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  • Canalathon along the Grantham Canal

    Canalathon along the Grantham Canal

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    Janet Richardson

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    ON SATURDAY June 29, the Grantham Canal will see a group of walkers from Greenfields Countryside Limited and GCS walking 26.2 miles in their own ‘Canalathon’ to raise funds for the Grantham Canal Society. This idea was proposed by Greenfields Countryside Limited following a very successful Corporate Volunteering day in February and has been ably…

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  • Rubber ducks and dragon boats return to Paddington Basin

    Rubber ducks and dragon boats return to Paddington Basin

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    THE Rubber Duck Race and Dragon Boat Regatta are making a splash again in July on the Paddington Arm in aid of the Cosmic charity. It supports the children’s and neonatal intensive care units at St Mary’s and Queen Charlotte’s Hospitals in London.. Lynsey Carrington, acting chief executive for Cosmic, said: “We hope to raise…

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  • Celebrating 30 years since Bridgwater & Taunton Canal reopening

    Celebrating 30 years since Bridgwater & Taunton Canal reopening

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    CANAL lovers in Somerset are marking 30 years since the Bridgwater & Taunton Canal was reopened, with a flotilla of boats and a celebration at the Somerset Boat Centre on Saturday and Sunday June 8-9. Connecting the towns of Bridgwater and Taunton, the 14-and-a-half mile waterway, cared for by Canal & River Trust, boasts nearly…

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