What’s On – Towpath Talk

Summer of fun at Queens Head

August 20, 2019 Web Editor What's On

A RURl family-friendly pub in Ockbrook is hosting a number of events this summer to celebrate CAMRA’s Summer of Pub campaign – an initiative to

Relays and events to celebrate Coast to Coast canoe trail

August 13, 2019 Phil Pickin What's On

A FIVE-year youth project to create the UK’s first coast to coast canoe trail reaches a climax this month with a fortnight’s celebrations organised by

Free summer fun at Anderton Boat Lift

July 26, 2019 Web Editor What's On

BACK by popular demand, the Anderton Boat Lift, near Northwich, will once again be providing free family fun every Tuesday and Thursday during August. There

Summer holiday fun at Lion Saltworks museum

July 26, 2019 Janet Richardson What's On

THE multi-award-winning Lion Salt Works Museum, based on the Trent & Mersey Canal, near Northwich, will be hosting action-packed fun for children across the region

Strawberry Island ripe for festival fun

July 25, 2019 Sarah Spencer What's On

A GREAT line-up of attractions is planned for the Strawberry Island Boat Club festival. The rally of boats and canal festival takes place September 13

Gathering gets bigger

July 25, 2019 Sarah Spencer What's On

HUDDLESFORD Heritage Gathering promises to be bigger and better than ever this year. More than 6,000 people went to the biennial event in 2017 and

Angel Festival ready to fly

July 25, 2019 Sarah Spencer What's On

LONDON’S spectacular Angel Canal Festival which last year attracted 10,000 people will take place again this year. Canal & River Trust, which cares for the

Roving traders on the move

July 25, 2019 Sarah Spencer What's On

MARKETS have been a feature of life in Britain since mediaeval times. Floating markets are a newer phenomenon. Selling wares from narrowboats is spreading fast

Stoke Bruerne goes to war again

July 25, 2019 Sarah Spencer What's On

DUST off your gas masks, dig out those ration books and prepare to be transported back in time at Stoke Bruerne’s Village at War Weekend.

Chinese boats to race on London canal

July 23, 2019 Web Editor Featured, What's On

THE annual COSMIC Dragon Boat Race will return to the Regent’s Canal for its twelfth year. The first starting pistol will sound at 5pm on Thursday July

Window on the Clyde puts river’s golden age in focus

July 23, 2019 Hugh Dougherty What's On

A NEW exhibition at the Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine, puts the focus on the glory days of Clyde shipping though the camera lens of the

Lee Valley Park in Waltham Abbey hosts IWA Festival of Water 2019

July 19, 2019 Phil Pickin Featured, News, What's On

THE venue for this year’s Inland Waterways Association (IWA) Festival of Water has been confirmed as Lee Valley Park in Waltham Abbey, just on the

Summer horse boating displays in Worksop

July 16, 2019 Web Editor Featured, What's On

BOAT horse Charlie, who achieved TV fame on Countryfile in May, will be hauling Dawn Rose at Worksop on several Sundays over the summer. The

Walking boots on to see Chesterfield ‘at its best’

June 26, 2019 Sarah Spencer What's On

CHESTERFIELD Canal Walking Festival will be an opportunity to see the area ‘at its best’. Taking in three counties and 46 miles of towpaths over