IWA’s Festival of Water is a bank holiday weekend of fun for all who love spending time by the water. This year’s event will take
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Category: What’s On
‘ASHTAC Big Dig’ 50 years on
’50 years after the heroic efforts of volunteers to bring the Ashton Canal back to life at ASHTAC, join with us to celebrate and get
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Sponsored ‘Boat Haul’ on April 9th 2022 starting at 11am!
A message from The Worcester-Birmingham & Droitwich Canals Society: Please support our wonderful team of ‘boat haulers’ who will be pulling on the ropes of
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Bunyan Boat: Cruise Dates Shortly to be announced for 2022!
From the John Bunyan Community Boat: In preparation for the cruising season, new and existing volunteers of the John Bunyan Community Boat have taken to
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Local people invited to explore the depths of 20ft River Trent lock at family open days
Waterways and wellbeing charity, the Canal & River Trust, is inviting members of the public to climb down into a drained section of the River
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EARLY SCOTTISH CANAL ENGINEERING ON ICE!
If you want to view the history of the early days of canal engineering on ICE, then set your sights on a visit to the
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February half term family fun at Chichester Canal
Chichester Canal is home to many different types of wildlife – furry, fishy and feathery, and this February half term the canal volunteers are encouraging
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Explore the locks at Grindley Brook at free open day
Waterways and wellbeing charity, Canal & River Trust, is holding a public open day on Saturday 5 February at Lock 2 on the Llangollen Canal
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ANDERTON BOAT LIFT HOSTS BEHIND-THE-SCENES PUBLIC OPEN WEEKEND (February 26 and 27)
The Canal & River Trust invites people to go behind-the-scenes of Britain’s first boat lift, Anderton Boat Lift, Cheshire’s historic Cathedral of Canals, at a
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National Waterways Museum Gloucester
Nicola Lisle continues her series on waterways museums with a visit to Gloucester’s magnificent docklands museum. EVEN before you enter the Gloucester Waterways Museum you
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Help celebrate 21 years of reopened canal
BOATERS from far and wide are invited to enjoy an exciting cruise in 2022 across the Pennine hills exploring the Huddersfield Narrow Canal and travelling
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Puppet Theatre still afloat after 40 years
Nicola Lisle explores the Puppet Theatre Barge in London as it prepares to celebrate its 40th anniversary this month. AS I step aboard the Puppet
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ENJOY A SPECIAL FESTIVE FUN DAY AT FINSLEY GATE WHARF, BURNLEY
The Canal & River Trust charity is inviting everyone to join Santa and his elves in festive fun at a special Christmas craft and activity
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Open days: See repairs in action, visit the bottom of a lock…
5th February – Grindley Brook, Llangollen Canal in ShropshireCarrying out repairs to locks 1, 2 and 6 – some of the busiest locks on the
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