tooley's boatyard

Dry dock ‘n’ roll

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Mark Lancaster

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August 23, 2023

Banbury’s unique piece of nationally recognised industrial revolution heritage – Tooley’s Boatyard – is throwing open the doors to its 254-year-old dry dock, the UK’s oldest on the canal system, for ten days of music, comedy and theatre to coincide with the Banbury canal festival. Tooleys have teamed up with award-winning floating venue boat The…
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Banbury Museum and Tooley’s Boatyard

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Mark Lancaster

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September 5, 2021

Among the many displays at Banbury Museum relating to this historic market town is a section telling the story of the Oxford Canal, which reached Banbury in 1778 and helped boost the local weaving and brewing trades, transforming the town into a major industrial centre. Opposite the museum is Tooley’s Boatyard, which dates back to…
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