What's On
Pounds, Paddles and Sluices at the Yorkshire Waterways Museum
19 June 2013
THERE will be a chance to see Bob Clayden’s retrospective exhibition of black and white photographs recording a 700 mile voyage around the English canals at the Yorkshire Waterways Museum in Goole from Saturday June 29.
Midsummer madness at Newbury
18 June 2013.
PREPARATIONS are progressing well for the Newbury Waterways Festival which will take place this year on Sunday June 23 at Victoria Park in Newbury.
Festival Director Rob Dean said: "The longest day of the year is approaching and we’re planning some mid-summer madness in the middle of Newbury this weekend’.
Chesterfield Canal Festival ready to go
18 June 2013.
THIS year’s Chesterfield Canal Festival looks like being the best yet. There will be lots of things to see and do, including boat trips, with the added attraction of Steam Train rides at Barrow Hill.
The Festival will be held at Staveley Town Basin on Saturday and Sunday June 29-30 from 10am to 5pm Admission is £3, free for Under 12s.
Canal celebrities to open historic rally
18 June 2013.
THE eleventh Braunston Historic Narrowboat Rally, to be held on June 29-30, will be opened by guests of honour, the actors and canal enthusiasts Timothy West and his wife Prunella Scales – Sybil of Fawlty Towers fame.
For the occasion, they will wear traditional boatmen’s clothing. Timothy West, who recently appeared in Coronation Street, quipped: ‘We are thrilled to be coming at last. We usually charge to dress up. But to support this unique and wonderful canal event, we will waive our fee in this case!’
Leeds Waterfront Festival will make a splash
18 June 2013.
GRANARY Wharf’s waterside haven will play host to sixth annual Leeds Waterfront Festival on Saturday and Sunday June 29-30.
This multi award-winning destination, which has made a splash as a cool corner of the city thanks to its winning mix of independent foodies, striking architecture and charming location on the banks of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, is hosting a weekend of free activities and events both on and off the water as part of the 2013 festival.
Football tournament
18 June 2013.
THE Kumon y’all Muslim youth organisation, which regularly takes part in voluntary work on the towpaths in the Kirklees area, is hosting a charity football tournament and fun day in aid of Dewsbury Hospital on Saturday June 29 from 9am on the Savile Town Playing fields.
Ale and cider at Dudley
18 June 2013.
DUDLEY Canal Trust will hold its first Real Ale and Cider Festival by the Dudley Tunnel at Todd’s End, off the Birmingham New Road, around the corner from the Black Country Living Museum. You can enjoy a drink in a canalside setting from 6pm to 11pm on Thursday June 27 and from 11am to 11pm on Friday and Saturday June 28 and 29. There will be more than 30 beers, some brewed locally, as well as real ciders and some English Wines. A variety of hot and cold food will also be available.
Midsummer madness at Newbury
11 June 2013.
THE Newbury Waterways Festival is early this year and will take place on Sunday, June 23 at Victoria Park in the town centre.
Informal boat gathering and festival fun in Cheshire
11 June 2013.
AN ESTABLISHED annual event on the summer calendar in Cheshire is the weekend of the Informal Boat Gathering and Stockton Heath Festival. This year, for the first time it will be in June instead of July.
Lymm joins June festival trail
11 June 2013.
A PICTURESQUE village on the Bridgewater Canal will be the setting for a brand new Festival of Historic Transport this June and will complete a set of four events over the month which are being promoted under the banner Join us in June (www.joinusinjune.org.uk).
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