2025
June
11 – 12 June
RCR diesel engine maintenance course
Stafford ST18 0YJ
www.rivercanalrescue.co.uk/index.php/courses
13 – 15 June
Middlewich Folk & Boat Festival
Trent & Mersey Canal
14 – 15 June
Coventry Floating Market
Coventry Canal Basin
Coventry
West Midlands
www.rcta.org.uk
14 – 15 June
Marlow Town Regatta & Festival
Marlow, Buckinghamshire
marlowtownregatta.org
21 June
Summer Solstice Party
Brinklow Marina
Cathiron, Warwickshire
www.aquavista.com
21 June
Brentford Canal Festival
Grand Union Canal
Brentford Locks
brentfordcanalfestival.co.uk
21 June
Edinburgh Canal Festival
Union Canal between the Lochrin Basin and Harrison Park
edinburghcanalfestival.org.uk
21 – 22 June
Armitage Floating Market
Trent & Mersey Canal
Rugeley
Staffordshire
www.rcta.org.uk
25 – 26 June
RCR Engine Electric Course
Stafford ST18 0YJ
www.rivercanalrescue.co.uk/index.php/courses
28 – 29 June
Historic Boat Rally
Braunston Marina
Northamptonshire
braunstonmarina.co.uk
July
4 – 6 July
Ware Boat Festival
Ware, Hertfordshire
waterways.org.uk
5 July
Gravesham Riverside Festival
GravesendKent
www.gravesham.gov.uk
5 – 6 July
Leeds Waterfront Festival
Granary Wharf, Leeds
www.leedsdock.com/whats-on/waterfront-festival-2025
6 July
Olney Riverfest
River Great Ouse
www.theolneygroup.org
6 July
Titchfield Boat Jumble
Titchfield
Hampshire
boat-jumbles.co.uk
11 – 12 July
Electrika
Brinklow Waterside and Marina
Cathiron Lane
Brinklow CV23 0JH
electricka.uk
11 – 13 July
Conwy River Festival Regatta
Conwy Quay, Conwy
conwyriverfestival.org
12 July
Berth Holder Party
Racecourse Marina Windsor
Windsor
tingdeneboating.com
12 July
Berth Holder Party
Waveney River Centre
Beccles, Norfolk
tingdeneboating.com
12 July
Evesham River Festival
Evesham, Worcestershire
theeveshamriverfestival.uk
12 – 13 July
RCTA Apsley Floating Market
Grand Union Canal Towpath
Adjacent to Apsley Waterside & Marina
Hertfordshire
www.rcta.org.uk
18 – 20 July
Thames Traditional Boat Festival
Fawley Meadows
Henley-on-Thames
www.tradboatfestival.com
18 – 20 July
Gnosall Canal Festival
Shropshire Union Canal Towpath
Gnosall, Staffordshire
www.gnosallcanalfestival.co.uk
19 July
Northwich River Festival
River Weaver Waterfront
Northwich
Cheshire
rotaryinnorthwich.org.uk/riverfestival
19 July
The Aqueduct Boat Show
Aqueduct Marina
Nantwich, Cheshire
aqueductmarina.co.uk
19 August
Pembroke River Rally
Pembrokeshire
www.wwmhs.org.uk
19 – 20 July
Cosgrove Canal Festival & Craft Fair
The Grand Union Canal
Cosgrove
Northamptonshire
buckinghamcanal.org.uk
20 July
Canal Town & Music
National Waterways Museum
Ellesmere Port
Cheshire
canalrivertrust.org.uk
20 July
Clovelly Maritime Festival
Clovelly
Devon
clovelly.co.uk
26 July
Linslade Canal Festival
Tiddenfoot Waterside Park
Linslade
Bedfordshire
www.leightonlinslade-tc.gov.uk
26 July
Maidstone River Festival
Maidstone, Kent
www.maidstoneriverfestival.com
26 July
Berth Holder Party
Stourport Marina
Worcestershire
tingdeneboating.com
26 – 27 July
Victorian Fair
Celebrating Anderton Boat Lift’s 150th Anniversary
Anderton Boat Lift
Northwich, Cheshire
canalrivertrust.org.uk
26 – 27 July
RCTA Market Drayton Summer Floating Market
Shropshire Union Canal
Market Drayton, Shropshire
www.rcta.org.uk
August
2 – 3 August
Fenny Stratford Canal Festival
Grand Union Canal towpath
Fenny Stratford
Milton Keynes
www.rcta.org.uk
2 – 3 August
RCTA Nantwich Floating Market
Nantwich Canal Embankment
Shropshire Union Canal
www.rcta.org.uk
9 August
Berth Holder Party
Thames and Kennet Marina
Reading
Oxfordshire
tingdeneboating.com
9 August
Berth Holder Party
Walton Marina
Walton-on-Thames
Surrey
tingdeneboating.com
16 August
Nautical Car Boot Sale
Royal Quays Marina
North Shields
www.boatfolk.co.uk
16 August
Berth Holder Party
Broadlands Park & Marina
Lowestoft
Suffolk
tingdeneboating.com
16 August
Berth Holder Party
Brundall Bay Marina
Norwich, Norfolk
tingdeneboating.com
16 August
Berth Holder Party
Pyrford Marina
Woking, Surrey
tingdeneboating.com
16 – 17 August
RCTA Froncysylite Floating Market
Llangollen Canal
Llangollen, Wales
www.rcta.org.uk
16 – 17 August
Brownhills Canal Festival
Wyrley & Essington Canal
lhcrt.org.uk/brownhills-canal-festival
23 – 25 August
RCTA Milton Keynes August BH Floating Market
Campbell Wharf
Milton Keynes, Bucks
www.rcta.org.uk
23 – 25 August
RCTA Ellesmere BH Floating Market
Ellesmere Arm
Llangollen Canal
Ellesmere, Shropshire
30 – 31 August
Melksham Food and River Festival
Melksham, Wiltshire
melkshamfoodandriverfestival.co.uk
31 August
Portsmouth Boat Jumble
Cosham, Portsmouth
boat-jumbles.co.uk
September
12 – 14 September
Black Country Boating Festival
Bumble Hole Nature Reserve
Dudley No.2 Canal
19 – 28 September
Southampton International Boat Show
Southampton
www.southamptonboatshow.com
October
4 – 5 October
Banbury Canal Festival
Banbury, Oxfordshire
Please check with organisers as events are subject to change. Canal Boat cannot be held responsible for the quality of events.
