The BCNS Boat Gathering will be held at Titford Pumphouse on the weekend of May 16th, 17th, and 18th, 2025. It will coincide with the end of the first Explorer Cruise and the Society AGM, which will be held on Friday evening. Friday 16th May 2025 Explorer Cruise Arrives AGM Quiz night and real ale bar Saturday 17th …
The Society has been contacted by the Inheritage group, who, in working with CRT, are seeking to capture an oral history of those who were involved in canal restorations locally between 1950 and 1990. The aim is to record this important period in the history of Britain’s canals by talking to people who worked on restoration projects. If …
The Trust is planning an Open Weekend for the 7th and 8th June 2025. More details will be released in due course.
A rally for Tugs, dayboats and IceBoats is planned to be held on the Black Country Living Museum Site. The event is scheduled for the weekend of 3rd – 5th May 2025.
The Historic Narrowboat Club (HNBC) have announced plans for a Boaters Gathering to be held on the Black Country Living Museum Site. The event is scheduled for the weekend of 20th – 21st September 2025. The Black Country Living Museum would like to invite applications for Boats to take part in an event to re-create traditional canal scenes and activities …
The Brownhills Canal Festival is held on the third weekend of August each year, on the Wyrley and Essington Canal at Silver Street. The festival has floating traders, historic narrowboats, land traders and lots more. It is organised by the Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust Further details can be found at the LHCRT website –LHCRT
The Black Country Boating Festival is an annual boating and community festival held on the Dudley No2 Canal at Bumblehole Local Nature Reserve. The festival is open on Friday evening 6 pm to 10 pm and on Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 5 pm. Further details on the event can be found on the website – BCBF
Following the success of our early season cruises to the Fens Pools in 2023 and the Parkhead Locks in 2024, the Society have planned another short cruise for 2025. BCN Society Icicle Cruise 11th-12th April 2025. We seek to coordinate a meeting point for boaters on Friday evening and are liaising with CRT about an activity on Saturday afternoon. More …
The Bradley Canal Festival for 2024 will be held on Saturday 15th June 2024 starting at 10:00 am – all are welcome. The poster shows what is on offer for those who attend.
BCNS and Longwood Boat Club are holding the BCNS May Gathering (17th – 19th) at Longwood Boat Club. On Saturday 18th May commencing at 7:30 pm ‘The Busketeers’ will provide the Evenings Entertainment in the Boat Club building.
