Mist hanging over a still canal at dawn beneath a wooden footbridge, moored narrowboats fading into the haze with woodsmoke rising from a stove chimney.
Photo: Barry Skeates from newbury, UK · CC BY 2.0
Canal & Waterway Events · In 46 days

Banbury Canal Festival

📅 Sat 3 – Sun 4 Oct 2026📍 Banbury town centre canalside, Castle Quay and Tooley's Boatyard, Oxford Canal, OxfordshireOX16 5UN

Banbury Town Council's two-day festival runs 11am to 5pm along the Oxford Canal through the town centre, with visiting boats, arts, crafts and entertainment spread between Castle Quay, Tooley's Boatyard and The Mill Arts Centre. Tooley's Boatyard, working since 1790, sits at the heart of the site.

What’s on

  • Visiting boats in the town centre
  • Tooley's Boatyard, working since 1790
  • Free entry
  • Arts, crafts and live entertainment
5Sep

Retro Truck Show 2026

British Motor Museum, Gaydon · Warwickshire

11 miles awayTrucks Sat 5 – Sun 6 Sep 2026