12Sep
Final Pumping Days of 2026 at Claverton Pumping Station
Claverton Pumping Station, Ferry Lane, Claverton · Somerset
Canals Adults £10 Selected dates, 12 Sep – 10 Oct 2026
Photo: David Merrett from Daventry, England · CC BY 2.0
Canal & Waterway Events · Finished for 2026
Black Country Boating Festival 2026
Black Country Boating Festival 2026 has finished for 2026. It ran Fri 11 – Sun 13 Sep 2026 at Bumble Hole Nature Reserve, Windmill End, West Midlands.
Events like this are usually annual. We have not yet had next year's date confirmed by Black Country Boating Festival — once it is, we will update this page and add it back to canal & waterway events. Get the weekly email and you will hear about it as soon as it lands.
A volunteer-run canal festival marking its 40th year, with historic and modern narrowboats gathering on the Dudley No 2 Canal at Bumble Hole Nature Reserve. The site opens Friday 6pm to 11pm, Saturday 10am to 11pm and Sunday 10am to 5pm, with boat trips, trade and charity stalls, a real ale bar, live music and a Sunday dog show.
Coming up in canal & waterway events
All UK canal & waterway events →3Oct
Banbury Canal Festival
Banbury town centre canalside, Castle Quay and Tooley's Boatyard, Oxford Canal, Banbury · Oxfordshire
Canals Free Sat 3 – Sun 4 Oct 20263Oct
HNBC Gathering at the Black Country Living Museum
Black Country Living Museum canal arm, Birmingham Canal Navigations, Dudley · West Midlands
Canals Museum admission Sat 3 – Sun 4 Oct 2026