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

Chesterfield Canal Trust Santa Specials

📅 Date TBC · usually November📍 Hollingwood Hub, 22 Works Road (also Tapton Lock), DerbyshireS43 2PF

The Chesterfield Canal Trust runs Santa Special trips on its trip boats John Varley II from Tapton Lock and Madeline from Hollingwood Hub on weekends through December. Children meet Father Christmas on board during a short cruise on the Chesterfield Canal, and advance booking through the Trust is required.

What’s on

  • Santa cruises from two departure points
  • Weekend sailings from late November to shortly before Christmas
  • Run by canal restoration charity volunteers

The next date has not been confirmed by the organiser yet. This event usually runs in November. We check weekly and will publish the date as soon as it is announced.

5Dec

Santa Specials at Peak Rail

Rowsley South Station, Peak Rail, Rowsley, near Matlock · Derbyshire

11 miles awayRailways Selected dates, 5 Dec – 24 Dec 2026