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

Etruria Canals Festival 2027

📅 Date TBC · usually June📍 Etruria Industrial Museum, junction of the Trent and Mersey and Caldon canals, StaffordshireST4 7AF

A free festival centred on a historic narrowboat gathering at the junction of the Trent and Mersey and Caldon canals, beside the steam-powered Etruria Industrial Museum. The festival is usually held over a weekend in late May or early June; the 2026 edition ran on 30 and 31 May and 2027 dates were unconfirmed at the time of research.

What’s on

  • Historic narrowboat gathering
  • Steam-powered bone and flint mill
  • Craft stalls and family activities
  • Free entry

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

19Sep

Apedale Valley Light Railway Steam Gala

Apedale Valley Light Railway, Apedale Community Country Park, Newcastle-under-Lyme · Staffordshire

3 miles awayRailways Sat 19 – Sun 20 Sep 2026