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 32 days

Oxford Canal Festival

📅 Sat 19 Sep 2026📍 Aristotle Lane Recreation Ground, Oxford Canal, OxfordshireOX2 6UA

A one-day community festival on Aristotle Lane recreation ground beside the visitor moorings near bridge 240 on the Oxford Canal, with spaces for up to seven trading and historic boats. The 2024 festival drew around 2,000 visitors from the local community.

What’s on

  • Trading and historic boats
  • Canalside recreation ground site
  • Community stalls and activities