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 60 days

The 1940s Steam Event at Papplewick Pumping Station

📅 Sat 17 – Sun 18 Oct 2026📍 Papplewick Pumping Station, Rigg Lane, NottinghamshireNG15 9AJ

The Victorian waterworks runs in steam for a 1940s weekend with military and civilian re-enactors, displays, encampments and period vehicles, open 10am to 4pm each day. Live action skirmishes take place at the cooling pond at 2pm on both days.

What’s on

  • Beam engines in steam
  • 1940s re-enactors and encampments
  • Cooling pond skirmishes at 2pm daily
  • Period vehicles and trade stalls