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
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Wolverton Canal & Rail Festival

📅 Sat 12 – Sun 13 Sep 2026📍 Wolverton Park Railway Sports Ground and Grand Union Canal, BuckinghamshireMK12 5FL

A weekend celebrating Wolverton's shared canal and railway heritage, with an RCTA floating market of trading boats on the Grand Union Canal both days. On the Sunday the festival expands into the Wolverton Park railway sports ground with stalls, talks, music and food, and no booking is needed except for the electric boat cruises.

What’s on

  • RCTA floating market both days
  • Canal and railway heritage talks
  • Electra electric boat cruises
  • Part of Heritage Open Days