Open Days
Newent Winter Fare – Our Sales and Promotion Team and their stand will be attending this event
Refreshments and Homemade Cakes Art and Craft Gifts to Buy Luxury Christmas Hamper Draw H&G Canal Trust Sales Stand Why not have a good day out with the H&G CT? Come and visit, or better still, join us on the stand – We cannot promise that you will see the world with us but you may visit an area that is new to you – and we always do our […]
Malswick Open Day – 29 September 2024
Open Day at Malswick The Herefordshire & Gloucestershire Canal Trust have been reinstating a 600m stretch of canal at Malswick (off the B4215 near Newent) for a few years now and this section is within sight of completion. The main site was acquired in 2017, following which a 32 ton capacity farm bridge was built, two culverts repaired and at that stage the Trust was able to start work on […]
Over Festival 2017
Over Festival 2017 Report – Volunteer Jenny Birkett reports on her first Over Festival experience…. ..being a new volunteer, I was impressed to see how the volunteers got on with our jobs in good humour. After Friday’s preparation it was great to see the Festival take shape on Saturday morning in time for the visitors. My role was to help in the refreshment tent very ably organised by Margaret. The […]
Over Festival on the Canal 2014
Herefordshire & Gloucestershire Canal Trust’s ‘Over Festival on the Canal 2014’ was the most successful yet. The annual ‘Over Festival on the Canal’ was the largest so far. The site including the canal basin at Over, was visited by more than 1000 people to savour and discover and enjoy the wide variety of attractions in near perfect weather. The site is also the head office of the Herefordshire & Gloucestershire […]
Aylestone Boat Gathering – May 2011
Aylestone Boat Gathering – May 2011. Over 2,100 was the estimated attendance over the day of the Aylestone Boat Gathering at Aylestone Park in Hereford on 22 May 2011. Families enjoyed all the activities and attractions on offer including steam engines, vintage cars, and boat trips. The event was arranged to celebrate the completion of the new slipway as the first phase of our restoration of this section of the […]
