We are restoring the Hereford & Gloucester Canal to be a fantastic green corridor that visitors can enjoy.
We encourage local communities and groups to engage with us at every opportunity.
To further this the Trust arranges or promotes a wide variety of events throughout the year for H&G CT Members and the wider public to enjoy.
These include;
- Evening Social Meetings, Lectures and Talks,
- Sending our Sales and Publicity Team to country and canal related shows and exhibitions,
- Open Days at our Canal Restoration Sites,
- Canal Walks
- The Trust’s own weekly canal infrastructure restoration work parties,
See more on all these below…
Social evenings are generally held on the 3rd Thursday of most months at our regular haunt, The Royal Oak Inn, Much Marcle, Herefordshire HR8 2ND.
The Royal Oak is an excellent venue and we try to host interesting speakers on a wide range of topics. Everyone is welcome.
For more information on the Royal Oak, please telephone 01531 660300.
All meetings are at 7.30 for 8.00 pm unless otherwise stated.
Please support our monthly meetings and tell your friends.
Please note there will be an admission charge of £2.00.
Upcoming Social Evening events are listed below…
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Our programme of monthly Social Meetings will re-start in the spring of 2025.
Over Festival on the Canal
The ‘Over Festival on the Canal’ has been the H&GCT’s flagship event taking place ever year over a weekend in August.
The site including the canal basin at Over is regularly visited by more than 1000 people to savour and discover and enjoy the wide variety of attractions.
The site is shared by The Trust’s former The Wharf House, the AA-Red Rosette-awarded Restaurant with Rooms, which has now been re-named The Lock Keepers, and leased to a third party operator.
Entrance to the Festival was free for all to enjoy the usual sideshows and stalls associated with a family fun day out, with a normally watery theme commonly enhanced by visitor participation.
Attractions typically included a Model Boat regatta, various displays and the H&GCT’s very own flotilla of restored heritage boats providing tours of the canal to Vineyard Hill.
Large marquees housed a range of local produce and crafts for sale, including local beers, cider and perry, whilst a comprehensive programme of live music was usually to be expected on the river terrace with The Wharf House providing refreshments of Tapas and a hugely successful Beer Festival.
Canal Trust Open Days
In addition to the Festival on the Canal at Over, the H&GCT remains keen to discuss its plans with local communities and has organised regular Open Days at Aylestone Park in Hereford, Yarkhill, and Oxenhalll and Newent.
We also try to hold a Winter Bazaar towards the end of each year – in the past these have been in Ledbury or Newent.
Festival and Open Days Diary
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Sales and Promotion Events with the H&GCT Roadshow
Raising funds for and awareness of the Trust’s work is vital in maintaining progress with the Canal’s restoration.
Our Sales and Information Stand can be seen at many Waterways and Country Shows during the year.
We have two small teams of volunteers based at Hereford and Gloucester to cover both local and national events.
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 utmost to ensure that you have some time to look around – and your admission to the event will be free!
We urgently need additional volunteers to help us at these interesting events.
Our small but well-established teams will make you very welcome! Please contact us to discuss where and when you can get involved.
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Regular Activities at Over Basin
Sailing4Disabled operate on the water at Over most Mondays and Tuesdays,
whilst the Gloucester and District Model Boat Club members sail on most Wednesdays, Fridays (sailing racing) or Sundays after lunch.
More details of upcoming events are listed below.
Please note event details may change at short notice so may not always be entirely accurate.
Gloucester and District Model Boat Club at Over Basin
Sunday afternoon is a "Social" gathering of GDMBC members, with both "Motor boats" and "Sailing Yachts" taking to the water.
Starting at 1:30PM and continuing until Dusk
at Over Basin
Sailing4Disabled at Over Canal Basin
Sailing4Disabled meets every Monday and Tuesday at Over Canal Basin from 11.00 to 14.00. It is open to everyone – whether they have a disability or not.
Starting at 11:00am and continuing until 2:00pm
at Over Canal Basin
Horseshoe Drive, Over, Highnam, Gloucester GL2 8DB
Sailing4Disabled at Over Canal Basin
Sailing4Disabled meets every Monday and Tuesday at Over Canal Basin from 11.00 to 14.00. It is open to everyone – whether they have a disability or not.
Starting at 11:00am and continuing until 2:00pm
at Over Canal Basin
Horseshoe Drive, Over, Highnam, Gloucester GL2 8DB
Sailing4Disabled at Over Canal Basin
Sailing4Disabled meets every Monday and Tuesday at Over Canal Basin from 11.00 to 14.00. It is open to everyone – whether they have a disability or not.
Starting at 11:00am and continuing until 2:00pm
at Over Canal Basin
Horseshoe Drive, Over, Highnam, Gloucester GL2 8DB
Gloucester and District Model Boat Club at Over Basin
Wednesday afternoon is mainly a "Motor boat" session, with various model styles and sizes, powered by batteries (occasionally by live steam). If cars are present but no boats, they will probably headign away up the canal around the corner to the "winding hole" and back.
Starting at 1:30PM and continuing until Dusk
at Over Basin
Over Basin Team Day
Our Over Basin Team meet every Thursday to undertake a wide variety of largely outdoor planning, development and maintenance tasks around the Basin and on our fleet of heritage boats
at Over Basin on the Hereford and Gloucester Canal
Over Basin, Horseshoe Drive, Over, Gloucester GL2 8DB
Gloucester and District Model Boat Club at Over Basin
Friday afternoon is mainly small "Sailing yachts", chasing themselves around the basin, purely powered by the wind. The 1st and 3rd Friday of each month, the skippers will be competing in a heat of the Summer or Winter series of Club races using "Micro Magic" kit built yachts.
Starting at 1:30PM and continuing until Dusk
at Over Basin
Gloucester and District Model Boat Club at Over Basin
Sunday afternoon is a "Social" gathering of GDMBC members, with both "Motor boats" and "Sailing Yachts" taking to the water.
Starting at 1:30PM and continuing until Dusk
at Over Basin
Sailing4Disabled at Over Canal Basin
Sailing4Disabled meets every Monday and Tuesday at Over Canal Basin from 11.00 to 14.00. It is open to everyone – whether they have a disability or not.
Starting at 11:00am and continuing until 2:00pm
at Over Canal Basin
Horseshoe Drive, Over, Highnam, Gloucester GL2 8DB
Sailing4Disabled at Over Canal Basin
Sailing4Disabled meets every Monday and Tuesday at Over Canal Basin from 11.00 to 14.00. It is open to everyone – whether they have a disability or not.
Starting at 11:00am and continuing until 2:00pm
at Over Canal Basin
Horseshoe Drive, Over, Highnam, Gloucester GL2 8DB
Sailing4Disabled at Over Canal Basin
Sailing4Disabled meets every Monday and Tuesday at Over Canal Basin from 11.00 to 14.00. It is open to everyone – whether they have a disability or not.
Starting at 11:00am and continuing until 2:00pm
at Over Canal Basin
Horseshoe Drive, Over, Highnam, Gloucester GL2 8DB
Gloucester and District Model Boat Club at Over Basin
Wednesday afternoon is mainly a "Motor boat" session, with various model styles and sizes, powered by batteries (occasionally by live steam). If cars are present but no boats, they will probably headign away up the canal around the corner to the "winding hole" and back.
Starting at 1:30PM and continuing until Dusk
at Over Basin
Canal Restoration Site Team Work Days
Malswick Site Team Day
Our Malswick Team meet on site every Tuesday and are currently working on re-creating two new sections of canal channel totalling approximately 1300m in length.
at Malswick Canal Construction Site
B4215 east of Malswick House pub
Oxenhall Team Day
Our Oxenhall team meet on site every Tuesday and are working on the oldest part of the canal corridor. Work consists of keeping the national footpath that goes through the site and the permissive paths that the H&G Canal Trust has created to walkers near and far.
at Oxenhall Locks and Newent Station
See more about Oxenhall and Newent Station volunteering here ...
Yarkhill Team Day
Our Yarkhill team meets on a Thursday and are currently maintaining a previously cleared 900 metre canal corridor for the benefit of walkers and are working on developing a further 300 metre section. New volunteers will be made more than welcome and there are many opportunities to learn (or teach) new skills. Please do contact the site leader if you are coming so we can confirm our plans for the day concerned and give directions to the site.
Starting at 9.30am approx and continuing until 3.00pm approx
at The Yarkhill project extends northwestwards from the A4103 at Crew's Pitch, 1700m north of Yarkhill village and just west of Monkhide
A4103 Crew's Pitch HR1 3SU
Over Basin Team Day
Our Over Basin Team meet every Thursday to undertake a wide variety of largely outdoor planning, development and maintenance tasks around the Basin and on our fleet of heritage boats
at Over Basin on the Hereford and Gloucester Canal
Over Basin, Horseshoe Drive, Over, Gloucester GL2 8DB
Kymin East Site Team Day
The team are normally at Kymin between 10:00am and 1:00pm every 2nd Sunday of the month. We would be happy to see you if you wish to assist. Please do contact the site leader if you are coming so we can give directions to the site.
Starting at 10.00am approx and continuing until 1:00pm approx
at Check with organiser
Malswick Site Team Day
Our Malswick Team meet on site every Tuesday and are currently working on re-creating two new sections of canal channel totalling approximately 1300m in length.
at Malswick Canal Construction Site
B4215 east of Malswick House pub
Oxenhall Team Day
Our Oxenhall team meet on site every Tuesday and are working on the oldest part of the canal corridor. Work consists of keeping the national footpath that goes through the site and the permissive paths that the H&G Canal Trust has created to walkers near and far.
at Oxenhall Locks and Newent Station
See more about Oxenhall and Newent Station volunteering here ...
Yarkhill Team Day
Our Yarkhill team meets on a Thursday and are currently maintaining a previously cleared 900 metre canal corridor for the benefit of walkers and are working on developing a further 300 metre section. New volunteers will be made more than welcome and there are many opportunities to learn (or teach) new skills. Please do contact the site leader if you are coming so we can confirm our plans for the day concerned and give directions to the site.
Starting at 9.30am approx and continuing until 3.00pm approx
at The Yarkhill project extends northwestwards from the A4103 at Crew's Pitch, 1700m north of Yarkhill village and just west of Monkhide
A4103 Crew's Pitch HR1 3SU
Over Basin Team Day
Our Over Basin Team meet every Thursday to undertake a wide variety of largely outdoor planning, development and maintenance tasks around the Basin and on our fleet of heritage boats
at Over Basin on the Hereford and Gloucester Canal
Over Basin, Horseshoe Drive, Over, Gloucester GL2 8DB
Please email the site before arriving as they may be elsewhere on the day you decide to come and visit – we would hate to miss you.
Not sure which site or you would like to just chat about volunteering with the H&G Canal Trust?
Please email us at volunteering@h-g-canal.org.uk
We at the Trust are keen to expand our operations on our current sites, and to build additional teams to work on new sites at locations such as Newent Station.
In particular, we are looking for new Team Leaders – so if you would like to be involved in the leadership of a site please contact us with an email to volunteering@h-g-canal.org.uk.
Upcoming Festival and Open Day News
Watch this space …
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 […]
Monthly Social and Speaker Meetings