We are sorry that our Summer Boats Trips planned for August and September will not take place as a result of adverse water levels and weed growth affecting the water in Over Basin. Tickets for these trips are therefore no longer available.
The Fun Day at Over Basin on 20 July 2025, organised by Gloucester and District Model Boat Club, has sadly also been cancelled.
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.
Herefordshire Histories Festival is brand new to the county this year, so we are happy to join in.
We do have some other events that are possible but need to work with our volunteers’ availability. The more volunteers the merrier – are you going to put your hand up?
We will provide updates in the Wharfinger and on the email newsletter. As they say – watch this space!
Diary to date – as far as we know it!
10-18 May 2025
10 May 2025
15 May 2025
7 June 2025
14 June 2025
28-29 June 2025
27 July 2025
9-10 August 2025
12-21 September 2025
8 November 2025
Herefordshire Histories Festival – 2 days for H&G
Minibus Tour of canal in Herefordshire
Display at Yarkhill Village Hall and Walks
Ledbury Community Day
Newent Open Event
Braunston Historic Boats
Hereford Waterworks Steam Day
Severn Vale Vintage Show, Fiddington, Tewkesbury
Heritage Week – displays in Ledbury and Newent
Newent Winter Fayre
As always – volunteers to assist us in attending these events will be very welcome.
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.
Friday afternoon is mainly small "Sailing yachts", chasing themselves around the basin, purely powered by the wind. If cars are present but no boats, they will probably heading away up the canal around the corner to the "winding hole" and back.
Starting at 1:30 PM and continuing until dusk
at Over Basin
Location - Horseshoe Drive; Over; Highnam; Gloucester GL2 8DB
More details available from Gloucester and District Model Boat Club / gdmbc.secretary@gmail.com
Sunday afternoon is a "Social" gathering of GDMBC members, with both "Motorboats" and "Sailing Yachts" taking to the water. If cars are present but no boats, they will probably heading away up the canal around the corner to the "winding hole" and back.
Starting at 1:30 PM and continuing until dusk
at Over Basin
Location - Horseshoe Drive; Over; Highnam; Gloucester GL2 8DB
More details available from Gloucester and District Model Boat Club / gdmbc.secretary@gmail.com
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 11:00 AM and continuing until 2:00 PM
at Over Basin
Location - Horseshoe Drive; Over; Highnam; Gloucester GL2 8DB
More details available from Pete Bisson - Sailing4Disabled / 07913 015018 or email peterwb49@hotmail.com
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 11:00 AM and continuing until 2:00 PM
at Over Basin
Location - Horseshoe Drive; Over; Highnam; Gloucester GL2 8DB
More details available from Pete Bisson - Sailing4Disabled / 07913 015018 or email peterwb49@hotmail.com
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 heading away up the canal around the corner to the "winding hole" and back.
Starting at 1:30 PM and continuing until dusk
at Over Basin
Location - Horseshoe Drive; Over; Highnam; Gloucester GL2 8DB
More details available from Gloucester and District Model Boat Club / gdmbc.secretary@gmail.com
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
Starting at 9:00 AM and continuing until Mid afternoon
at Over Basin on the Hereford and Gloucester Canal
Location - Horseshoe Drive, Over, Highnam, Gloucester GL2 8DB
More details available from Dave Goff / Please contact Dave by email to overbasin@h-g-canal.org.uk
Friday afternoon is mainly small "Sailing yachts", chasing themselves around the basin, purely powered by the wind. If cars are present but no boats, they will probably heading away up the canal around the corner to the "winding hole" and back.
Starting at 1:30 PM and continuing until dusk
at Over Basin
Location - Horseshoe Drive; Over; Highnam; Gloucester GL2 8DB
More details available from Gloucester and District Model Boat Club / gdmbc.secretary@gmail.com
Sunday afternoon is a "Social" gathering of GDMBC members, with both "Motorboats" and "Sailing Yachts" taking to the water. If cars are present but no boats, they will probably heading away up the canal around the corner to the "winding hole" and back.
Starting at 1:30 PM and continuing until dusk
at Over Basin
Location - Horseshoe Drive; Over; Highnam; Gloucester GL2 8DB
More details available from Gloucester and District Model Boat Club / gdmbc.secretary@gmail.com
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 11:00 AM and continuing until 2:00 PM
at Over Basin
Location - Horseshoe Drive; Over; Highnam; Gloucester GL2 8DB
More details available from Pete Bisson - Sailing4Disabled / 07913 015018 or email peterwb49@hotmail.com
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 heading away up the canal around the corner to the "winding hole" and back.
Starting at 1:30 PM and continuing until dusk
at Over Basin
Location - Horseshoe Drive; Over; Highnam; Gloucester GL2 8DB
More details available from Gloucester and District Model Boat Club / gdmbc.secretary@gmail.com
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.
Starting at 9:00 AM and continuing until Mid afternoon
at Oxenhall Locks and Newent Station
See what the volunteers at Oxenhall and Newent have achieved here ?
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.
Starting at 9:00 AM and continuing until Mid afternoon
at Malswick Canal Construction Site
Location - B4215 east of Malswick House pub
More details available from Robert Heigham / Please contact Robert by email to malswick@h-g-canal.org.uk
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
Starting at 9:00 AM and continuing until Mid afternoon
at Over Basin on the Hereford and Gloucester Canal
Location - Horseshoe Drive, Over, Highnam, Gloucester GL2 8DB
More details available from Dave Goff / Please contact Dave by email to overbasin@h-g-canal.org.uk
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.
Starting at 9:00 AM and continuing until Mid afternoon
at Oxenhall Locks and Newent Station
See what the volunteers at Oxenhall and Newent have achieved here ?
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.
Starting at 9:00 AM and continuing until Mid afternoon
at Malswick Canal Construction Site
Location - B4215 east of Malswick House pub
More details available from Robert Heigham / Please contact Robert by email to malswick@h-g-canal.org.uk
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
Starting at 9:00 AM and continuing until Mid afternoon
at Over Basin on the Hereford and Gloucester Canal
Location - Horseshoe Drive, Over, Highnam, Gloucester GL2 8DB
More details available from Dave Goff / Please contact Dave by email to overbasin@h-g-canal.org.uk
The team are normally meet at a number of sites in Herefordshire 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 10:00 AM and continuing until 1:00 PM
at Check with organiser in advance as work locations vary
More details available from Ralph Barber / Please contact Ralph by email to chairman@h-g-canal.org.uk
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.
Starting at 9:00 AM and continuing until Mid afternoon
at Oxenhall Locks and Newent Station
See what the volunteers at Oxenhall and Newent have achieved here ?
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.
Starting at 9:00 AM and continuing until Mid afternoon
at Malswick Canal Construction Site
Location - B4215 east of Malswick House pub
More details available from Robert Heigham / Please contact Robert by email to malswick@h-g-canal.org.uk
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
Starting at 9:00 AM and continuing until Mid afternoon
at Over Basin on the Hereford and Gloucester Canal
Location - Horseshoe Drive, Over, Highnam, Gloucester GL2 8DB
More details available from Dave Goff / Please contact Dave by email to overbasin@h-g-canal.org.uk
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.
Starting at 9:00 AM and continuing until Mid afternoon
at Oxenhall Locks and Newent Station
See what the volunteers at Oxenhall and Newent have achieved here ?
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.
Starting at 9:00 AM and continuing until Mid afternoon
at Malswick Canal Construction Site
Location - B4215 east of Malswick House pub
More details available from Robert Heigham / Please contact Robert by email to malswick@h-g-canal.org.uk
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
Starting at 9:00 AM and continuing until Mid afternoon
at Over Basin on the Hereford and Gloucester Canal
Location - Horseshoe Drive, Over, Highnam, Gloucester GL2 8DB
More details available from Dave Goff / Please contact Dave by email to overbasin@h-g-canal.org.uk
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.
Starting at 9:00 AM and continuing until Mid afternoon
at Oxenhall Locks and Newent Station
See what the volunteers at Oxenhall and Newent have achieved here ?
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.
Starting at 9:00 AM and continuing until Mid afternoon
at Malswick Canal Construction Site
Location - B4215 east of Malswick House pub
More details available from Robert Heigham / Please contact Robert by email to malswick@h-g-canal.org.uk
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.
Watch this space …