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IWA CANALWAY CAVALCADE
AT LITTLE VENICE, EARLY MAY BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND 2023 FREE ADMISSION
BOATS / FOOD / DRINK / MUSIC / ENTERTAINMENT / CRAFTS / FAMILY FUN
We’ll be celebrating the 40th anniversary of IWA Canalway Cavalcade, at its iconic home of Little Venice, during the Early May Bank Holiday 29th April –
1st May 2023.
This legendary event has been bringing communities together since 1983, and will once again be transforming the heart of the London canal network, with over a hundred colourfully dressed boats, live music, refreshments, craft stalls and plenty of family fun for all to enjoy.
This vibrant festival is one of the biggest and brightest events in the nation’s waterways calendar and a firm favourite with visitors. There is a packed programme of events both on and off the water including a pageant of decorated boats on Saturday; boat handling competitions and an evening procession of illuminated boats on Sunday. Younger visito rs can try their hand at kayaking, visit a Teddy Bear’s Picnic, enjoy crafts, games and fairground rides.
Opening Times: Saturday 29th April 10 – 6pm
Sunday 30th April 10 – 6pm and 9pm – 10.30pm
Monday 1st May 10 – 5pm
For more details of what’s on, timings, how to get there, how to book in your boat, plus a full listing of food & drink, craft and other stalls, please visit the website: https://waterways.org.uk/support/ways -to-get-involved/events/iwacanalway-cavalcade-2023 . Follow us on Facebook (search for IWA Canalway Cavalcade) or use #canalwaycavalcade on Twitter and Instagram.
For more details of what’s on, timings, how to get there, how to book in your boat, plus a full listing of food & drink, craft and other stalls, please visit the website: https://waterways.org.uk/support/ways -to-get-involved/events/iwacanalway-cavalcade-2023 . Follow us on Facebook (search for IWA Canalway Cavalcade) or use #canalwaycavalcade on Twitter and Instagram.
The event is one of the most successful and best attended inland waterways events in the country, is organised, set up and run entirely by IWA v olunteers and we need more talented people to strengthen the team and fill some much needed roles. So, if you have a few hours a month to spare and can make yourself available during the Early May Bank Holiday, we would love you to get in touch – whatever your speciality we have something for you to do!
The event is one of the most successful and best attended inland waterways events in the country, is organised, set up and run entirely by IWA v olunteers and we need more talented people to strengthen the team and fill some much needed roles. So, if you have a few hours a month to spare and can make yourself available during the Early May Bank Holiday, we would love you to get in touch – whatever your speciality we have something for you to do!
All you need is enthusiasm and a positive, eager “can do” attitude for the following:
All you need is enthusiasm and a positive, eager “can do” attitude for the following:
• Secretary
• Secretary
• Assistant Secretary
• Assistant Secretary
• Publicity & Marketing Assistant
• Publicity & Marketing Assistant
• Social Media Manager
• Social Media Manager
• Commercial Assistant
• Commercial Assistant
• Site Services Assistant
• Site Services Assistant
All roles above require attendance at around eight committee meetings per year (mostly on video conferencing) and the need for general availability during the week leading up to the festival to take on duties attributed to the role. You will of course also be required to attend the event. For more information, or to register your interest, please contact:
All roles above require attendance at around eight committee meetings per year (mostly on video conferencing) and the need for general availability during the week leading up to the festival to take on duties attributed to the role. You will of course also be required to attend the event.
For more information, or to register your interest, please contact:
Tom Claydon, Festival Chairman - Email: tom.claydon@waterways.org.uk
Tom Claydon, Festival Chairman - Email: tom.claydon@waterways.org.uk
IWA Festival of Water
IWA Festival of Water
Saturday 26th August – Monday 28th August
Saturday 26th August – Monday 28th August
Free Admission
Free Admission
IWA Events Committee is delighted to confirm that this year’s Festival of Water will be held at Pelsall, near Walsall, in the West Midlands, from Saturday 26 th August to Monday 28th August. The festival site is on the Wyrley and Essington Canal, close to its junction with the Cannock Extension Canal. There’ll be lots to see and do for the whole family throughout the three days of the festival. Children’s activities include Giant Jenga, Learn to Drive a Digger, Rope Throwing, rides and competitions, while adults can roam around the many fascinating trade stalls and enjoy tasty refreshments, or chill to all kinds of music in the Entertainments Marquee – and much, much more. Entertainment starts with the legendary Boaters’ & Campers’ Quiz and Real Ale Bar on the evening of Friday 25 th August.*
IWA Events Committee is delighted to confirm that this year’s Festival of Water will be held at Pelsall, near Walsall, in the West Midlands, from Saturday 26 th August to Monday 28th August. The festival site is on the Wyrley and Essington Canal, close to its junction with the Cannock Extension Canal. There’ll be lots to see and do for the whole family throughout the three days of the festival. Children’s activities include Giant Jenga, Learn to Drive a Digger, Rope Throwing, rides and competitions, while adults can roam around the many fascinating trade stalls and enjoy tasty refreshments, or chill to all kinds of music in the Entertainments Marquee – and much, much more. Entertainment starts with the legendary Boaters’ & Campers’ Quiz and Real Ale Bar on the evening of Friday 25 th August.*
*Public Opening times: Saturday 26th August 10am – 6pm
*Public Opening times: Saturday 26th August 10am – 6pm
Sunday 27th August 10am – 6pm, Procession of Illuminated Boats 9pm – 10.30pm
Sunday 27th August 10am – 6pm, Procession of Illuminated Boats 9pm – 10.30pm
Monday 28th August 10am – 5pm
Monday 28th August 10am – 5pm
*Campsite Bookings - The Campsite will be open from 12 noon on Thursday 24th August and will close at 12 noon Tuesday 29th August.
*Boat Mooring Bookings – Moorings will be available from Tuesday 22nd August until Tuesday 29th August.
The Wyrley & Essington Canal is part of the 100-mile network of the Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) which extends across the West Midlands. It winds its way from Wolverhampton to Brownhills in the most sinuous fashion to keep on the same level (473 ft above sea level). No wonder it’s known as the “Curly Wyrley”. Mainly built to serve the numerous collieries in the area, it’s now almost exclusively used for leisure purposes, it forms a green corridor through a mainly built -up area.
Points of interest include:
Near Horseley Fields Junction is a historic canal basin.
Sneyd Junction at Bloxwich, where a branch once headed north to collieries in the Wyrley and Essington areas, there’s a canal depot and residential boating community.
Birchills Junction links to the Walsall Canal and the rest of the BCN. Pelsall Junction: the festival site is at the junction with the Cannock Extension Canal, built to serve collieries in the Cannock Chase area. It now ends at the A5 at Norton Canes (boatyards), the rest having been closed because of mining subsidence. A pleasant walk and cruise through rural Stafford shire.
Catshill Junction, Brownhills: is the junction for the Daw End branch linking to the Rushall Canal and the rest of the BCN system. At Brownhills is a good mooring and a canoe club base.
Ogley Junction, Brownhills: is where the canal once turned rig ht to join the Coventry Canal at Huddlesford Junction. This derelict section is being restored by the Lichfield & Hatherton Canal Restoration Trust. One feature for which funds were raised by the Trust is the provision of an aqueduct spanning the M6 Toll , which puzzles many motorists!
Anglesey Basin: at the end of a branch from Ogley Junction. Last used to transport coal in 1967 the basin lies at the foot of the dam of Chasewater, a reservoir built to supply the canal with water, now a water sports centr e with a steam heritage railway (the Chasewater Light Railway) running close by. This makes for a pleasant walk and cruise past open countryside and features an aqueduct across a railway. There is another aqueduct near Birchills Junction.
Nearest stations for access to canal: Wolverhampton: for start of canal at Horseley Fields Junction, train and metro. Bloxwich: for Sneyd Junction. There are numerous bus routes in the area, go to https://journeyplanner.tfwm.org.uk/Routes to find yours.
The Festival Site address is: Pelsall North Common, Highfield Road North, Pelsall, WS3 5DA
You can find out more, book a mooring for your boat, book a pitch for your tent or camper van or reserve a space for your trade stall by going to https://waterways.org.uk/support/ways -to-get-involved/events/iwa-festival-ofwater-2023
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From 1st February 2023, the Cube, 3.9kg Propane, 4.5kg Butane, 6Lite Propane and 12kg Butane will be discontinued. This means that customers won’t be able to buy new cylinders or exchange existing cylinders of these sizes for a refill.
Suitable alternatives will be recommended to customers via Calor’s extensive retailer network and via the FAQs on Calor’s website at www.calor.co.uk/cylinderrange-faq .
Calor will reimburse a percentage of the cylinder refill charge of returned cylinders in line with our Cylinder Refill Agreement. Details on how to return your Calor cylinder are also included in the customer FAQs. Calor Gas website Editor’s note: You may get a refund if you have your original agreement!
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