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News of Tooley’ Boatyard

News of Tooley’ Boatyard

  • Banbury Canal Festival 2025

    Canal Festiva

    Banbury Canal Festival 2025 is on 4th & 5th October. In spite of the restrictions on the canal due to a shortage of water most events are able to go ahead. This includes Boat Trips…

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  • Tooley’s New Video

    VIdeo image

    We have a new video to show you around the boatyard. View the video, or better still visit us in Banbury.

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  • Tree Down

    Tree Down

    Boat Trips on Saturday 24th May were disrupted by a fallen tree above bridge 163 (the footbridge) in Banbury. The Dancing Duck could not, therefore run on the usual route. Fortunately we were able to…

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  • National Historic Ships UK

    Jacob presenting National Historic Ships UK

    Delighted to tell you that National Historic Ships UK have awarded us a grant of £500 towards Hardy docking, surveying, mapping the hull planks, prioritising which need replacing first + some caulking and hull work.…

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  • Unlocked!

    Work Boats at Banbury Lock

    Finally, Banbury Lock is open after being closed since the beginning of January. Lock 29 on the Oxford Canal in Banbury has been closed since early January for essential repairs. The Canal & River Trust…

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  • Jewellery from the Stars

    Meteorite and jewellery

    We have been having fun in the forge recently where we have been forging a nickel iron meteorite into jewellery! It fell in Sweden in 1906 but it is actually around 4.2 billion years old…

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