Christmas 2021
We would like to wish everyone a happy festive season. We will be closed from 1pm on Wednesday 22nd December and will reopen at 10am on Tuesday 4th January. Normal opening hours are 10am – 1pm Tuesday to Saturday inclusive.
Category: News
See the latest activity at Tooley’s Boatyard.
Narrowboat Hesperus
Last week a wooden boat was moved into the dry dock at Tooley’s Boatyard. This is the narrowboat Hesperus. Built in 1935 by Walkers of Rickmansworth at Frogmoor Wharf on the Grand Union Canal. It was commissioned in 1936 as a …
October at Tooley’s Boatyard
The end of October will mark the last ‘Saturday Open Museum’ of the season – last chance to take a 40 minute boat trip on Dancing Duck from Tooley’s Boatyard before the winter. On October 30th only you can take …
More Book Reading Boat Trips
Following the huge success of the sold out ‘kids on the canal’ event last week, Tooley’s is bringing two more ‘stories from the Great British Waterways’ events to Banbury, aboard its own narrowboat, ‘The Dancing Duck’. Families have another chance …
Kids on the Canal with ‘Muddy Waters’
Oxfordshire families with young children can experience exclusive boat trips in Banbury with charming stories from the Great British Waterways on Saturday, September 4th, 2021. ‘Kids on the Canal’ is a new event with ‘Muddy Waters’ author Dan Clacher. For …
Kilsby Theatre Boat at Tooley’s Boatyard
Work started this month on preparing the floating hulk which is moored outside Tooley’s ready for when it goes into the dry dock for a makeover. Narrowboat Kilsby will be converted into a theatre boat at Tooley’s Boatyard. Kilsby was …
Waterways Heritage Report
Waterways Heritage Report was recently published by Inland Waterways Association (IWA). The report which includes some excellent photographs is part of a campaign to preserve the heritage of our waterways including buildings, engineering structures, working mechanisms, artefacts, boats, people, skills …
Refurbishment of the Forge
The forge and forge building at Tooley’s Boatyard was recently refurbished. Date Posted: The building work by local firm P.R.Alcock & Sons was carried out using materials and techniques appropriate to the historical building. Additional metalwork items were made in …
The Trust in Lockdown
Having built up some momentum during the latter part of 2019, 2020 was going to be the year in which the new Tooley’s Boatyard Trust would launch both fundraising and new projects. The volunteers and supporters were gathered together mid …
Tooley’s at Whately Hall Hotel
Tooley's Trustees (from left to right) Nick Poole, Richard Stevens, Sarah Jackson (Tooley's Co-Ordinator), Matt Armitage (Director of Tooley's), Dan Clacher, John Madden, John Spratt and Jamie Simmons (Tooley's Blacksmith).
In May 2019 The Whately Hall Hotel was the historic backdrop to a launch event that will secure the future of Tooleys Boatyard for generations to come.