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- 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 … - 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 … - 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 … - 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’. … - 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’ … - 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 …
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