ST. RICHARD’S CANAL FESTIVAL 2025
Thank you to everybody that came along to the 2024 St. Richard’s Canal Festival. Information about the 2025 festival is now available to view on the dedicated website: www.strichardsfestival.co.uk Booking...
MONTHLY MEETINGS
Our Monthly meetings are usually held on the first Tuesday of the month, in the meeting room behind The Weighbridge pub, Alvechurch, except July & August when we have our Summer Walks.
JOIN US
Some benefits of membership:
Bi-monthly magazine ’58’.
Monthly talks (online) that are both entertaining and enlightening.
Summer walks.
Boat gatherings and social events (currently suspended).
Access to a comprehensive library of waterway related books.
ABOUT US
We were formed in 1969 to promote the restoration, conservation and improvement of the canal and adjacent waterways for the use and benefit of the public. In 2010, the society changed its name to the Worcester Birmingham & Droitwich Canals Society following the opening of the Droitwich Canals.
CECILIA
The Society owns a 70ft narrowboat ‘CECILIA’. This 8-berth boat is used to offer holidays to groups of people and other charities that would not normally have the opportunity of experiencing the inland waterways.
Meetings
Meetings are held on the first Tuesday of the month from 7.30pm for a 7.45am start. In July and August we go on guided walks. Non-members are always very welcome.
MoreJoin Us
Benefits of membership include our bi-monthly magazine '58'. Monthly talks that are both entertaining and enlightening. Visits to other waterways, boat gatherings and social events. Access to a comprehensive library of waterway related books.
MoreAbout Us
Formed in 1969 to promote the restoration, conservation and improvement of the canal and adjacent waterways for the use and benefit of the public. In 2010 we changed our name to the Worcester-Birmingham and Droitwich Canals Society.
Cecilia
The Society owns 70ft. narrowboat 'Cecilia'. This day boat is used to offer outings and educational trips to groups of people and other charities that might not normally have the opportunity of experiencing the inland waterways.
SOCIETY MAGAZINE ’58’
We now publish ’58’ magazine online around 4 weeks after publication to members. Email members are always welcome to request a printed copy or pick up one from our meetings....
SOCIETY MEETING: TUESDAY 12TH NOVEMBER
Tuesday 12th November: 7.45pm start. Archie (the dog) will be helping to explain the work of ‘Medical Dogs’ and how they can help diagnose if a human is ill. He...
HERITAGE OPEN WEEKEND 2024
Heritage Open Days 2024 The theme of the 2024 Heritage Open days was ‘Routes, Networks, Connections’. We have produced a magazine to accompany the weekend which is available to download...
DROITWICH DIG: 50th ANNIVERSARY
It is hard to believe that it was 50 years ago, in October 1973, that the ‘Droitwich Big Dig’ started involving literally hundreds of volunteers with a massive amount of...
GOVERNMENT FUNDING: KEEP CANALS ALIVE
Visitors to our Facebook page may be aware that the current Government are underfunding the waterways by tens of millions pounds over the next few years. Canal & River Trust...
MUD BOAT ‘TOW’
The old mud boat ‘Tow’, which was moored by the Scarfield Dingle Aqueduct in Alvechurch for a number of years, was eventually taken away for use as a storage facility...
A BIG THANK YOU TO GUEST ESTATE AGENTS
A BIG thank you to Lee Guest, GUEST ESTATE AGENTS, Bromsgrove for kindly providing signage for our society narrowboat ‘Cecilia’ showing our support for the Primrose Hospice. We are proud...
‘CECILIA’ HOMECOMING!
The Society’s community narrowboat ‘Cecilia’ has recently been refurbished and repainted. Refurbishment, including a new floor and seating, took place in 2021/early 2022 and painting in November/December 2022. In all...
LAPAL CANAL TRUST UPDATE
Press Release 14th of June 2021 Lapal Canal Trust signs contract with Land & Water Services Ltd to construct the first part of the restoration of the Dudley No 2...
CHANCE GLASSWORKS TRUST
Chance Heritage Trust Thanks to everybody who came along to our recent ‘Zoom’ meeting with Mark Davies of the Chance Heritage Trust. Although somewhat out of our area our society...
RAISING FUNDS WITH EASYFUNDING
We are primarily raising money to maintain our society narrowboat which is used for mostly educational purposes. We take out groups of children and adults who would not normally be...
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