ST RICHARD’S CANAL FESTIVAL: ENTERTAINMENT/PROGRAMME
FRIDAY EVENING 2ND MAY – MONDAY AFTERNOON 5TH MAY Duck Race 4.30pm on Bank Holiday Monday afternoon (5th). We have a full schedule of entertainment for your delight. Entry is...
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.
ST. RICHARD’S CANAL FESTIVAL 2025: BOOKING FORMS
St. Richard’s Canal Festival is confirmed for Friday May 2nd – Monday May 5th. Booking forms for 2025: Trade Bookings: WORD DOCUMENT OR PDF Boat Bookings: WORD DOCUMENT OR PDF...
SOCIETY MEETING: TUESDAY 13TH MAY
Canal Society Meeting Tuesday 13th May. 7.45pm start. ‘The Droitwich Canals’ Their history, restoration and future. A presentation by Margaret Rowley. Meeting takes place in the meeting room behind The...
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....
HERITAGE OPEN WEEKEND 2025
Heritage Open Days 2025 More details about 2025 will be published soon. The open days dates will be September 20th/21st. The theme of the 2024 Heritage Open days was ‘Routes,...
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...
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