Gnosall  Canal Festival

Historic Boats

• Saltaire - Town Class built by in 1936 by Yarwoods for the Grand Union Carrying Company
• Swift built by Yarwoods in 1933 for Cowburn & Cowpar
• Darley - Town Class built in 1937 by Harland and Wolff for the Grand Union Carrying Company. Cut in two in the late 1960s for use as a dredger but reassembled in 1983
• Bainton - Town class built in 1936 by Harland & Wolff for the Grand Union Carrying Company.
• Stanton - Town class built in 1936 by Yarwoods for the Grand Union Canal Carrying Co
• Elk built by Yarwoods in 1926 for Fellows, Morton & Clayton.
• Saturn built in 1906 by the Shropshire Union Canal Carrying Co

* Meet the Boat Horse "Flower" Saturday 2pm

• Nansen ii - ice breaker

Guest Boats

• Pearl Barley and Ipswich (pair) - here as guest boats moored north of bridge 35
• Border Reider will also be attending as a guest boat

Charity Boat

Fledermaus - Inland Waterways Association (SD&NW)

Trade Boats 

• Joanna - 'All things Spanish' - Barista coffee, cakes, ice creams and crepes
• Bear Necessities - Decoupage gifts *Demonstration 11am-12pm
• Wandering Snail - 'Olly's Carved Creations' - Handcrafted gifts * Demonstration 10-11am
• Waratah - Emma Bradley Art - Watercolour artwork
• Forget me knot - 'Baked on Board' - Pizza. Trading during the day taking orders for collection early evening (5/6pm)
• Scorcher - Cakes, ice creams, hot dogs and fudge
• Gloria - 'The Curry Cruiser' - Indian street food click here for the menu
• Jenny Wren – Fair trade clothing and accessories and coffee * Demonstration 2-3pm (making earrings)
• Kimberley - 'Vintage & Modern' - Vintage/antique items
• Lazy Daze  – Painted canal ware

*Demonstration 2-3pm

• That’s Driculous - Cheese Aboard the Cheeseboat  – Cheese truckles, chutneys and cheesy gifts
• Ardea - Candle maker
• Deltic - Winty Crafts - Gemstone jewellery, crystals, crafts
• Francesca Leah - Charity painted ware
• Free Spirit - Candles on the Cut - Candles, melts and diffusers *Demonstration 1-2pm
• Ghost of Cain - Bookmarks, jewellery, etchings, dog items
• West Riding - Felt characters, bodycare, ceramics
• Tamarisk - crochet and knitwear *Demonstration 10am
• Crooked Mouth - Slate and wood gifts

Live Music / Entertainment / Refreshments

Festival Garden - open Saturday and Sunday

Located at and kindly supported by The Navigation Inn

Stalls based in the Festival Garden - All TBC:

• SUCS - Shropshire Union Canal Society. Society promoting and enhancing our waterway from Wolverhampton to Ellesmere port and associated branches.
• SNCT - Shrewsbury and Newport Canal Trust.  Local charity restoring and promoting the canal from Norbury through Newport to Shrewsbury.
• SWT - Staffordshire Wildlife Trust. Our vision is of a thriving natural world, with our wildlife and natural habitats playing a valued role in addressing the climate and ecological emergencies, and everyone inspired to get involved in nature’s recovery.
• RBL - Royal British Legion - Gnosall Branch. The Royal British Legion is at the heart of a national network that supports our Armed Forces community.
• RNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution. 250 years old! Your support will help the RNLI save lives at sea.
• Lions - Gnosall and Newport Lions. Lions meet the needs of local communities and the world every day because they share a core belief - to serve their community.
• Jo Bell - Former UK Canal Laureate launching the book “Boater” (Sunday only)
• GTR - Gnosall Towpath Restoration.
• Control point
• Lost Children
• Information and directions
• Children's activities - Pirate hat making, Bridge Building, Dragonfly making, brass rubbing and more...

Festival Garden Food, Music and Entertainment:

• Food
• Contact The Navigation Inn for details
• Music
• The Oss Road (Friday 5pm, Saturday 11:30 & 3pm)
• Chis Delmanso as Elton John (Friday 7pm & Saturday 5pm)
• Earl Grey & the Charwallahs (Saturday 8pm)
• Simple Folk (Sunday 11:30 & 2:30)
• Music at the Navvy; If coming to the evening sessions, there is some pub seating but you may find it more comfortable to bring a folding chair. There is considerable undercover space in the garden. Please note that on Saturday/Sunday the Navigation car park is closed and the main festival car park should be used.

• Boat Trips

The boat trips are free but you must have a ticket.

Tickets can be collected from the GTR stand by the big marquee in the festival garden.

Boats leave hourly on the half hour and last about 50 minutes. Some of the trips include a Gnosall history talk, please enquire when booking.

Pedestrian entrance to the festival garden is from the towpath using the brick steps by the herb garden. Please DO NOT use of either set of steps at bridge 35 to/from the A518.

• Raffle - win a trip on a day boat plus many other prizes. Tickets for sale in the Festival garden and at the Bridge 34 Gazebo (near the Boat Inn).

The Boat Inn Food and Entertainment

• Food
• Burgers, hot dogs and jacket potatoes  (12:00-2:30 & 4:30 - 7pm)
• Music
• Sexual Chocolate (Friday 7pm)
• Massive Surfboard (Saturday 6pm)